AO3 wrapped!: 9, 19, 29, please!

Thank you!

9. Favorite pairing you wrote for this year? I'd love to say it's my initial favourite of Marco/Law and I have been reading a great fanfic about them, but my writing for them was also drabbles/ficlets, and not so well developed, so I'll say LawZo, although that's a WIP and will be in the LawZo zine out next year. I had fun writing the (very) irregular limerick for LawBin for the polls this year, AND there is KidLaw in the works, AND, I tightened it this year, but didn't write it this year, but reuploaded a chapter to an AceLaw fic

Guess my answer is all of them. Also, plenty of platonic Trafalgar Law & the Heart Pirates. One Cora & Law fic for the Corazine too.

19. What’s one pairing you want to explore next year?

Maybe get some LawBin on paper. I've written it romantically a few times, but more often platonically, but usually in longfic. Wouldn't mind getting a one shot or two out.

29. Favorite line/passage you wrote this year? My current fave is in a WIP for the LawZo zine, so I can't share it for a while, so take the following from Bioluminescent Hearts. Not amazing, but I quite like the imagery. Spoilers for chapter 1081 (manga spoilers)

Orange and white striped tentacles rippled past Hakugan—the head of a sea anemone flexing its bright body backwards and forwards through the water. There was so much water, and the pressure. He couldn’t tell if he was cold, if he was uncomfortable. He tried to shake the vegetation from his hands, but to even budge a finger took effort.

Thank you for the ask!

Questions 9, 19, 29 (I like the symmetry) answered! Also 6, 16 and 22. 1, 10 & 27 about to be answered. You can find the asks here!

came up with a bunch of fakemon while waiting today, check under the br8k!

"space themed dark type" - Stardigrade, ursa major nebula body with a space suit bubble helmet, pure dark, ability is Accretion Disk: Special Atk moves heal it (High DEF and SpDEF)

"swarm themed flying type" - Swarmbler, a bird shaped cloud, rather than acting like Schooling they're immune to contact moves but 2x hurt by "area" effects "psychic bug type" - Beauble (bauble/beetle), high spDef and spAtk, its ability is Occultist: Its psychic-type moves also count as ghost-type "mercury themed pokemon" - Slicksilver (Poison/steel) like a little silverfish that runs around on a bubble of mercury; its steel moves also count as water type, can counter ground types "pokemon that revive themselves/others" - Parasnyde (bug/dark), when parasnyde faints an enemy pokemon, it gains the benefits of Imposter "paint themed pokemon" - Chromask (Normal/???) an attacker with Revelation Dance like moves that change with its secondary typing, it also has the abilities Color Change or Protean "anthill themed" - Hymanyop (Bug) swarm of ants holding up their Fat Queen Momma, get access to moves like Vespiquen do "rock/ghost type" - Cryskull, a skeleton with rocks in it, has access to Skill Link and sprays a bunch of rocks, "fairy/ice" - Unsealie, heavy physical attacker themed after a Selkie, has Fur Coat, Overcoat, or Thick Fat and does a lot of claws "fire/ice" - Arctemper, a narwhal dude with Adaptability or a hidden ability Piercing Horn: Contact moves ignore resistance and defense increase "glass themed" - Prismixi (fairy/fire) little pixie dude carting around a magnifying glass and burning things with it "reincarnation themed" - Hanumachine (steel/fighting) fast physical attacker with a signature move like Healing Wish, but it brings back a fainted pokemon = to Hanumachine's remaining HP "ghost/fighting, high spDef" - Shadempsy, special ability Shadow Field: when it's sent out, mimics all entry hazards on your side of the field "duck" - Billowly (water/dark) a bully duck "duck2" - Crusaduck (water/fighting) a protector duck "the tarrasque" - Bladread (Steel), super high HP, DEF, ATK, special abilities Regenerator or Mirror Armor: like iron barbs for spAtk "REANIMATE" - Flylactery (Bug/ghost), special ability Reanimate: if this pokemon is already fainted, and your last remaining pokemon faints, Flylactery is sent in and reanimates at 1/2 HP

Fic authors self rec! When you get this, reply with your favorite five fics that you've written, then pass on to at least five other writers. Let’s spread the self-love ❤

OKAY! This was the 3rd one I got, and I thought of making it non-anon when I sent this out to other writers so that it didn't kinda circulate amongst the same circles continuously, but eh!

I'm a lot less tired than I was when I answered number 2, and here's a link to number 1, so

I've got a lot of fics, and I'm gonna do my next fave 5, because it's very hard to decide on faves. And @flyiing-giraffe left a fantastic review on

Taxi, which is very dear to my heart. It's meant to be AceLaw, but it's missing a chapter, and that was the most AceLaw part, but it's still there (the ship). The main idea is that Law drives a taxi and he meets people, and those people are your One Piece faves. Modern AU: summary:

Doflamingo's dementia, Ace's narcolepsy, Cora's death. Law collects vinyl with warps and scratches, and drives a taxi.

Chapters can mostly be read stand alone, and I wouldn't call it a ship fic.

Rated T, 14,392 words.

2. the tibia, the fibula, the regions in between

ZoLaw on the submarine, on the way to Wano. Rated a very soft M, I think, originally T.

Zoro and Law explore the unconformities of personal geography. Practice, distraction, quiet and unquiet minds.

This one is a ship fic on a ship.

3. softening the fall of snow

Law and Chopper in Wano talking about Jolly Rogers and Courage (prompt from @afterdeck-ace)

4. Father Figure

Smoker and Law having that conversation in Punk Hazard! Platonic. The father figure ain't Smoker. (G5 regarded Vergo as a father figure. Law did not).

5. Macrobiotics and Marathons

"Do you always cook like that? Flying scalpels, stabbing daggers, projectiles of fire...?" "Disrespected cabbages," the teacher yelled out, trying to get her body parts together, reordered. "We don't always disrespect the cabbage," Marco said.

Only for the summary. The first story still makes me laugh. The second story is just a bit throwaway!

Law and Marco try out a macrobiotics cooking class. Modern AU-ish

MarLaw

Special shoutout to a ton of others. It's really hard to choose. If anyone has a particular theme, or type of writing of mine they'd like me to pinpoint some stories for, drop me an ask! My works.

I see a lot of people saying that doflamingo would eventually get out of jail for the final war or join the cross guild or just cuz crocodile did 

But it would really make me mad if he did ? Oda made a whole drama about law having to wait 13 years and to end what cora couldn’t  and he almost died doing it 

i see no point of him coming back but im sure if oda wanted him he will make up a point

But What do you think?

Ah, I'm in two minds about this. If I dive deeply into the angst and what Law is worth, then yes, Doflamingo should stay behind bars. I thought the other day that a final reflection of how Law is not the same as Doflamingo is that he didn't kill him (although he tried, dammit! Haha). Part of growth in One Piece is being strong enough to face your (potential) adversaries too though, maybe?

Shanks vs Kaidou, Garp vs Roger (or Rocks?), Big Mom vs Kaidou, Whitebeard vs Oden, etc. Law and Kid just took down Big Mom, and Law fortunately escaped Blackbeard. Maybe he's strong enough to face Doflamingo now, but also maybe he doesn't want to (and maybe he's not).

Doflamingo still has a role to play, given his prison cameos, his pithy quotes, and the seraphim! He's often acted as the One Piece chorus in a Greek drama sense. I also like batshit crazy Doflamingo from a humorous perspective (like, following that other thread looping through One Piece), so part of me would like to see the chaos that he & the Cross Guild could try an make, especially given Doflamingo's words with Croc at Marineford, and the way the shichibukai were far from sane.

For him to get a government release would be some seriously evil shit. But for him to somehow escape would make things interesting. Oda redeemed Buggy, and Croc to a degree. So I don't see him beyond having a role for Doflamingo to play in the future. Sorry, nonny, I'd love to see him come back into the fray, but also definitely do not want a replay of Dressrosa or the events (Including 13 years before) leading up to it. If he's totally redeemed though, I'd be disappointed, but Oda can usually pull off semi-redemptions.

I haven't thought it through 100%, so my thoughts aren't set in stone!

They had the Tang for 11 years actually (wolf gave it to them when law was 15, he is 26 post-ts).... No, I'm not crying... Definitely not mourning...

Ah, I thought he was 16 with the growth spurt and everything. Well, yeah. Such a pretty vessel (with its fierce DEATH emblazoned on the side 😁). Testament to Oda's art work that he viscerally has us mourning the lovely yellow tub (such an anomaly for anyone who wrote a fic/ drew some pics and did some submarine research). Law being a bit older than the other main supernovas has a chance to build up that history (Merry's demise hurt too though. And I didn't know much about Victoria Punk, but oof. So saying, the Polar Tang is (was) my favourite).

Thanks for the ask!

Thanks @hergan416 and @leviathiane

RULES: Post the last sentence you wrote (fanfic / original / anything) and tag as many people as there are words in the sentence.

I'm not really working on anything too much, and I'm gonna cheat and pop in a short exchange, cos I don't want to tag too many /too few people!

“Cartload of corpses.” “Rotting?” “Yes indeedy.”

From a LawZo I'm intermittently working on. @fablecore , @ninhaoma-ya , @flyiing-giraffe , @gendervapor14 , @sneakend , @dandunn and anyone else who wants to do it! ( @ensignsenna , @crowbarsolo , @rosiinantes , @cyborg-franky ) <--- That's four word sequel. ( @afterdeck-ace @purplehairedwonder )

i’ve got a few picks for the fanfic writer asks if you’re up for it! totally up to you if you want to answer a few or all of them.

11, 58, 65, 71, 76, 91

thank you!! <3

Bepo's Fanfic Answers 3!

Thank you for dropping into Bepo's ask box! and your interest in my much acclaimed Bepo's Beptober!

It's so wonderful to get the recognition. No matter how many times I say NO GARCHU UNTIL YOU COMMENT the comments are few and far between (although, not as low as on Clione's fic, but he stole the idea from me, so that's fair, isn't it?!?). <-- That's called an Interrobang, or maybe the other way around, and No, Captain had to tell me, it doesn't mean sex between species...or in Wano prisons (*not a spoiler cos it's fiction!). Learn something new in Bepo fanfic world everyday! Now, onto your asks.

58. what is the last thing that a fic made you google when you were writing it?

How deep penguins can dive and for how long, say, if they were an Emperor Penguin (not that there are any Emperors on our crew—and maybe only two leaders, if we're being honest) and, some can dive to about 565m which is deeper than the Tang usually goes!

Some hold their breath for just shy of thirty minutes too! So, if you needed to catch a bird, say, for sustenance purposes, considering that some Minks that might resemble polar bears can only dive to about 13 metres at a stretch and only hold their breath for a minute or two, it's best to nab those kinds of meaty birds on the surface. Purely for research purposes.

XrTEPppp <-- Sorry! I drooled on the keyboard and was just wiping it away. (I'm thinking of venturing into the gore genre, but I don' t know, I think that BBC documentaries might've already covered it).

65. what is your favourite title for a fic you’ve written?��

I don't really have a favourite but: Beptober Day 8: Mutual Mastication seemed to get a lot of attention! (Like cows do it, seems pretty common, and better than that regurgitation thing penguins have going on. But, y'know, different courses for different horses, I guess).

71. how do you balance writing and life? do you ever feel overwhelmed by the amount of writing you have to do? I find that if I get overwhelmed, I get the crew to drop me on some ice and I wait by a seal's breath hole, and I wait for them to poke their head through the ice, cute whiskers quivering, and, then, if I'm fast enough, I catch them and enjoy them à la sashimi style, but without the filleting and with all the fur. Crew tends to leave me alone for a while after that. My head's also wonderfully clear, and sometimes I can clack out 10,000 words without knocking over an ink pot once, or accidentally unplugging the word processor.

76. what is one essential thing to remember when writing a villain? 

That they wear pink feathered coats.

OR, y'know, have bright red hair.

91. how has your writing style changed over the years?

I think I might be one of a kind and I'm thinking of patenting the Bepo Brand™

If you want to check out my previous answer, it's here! and here! and here!

6, 11 & 17 ; 58, 65, 71, 76, 91 answered.

Original post here.

It probably is a given, but the wiki on poneglyphs is stating that Law has lost his copies to Blackbeard as canon. I assume that will happen, depending upon where they were kept and how they're retrieved, but it hasn't been confirmed in canon, has it? Or did I miss a frame?

when chopper told him goodbye and law responded by telling chopper to shut up. that's what i meant by law apologizing to chopper.

1081 Spoilers below.

Ah, I see! Haha. I think Law was rejecting any measures of publicly acknowledging that he had a good friendship/relationship with the Straw Hats (maybe it’s easier to not say goodbye if you keep losing your friends and family?). And I think that Oda put it there for humour, sure.

But, I did see it written that just as the Hearts’ doctor (Law) saved Luffy, the Straw Hats’ doctor (indirectly) saved Law, so there are parallels. If he knows how Bepo transformed he definitely should give Chopper his thanks (and Caesar. I wonder if he should apologise to him too).. I don’t know if it’s in his nature to apologise for being grumpy 😁 Thanks for the ask.

Last Line Challenge

tagged by @afterdeck-ace Thank you!

Rules: Post the last sentence you wrote (fanfic / original / anything) and tag as many people as there are words in the sentence.

Black Maria did not suit a mini, or perhaps she was very suited to a mini—Morris Minor, that is.

Okay, I won't tag that many people, cos I can't think of them at the moment, but how about @cyborg-franky @anarchycox @purplehairedwonder, @escapaldi

for the ao3 writers wrapped, 6, 16, and 22!

Thank you!

End of year wrap up for writers.

6. Favorite title you used: Maybe Forty-Two Superior Teeth. It's a piece I did for the free (and still available) Growing Pains Zine (the one piece characters when they were kids). Polar bears have 42 teeth, and Bepo knows it! (That was a piece about Law, Bepo, Penguin and Shachi on Swallow Island).

16. What's your most common "additional tags" tag?

I didn't write so much this year, but maybe always some variation of 'canon divergence'. I do have a 'national geographic hearts' or equivalent tag.

22. Which work has the most comments?

I'll take this as comment threads. That way it excludes my replies. It seems that I updated a one shot collection: Bepo's Drabble and One Shot Collection, and that has 15 chapters and 16 comment threads, but none on the drabble I posted (all the other chapters were posted 2019).

Heart PIrates Week, 2023 has 9 chapters (they're drabbles/ficlets. Don't get your hopes up :D!) and so 15 comment threads.

Taxi, which is actually a 2018-2019 story, but I re-uploaded a missing chapter last year, has 14 comment threads, and I actually uploaded that missing chapter due to some lovely comments I received this year.

For one shots, Bioluminescent Hearts is the top with 9 comment threads.

Thank you so much.

ao3 wrapped [writers edition]

ask away!

6, 16 and 22 are finished.

For the fanfic ask:

4. what is the plot bunny you’ve been carrying for the longest? optional bonus question: do you ever wonder why you haven’t written it yet and experience deep existential dread?

8. what’s your relationship with constructive criticism and feedback like? do you seek it out? how well do you take it?

47. what story are you most proud of?

91. how has your writing style changed over the years?

Bepo Fanfic Asks 5

(Bepo's officially hanging up his author's hat after this ask! Thanks for all the fan mail. It's made his heart implode ❤️)

4. what is the plot bunny you’ve been carrying for the longest? optional bonus question: do you ever wonder why you haven’t written it yet and experience deep existential dread?

Ooh, it's just as well that Carrot didn't stow away with us. As a fellow-Mink, of course, I would've looked after her, but I think that the trip to Wano gave Captain a breather away from chaos for just a second (although Usopp and Ikkaku using the corridors to practice their curling skills during daily clean-up gave Mugiwara a run for his money. Those hallways are narrow and noise carries!).

As for why Carrot didn't ride with us (I'm guessing that's what existential means --> like she exited and existed on another ship -->). Really, there was no dread involved about any bunnies whatsoever. That was reserved for Mugiwara, and as said, we all had a chance to rest easy if but for a second.

8. what’s your relationship with constructive criticism and feedback like? do you seek it out? how well do you take it?

We're a crew of 20 (+1) and I expect 20 Hearts to heart any heartfelt effort. Captain's always first of course. Don't tell anyone, but his pen name is Sturgeon-of-Depth. Then Adélie, toothy-grin, masked-gander, Jan-Baert, angel_3.14, gonadlier and the rest. Radish is always next to last, same as Massaker-Soldja.

Feedback, if it's honest, like:

You're Your depiction of yourself as me has moved me to tears

is treasured. But if it's just jealousy pretending to be helpful, like:

Plz don't leave A/N in middle of fic. Distracting.

I just delete it. When Clione angel_3.14, Shachi Radish, and Killer Massaker-Solja get as many hits as I do then they can come to my table and we'll discuss things as fellow scribes. Until then, maybe they could pick up some hints by studying my fics to help with their own stats? Although I can't see that any of them would do very well at role reversal Captain.

I think questions 47 and 91 are answered in instalments 3 or 4 (or topics very similar to them!). Thank you for the ask!

If you want to check out my previous answers, they're here! and here! and here! and here!

wait this is so cute; i have a few questions for the fanfic writer asks too if you don’t mind:

1, 2, 7, 43, 63, & 74

thank you so much 🧡

Bepo's Fanfic Asks 4!

1 do you know how you want the story to end when you start, or are you just stumbling through the figurative wilderness hoping to find a road?

Who do you take me for? Roronona Zoro? (Heh-heh, li'l pirate joke there).

There's a request jar in the mess and the crew fills it. For example, Ikkaku always asks for something where the mechanics aren't showing and that the story runs seamlessly. But what's she talking about?! She's great with cogs and wheels, so I make sure she features, and Jean Bart and the rest of the crew, including Captain, are handy with needles, so no mechanic or seamster erasure in my fics!

And I'm a navigator, thank you, no stumbling around hoping to find roads. It's my duty to know exactly where we're going 🧭

2. talk about a notable time a narrative or character has looked you dead in the eyes and said “fuck your plan, here’s what we’re actually doing.”

See above. But I've got some strange requests on the platforms I upload to sometimes.

7. tell us about the plot of the first fanfic you ever wrote

Ooh, well, it was a role reversal as part of Bepo's Beptober, and it involved brave Captain Bepo and his adoring underling, Navigator Trafalgar Law. It was a huge hit!. You can read it here, and part 2 is here!

43. how did writing change you?

I was able to step into my natural role as an Apex predator and govern and steer the ship ferociously, but fairly for the sake of fan fiction.

I'm also sure I'll be able to process some trauma through it, given what we've all gone through. I think that's quite the thing now!

63. What’s the best insult you’ve read in a fic?

"You're nothing but a bottom feeder."

This was in my own fic and was levelled at Uni (who was cleverly depicted and disguised by a character named Unicycle in one of my fics.) Of course this is technically true, sea urchins are bottom feeders, but it still got me kicked off that site for a while when someone whom I suspect to be SHACHI or KILLER reported me. I don't really understand Lesser Minks.

74. are you a planner, pantser, or planster?

Ever since we lived with Wolf on Swallow Island (Captain, Shachi, Penguin and I) I've worn pants. It might seem strange for a Polar Bear, but not for a Mink. I also find it helps me fit in and stops myself from burning myself on the pipes in the sub.

If you want to check out my previous answer, it's here! and here! and here!

(Bepo might hang up his fictional hat now. Thanks for the asks!)

🥺🛒🎢

Holding you responsible if I don't get my PPT finished. Ahahahaha.

🥺 Is there a certain type of moment or common interaction between your characters that never fails to put you in your feels?

Safety after scarring, I guess. Recovery after trauma. Understanding your partner's/friend's/captain's trauma so well that you know when to sit quietly (or not) and be there. (Law x fics; especially MarLaw in my case, and a little bit of ZoLaw; my KidLaw is usually pre- to fairly new relationship). Everyone's a survivor. Some bastards die.

OR the support and understanding of shared backgrounds (Robin and Law—including morbid humour), and Zoro and Law have a good Swordbro relationship in longer fics (understanding and respect between friends) or Hard Ass Grumpy Doctor Who Would Die For A Bear And A Tanuki. Self-indulgent shit 😁

🛒 What are some common things you incorporate in your fics? Themes, feels, scenes, imagery, etc.

Misuse of power, fear, resilience, humour, Law, Luffy, Marco and Robin being the worst kind of public transport possible. Robin and Zoro being good Law friends. All members (including Luffy and Zoro) having dogs (Law talked them all into getting rescue dogs). Law having kitschy hobbies beyond coin collecting, and Robin fully being there for him (he collects tea towels and teaspoons as well). If Cora lives in a modern AU he's definitely got some substance abuse problems due to the trauma and injuries. Law not wanting to kill himself? (though he has felt that he has wanted to at times).

🎢 Which of your fics would you call your wildest ride? (These emojis are very cute).

All of the dark ones. I definitely should've held back on every single one.

Thank you for the ask! ✅ 🍦😈🤭 🎉 🤡🍆 🧐❌🥰🥺🛒🎢 answered. And I'd love to chat more, but ask box for this meme is currently closed (or you can drop an ask, but I won't answer it until maybe Sunday evening [33 minutes away from Saturday here].

The idea of having Law sephiem as well as a Blackbeard one or even heck an Ace one is so thought provoking; mainly due to the fact that they are all members of the D clan. And what if because of that any attempts to create one will just result in failure due to the D clan being "enemies of the gods".

Thank you for the ask! This ask is in relation to this post about what would happen if the government did create a seraphim of Law (or the other later warlords, or captives). A great question and musings. I've answered them in conjunction with some other thoughts with a reblog of the original post (same link as above).

Great food for thought!

hi! i follow you for heart pirates content but i know you ship kidlaw so, saw an event for them on twitter (for late may) and thought you might be interested (@/kidlawevents is the account organizing, i think i can't share links on anon) <3

Hey, thanks so much, anon! KidLaw isn't my main ship, but I do like it <3. (Main ship is probably MarLaw, although I don't write for it much any more, but a new story appeared on AO3 last night!). Then ZoLaw, LawBin, LawSan, AceLaw, SmoLaw 😁 (character name order means nothing). Law goes so well with so many people! (also, platonic is fine with all those folk). After L*Law, KidLaw is probably the ship with the most content, and I really like soft KidLaw, so I participate sometimes.

That event (Bottom Eustass Kid week) is on tumblr too, and it's a Eustass Kid with anyone—not just Law—event. So I hope that folks who are interested are following! May 22-29.

I hope there's enough Hearts content amongst the shipping posts, anon!