I tried to write something to sum up my thoughts on this, but then it got longer and longer and tbh I'm itching to write a fic set in this AU djjdkf I think I could develop on their inner feelings more than in the comic form
Before posting the first part I didn't realize people had such strong opinions on how this would play out lmaooo
imo, of course Zoro wants to fight Sanji, not with actual intent to harm (they threaten each other on the daily, come on), but because that's how they are together, how they communicate. He respects Luffy's decisions and their goal here, which is to learn what's really going on with Sanji, but he's gonna be pissy about it all he wants. They both have so many intense and conflicted feelings about this and neither has any idea how to resolve them. So they fight.
ofc yall are free to headcanon this interaction any other way you want <333
allegrettango, i.e. how to do jerma strat and win (weaponless)
This particular fist% fight is dedicated to @bemused-illusionist, whose fic sparked in me the need to spend more time dancing with Gabriel. Read it.
Nerd essay about music and gameplay under the cut
Music: Allegrettango, a Karl Jenkins arrangement of Beethoven's 7th Symphony. Beethoven 7 is also the piano music you hear in the cutscene after this fight!
This arrangement is interesting specifically because it's a tango — a dance! And without weapons this fight absolutely becomes a partner dance, leading Gabe around the hall as you sidestep his attacks.
Technically in ballroom dancing the person walking "forwards" is the lead, so here V1/the player would be "following". That isn't to say that Gabe is the one in control of the stage here though despite what he might think; I'm simply being pedantic about terminology.
There is a lot of emphasis on spatial control in this fight, since Gabe will throw swords only if you are a certain distance away, and will always lunge/teleport towards or behind you. Simply dodging his attacks is one thing, but it's another thing entirely to get Gabe to react to you the way you want him to, i.e. control/influence his movement with your own.
And, is that not a most succinct description of what dance is? Communication of intent, expression of self and will through movement. You learn and react to Gabe's movement, becoming an equal participant in the conversation through the language of dance. fellas, it's gay — is shot
The voicing in the music is also interesting to me, as it's rather single timbred, very even and consistent.
This contrasts with this arrangement being a tango, a dance typically associated with dramatic, vibrant colours. It would make sense to expect more variance in vocal tone quality, more liveliness.
However, this (almost) perfect consistency brings to mind a different feeling — that it's unnatural. It's out of this world, produced by entities free from statistical and random error. The tone quality in the choir (nasal and bright roof-of-mouth sound) is also very similar to the voicing used in OSTs denoting divinity/heavenly beings. God. Angels. Unknowable entities.
So, who knows. Maybe after his dance with V1, Gabe decides to teach the council how to dance, too. With decidedly deadly results.
melee only nutshell videos: act i | act ii | more fist%
Stay with me in this y’all Duke!Eren who finds out your secret identity as a gossip sheet writer, says nothing he does nothing but you know he Knows.
Nobody not even him paid you much attention but after finding out? His eyes look for you without thinking, and one time when he finds you in a crowded room he takes it around himself to make his move.
He casually escorts you into the garden despite your soft plea for your reputation.
That made him laugh your “reputation” was from behind your pen name but YOU? You’d never been the most popular, and until now he’s sure he’s the first to see you like this.
Her bottom lip poked out, her eyes slightly watery, and her breathing heavy. By God, it sets him off and something inside him is set ablaze as he backs you into a wall making no effort to stop until his body is pressed against his.