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chenziee · 1 year

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Princess Monster

For @cosmicatta!! All credits for this AU and Monkey D. Ola go to her! (Please check out her amazing art and fics <33)

There is going to be a short lawlu extra tomorrow (hopefully, I'm gonna be AFK most of the day) because I have no self-control and I am also not sorry at all :)

Side note: happy birthday Luffy, my one and only sun! Here, have Ola's birth as your gift! I'm gonna try to throw something together for his birthday specifically but uhh who knows ahahah

PLEASE NOTE that this story contains MPREG (you're welcome to use your imagination on who's actually pregnant tho ahaha)

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Sanji wasn’t sure what he had expected when Luffy burst into the kitchen one afternoon with Law in tow. He had expected something—after all, Luffy being late for lunch was never without reason—but that ‘something’ sure as hell wasn’t what actually came out of his captain’s mouth.

“We’re having a baby!”

Dead silence settled over the kitchen as everyone present stared at Luffy with an open mouth.

“I’m sorry, who is having what?” Usopp finally asked, his voice a pitch higher than usual.

“Me and Torao. We’re having a baby,” Luffy replied matter-of-factly as he settled into a chair, grabbing for the whole chicken in the middle of the table.

Sanji automatically swatted him, “Hands off, that’s for Nami-san, Robin-chan, and Ikkaku-chan. Are you actually for real?”

“You’re mean,” Luffy whined, chewing on a slab of sea king meat unhappily, his eyes still fixated on the chicken. “But yeah? Why wouldn’t we be?”

“Because the Captain—You—You know…” Penguin tried, waving his hands around vaguely and obviously looking for words.

“My head already hurts…” Torao muttered, dropping into his designated chair next to Luffy, throwing his arm around the back on Luffy’s own chair.

“Well, considering Torao isn’t trying to murder Luffy right now, I guess it’s not just in Luffy’s head,” Zoro laughed, earning himself a glare from both Luffy and Torao—one of those way more threatening than the other—but he didn’t pay them any mind. Instead he raised his mug in a toast. “Congrats.”

That seemed to break the spell that had both of the crews in a stupor. Suddenly, everyone was cheering and congratulating their captains on the happy news, asking a million questions and already making plans for a celebration.

There was Franky crying his eyes out, Bepo hanging onto Law and rubbing his face against him, Penguin and Shachi fighting over who was going to be the godfather—as if the Straw Hats would let them hog that role all to themselves—Chopper so happy he didn’t know what to do with himself, and of course, Robin enveloping Luffy in a warm hug with a happy smile on her face.

Sanji wanted to feel jealous. He would be, very much so in fact, under any other circumstances.

However, right now…

Right now he had more pressing issues on his mind.

Exchanging a look with Nami and Usopp, all three of them nodded, a mutual understanding between them.

Sanji needed a cigarette.

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It was that very same night that Sanji found himself in the kitchen once more. This time, however, the atmosphere was much calmer… and also much more serious. The silence that hung over the room was almost oppressing, the unspoken tension felt by everyone present.

Sanji carefully placed a cocktail glass in front of Nami, who only muttered her thanks in a voice so quiet it was barely more than a whisper.

Usopp seemed to not even have it in himself to protest the unfair treatment or demand his own from where he was lying slumped over the table, his eyes staring off into space and fixed on an empty spot on the wall. Sanji could understand the sentiment.

With a sigh, Sanji pulled out a chair and sat down, grabbing a cigarette and lighting it, taking a long drag. He wondered… how many chances to enjoy a smoke in peace did he have left?

It was only minutes later that Usopp finally broke the silence in a completely lifeless voice, not even bothering to unglue his face from the table. “What are we gonna do?”

“Pray,” Sanji replied, watching the smoke rise to the ceiling. Really, what else was there for them?

“Don’t get me wrong, I’m happy for them okay?” Usopp continued, gesturing with his hand as if to stress his words while still keeping his head on the table. “But can you imagine? A person, a human person who is half Luffy and half Torao? That’s not going to be a human person, it’s going to be the thing that will finally sink the Sunny.”

“Tell me about it…” Sanji mumbled. “If that baby eats as much as Luffy does? Do you have any idea what it’s like feeding one Luffy?”

“Not to mention the cost of feeding one Luffy.” Nami nodded in agreement as she rubbed the bridge of her nose; no doubt already worrying about their already strained finances.

Usopp groaned. “Even just picturing their personality is giving me a headache. We are so fucked guys.”

Suddenly, Nami slammed her glass on the table, startling both Sanji and Usopp and making both their heads turn to stare at her. She was silent for a moment longer, her eyes closed but her posture firm. It was obvious she had come to a conclusion in her mind and was about to assume command of their meeting.

Ah, Sanji loved her when she was decisive like this too…

“Listen, you two,” she said once she finally opened her eyes and gave them both a serious look. “We need to stop panicking. What is our advantage?”

“Uhm.” Usopp frowned, taken aback. “That we’re three adults against one monster of a baby?”

Nami rolled her eyes. “That we’ll be there from day one. We can be positive role models and neutralise the awful influence of their parents and their freak-genes.”

“I see. Avert the worst case scenario with positive reinforcement training,” Usopp hummed as he rubbed at his chin thoughtfully.

“Don’t talk about the kid like they’re a dog.” Sanji lit up a new cigarette before he wondered out loud, “But Nami-san, can the three of us do it? We’re up against Luffy.”

Nami heaved a deep sigh, resting her cheek against her palm as she sipped on her drink. “Well, what other choice do we have? We can’t just will the problem away and we can’t possibly… I don’t know, edit their bloodline element to not be a Luffy and Torao child.”

Sanji winced, not wanting to even think about any genetic modifications. He had had more than enough of that at three years old for the rest of his damn life. He’d rather have the kid eat twice as much as Luffy and be twice as picky as Law than anything even close to that.

(No, Sanji would never let that umeboshi fight they had on their way to Punk Hazard all those years ago go, thank you very much.)

“So, Nami… what’s the plan? Once they’re born, do we just make sure to feed them a normal person amount and teach them not to say or do creepy shit while Luffy, Torao, and Robin are right there?” Usopp asked.

Nami grubbed at her temple and sighed. “Something like that. We still have a few months, we can work on the actual plan during that time…”

“Here’s hoping,” Usopp groaned, slumping back on the table. “Man, kids are exhausting…”

Taking a drag of his cigarette, Sanji couldn’t help but agree with Usopp. He was so tired already and they only found out about it today.

Sanji honestly dreaded the day they were born.

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Sanji sighed, running his hands through his hair. He wanted a cigarette but Chopper had made him promise to stop smoking. He supposed he could at least go outside for air but that would mean leaving and what if something happened while he was gone? He had to be there, he had to stay in this room with everyone so that they could help if needed. Or be there once they can meet their newest crewmember.

And no, Sanji wasn’t nervous. Not at all. He knew nothing would go wrong and everything would be fine. He was perfectly fine—

“Can you stop pacing around like you’re the goddamned father, Curly?”

“Shut the fuck up, Marimo,” Sanji snapped, baring his teeth at the man who dared call himself his boyfriend but instead was still the same asshole he was when they first met. Why did Sanji tolerate him anyway?

Zoro rolled his eyes, leaning forward to grab Sanji’s hand and pulling him closer—closer until Sanji was basically standing between the swordsman’s legs with his arms wrapped loosely around Sanji’s slowly growing stomach, his presence solid and grounding and suddenly, Sanji felt like he could breathe easier. Ah… Yes, this was why.

Sanji took a deep breath as his shoulders sagged and his whole body relaxed, focusing on the warmth of Zoro’s body against his own instead of his thoughts.

“It’s fine, Chopper’s there,” Zoro said, his voice steady and firm.

“I know. Sorry,” Sanji muttered back. All of a sudden, he felt like the idiot, getting all worked up for nothing. It wasn’t like worrying would help in any way, was it?

“Thank god, the pacing was making me nervous,” Shachi noted with laughter that sounded way too strained to be amused.

Yeah, they were all nervous weren’t they?

Sanji wished it would end already. The wait was the worst.

Suddenly, as if answering his thoughts, the lock clicked and the door to the infirmary creaked.

Everyone’s heads immediately snapped to stare as the door slowly opened, holding their breaths and not moving a muscle, their hearts beating a mile per second in their throats—at least, that was what Sanji’s heart was doing. But considering even the Marimo froze completely against him, he was sure they were all in the same boat.

It felt like hours before Chopper came into view behind the door, looking completely spent. Tears were glistening in his eyes as he looked up, his gaze taking in all the Straw Hats and Hearts that were packed into the waiting room.

Sanji gulped heavily, watching with wide eyes as Chopper started crying—at the same time as his mouth split into the widest, happiest smile Sanji had ever seen on the little reindeer.

“It—” Chopper started but then stopped as he choked on his own words. “It’s a girl. They–they’re–everyone’s doing great.”

Silence settled over the room for a moment as the information slowly sank in. But then…

“WHOO-HOO!!”

Loud cheers erupted around the room as the invisible weight they had been carrying around lifted. Sanji laughed in relief, his lips stretching into a smile. One of his hands automatically came to rest over Zoro’s arm around his stomach, squeezing lightly.

He heard Zoro huff in response, the man only hugging him closer in a wordless gesture that they both understood but neither addressed.

“Shut the fuck up!” someone finally snapped from inside the infirmary when it seemed like the cries and excitement wasn’t about to end anytime soon.

And, as if by magic, everyone went quiet, some even going so far as to slap their hands over their mouths. There were only several muttered ‘sorry, Captain’ and ‘sorry, Torao’s to be heard before the thin film of Law’s room appeared—and only a split second later, the door to the infirmary slammed shut again by itself.

“Well, I guess they really are fine…” Usopp mumbled after a moment.

“So uh. Can we meet her or?” Uni asked uncertainly.

“Who’s going to ask them though?” Penguin asked back, shooting a look at Uni, then the door, then finally at everyone else in the room.

A moment of silence passed before everyone echoed, “Bepo.”

“Why me?” the bear whined.

“Because he’s not going to kill you,” Shachi explained helpfully, which only earned him an unhappy frown from Bepo.

“Stop bullying my bear!” Law snapped from the inside of the infirmary.

“It’s fine~! Come see her!” Luffy called, completely ignoring Law.

The two crews exchanged glances, all of them hesitating to move at first but then Ikkaku sighed and got up. “Cowards,” she shot with a smirk before reaching for the door handle, opening the door and walking inside like nothing was wrong.

“Now she acts all cocky but when it was just the Captain threatening us…” Clione grumbled only to receive general hums of agreement.

But, with the spell broken, everyone slowly shuffled into the infirmary to meet the 'Pirate Princeling (gender neutral)', as Big News Morgans had dubbed her.

Was that going to be 'Pirate Princess' now?

Sanji took a deep breath, preparing himself—he wasn’t even sure what for. He didn’t fight it when Zoro grabbed his hand to pull him inside the room with everyone.

By the time they got there, a crowd was already gathered around the bed, all of them cooing and giggling as they greeted their youngest crew member, everyone pushing at each other to get the better view. It was so crowded in fact, that Sanji couldn’t see a thing.

“My, she is quite adorable,” Robin whilpered, a soft smile on her face.

“Yeah, thank god she looks nothing like the Captain,” Shachi mumbled—unfortunately for him, not quiet enough for the parents to not hear him, as proven by the swift kick he received in response, as well as Luffy’s laughter.

Nami sighed. “How the hell are you both so full of energy? I feel like I’m more exhausted than the two of you combined and I was just waiting out there, not giving birth or watching my partner do that…” she groaned as she rubbed at her face tiredly while everyone else nodded.

“Eh, it wasn’t that bad,” Luffy said with a cute little frown before he glanced at Law. “Right?”

“Yeah, we’ve had worse in a fight than this.” Law shrugged, making everyone exchange a glance.

“You’re both freaks,” Usopp decided before his tone completely changed, turning into the sweetest, most obnoxious voice Sanji had ever heard. “Little Ola, are you hearing this? Your dads are freaks. At least you are cute.”

Sanji bit back a snort. He had to wonder whatever had happened to ‘this kid will be a monster!’ which had been the only thing that Sanji had heard from the sniper in regards to the child since they were told she was on the way. Just how easy was Usopp to sell?

Because Sanji, as happy as he was for his captain and for Torao, still remembered and dreaded what she was going to grow up into. A bottomless pit who ate nothing but tuna-mayo onigiri? Did she have any idea how much work that was going to be?

No. No way Sanji was weak enough to just ignore that.

“Sanji-kun, stop hanging out in the back and come look!” Nami said, waving him over almost… excitedly.

Ah, Sanji really was left alone with his fears, wasn’t he? But he could forgive Nami at least.

“Yes, Nami-san!” he called, his lips curling into a wide smile as he skipped over to their navigator’s side.

“So whipped,” Zoro said with badly suppressed amusement.

Sanji clicked his tongue, reminding himself they were currently in the infirmary with a newborn baby, and that Chopper would cry if they started fighting. Settling to only shooting his so-called boyfriend the dirtiest glare he could manage, Sanji quickly turned his attention back to the matter at hand.

Making his way through the huddle of people, he took in the sight that was the patient’s bed. Luffy and Torao were both sitting on it as if they had just come out for tea and cookies—Luffy was sitting cross-legged on the covers, grinning like the idiot he was with his chin resting against Law’s knee where he had it pulled up. Law let him; he himself played absentmindedly with Luffy’s fingers but he also looked almost bored and ready to get up and leave, just to get some peace and quiet.

If Sanji didn’t know what they had been doing in here up until a few minutes ago, he would have thought they had just walked in on them playing cards with Chopper.

Truly freaks of nature, the both of them.

Sanji huffed, his eyes dropping to where Ikkaku was now cradling the kid in her arms.

He studied her tiny face, round and red, the shape of it so close to Luffy’s that he startled. She looked so comfortable all bundled up in her blanket, resting against the crook of Ikakku’s elbow, her tiny fist curled around Hakugan’s little finger and holding it close. She looked so fragile…

Ah.

He got it now.

And he didn’t care how much she was going to eat anymore.

“So your name is Ola?” Sanji asked as a soft smile pulled on his lips. Placing his right hand over his heart, Sanji bowed deeply. “It’s a pleasure, Princess.”

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tarisilmarwen · 10 months

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Rebels Rewatch: "The Future of the Force"

Adventures in babysitting, Rebels edition!

You already know what I'm going to say, I never get tired of the pretty planets in this show.

This baby is named Alora, a bit of a Shout Out to Lucasfilm's underground cult classic Willow. No I have not watched the new show I have... not heard good things.

That it's Alora's grandmother that's the one traveling with her brings up some ah... disturbing Fridge Horror regarding her parents.

My theory: They 100% dead, Inquisitors already shanked them.

Ohhhhh you can tell from the horror in grandma's eyes she knows exactly why they want the baby.

Well nice to know Seventh Sister is equal opportunity Bad Touch.

Aaaaaaand there goes Fifth, murdering all the witnesses.

Zero fanfare, just to punctuate the horror of that moment.

After five episodes of doing other stuff offscreen, Ahsoka finally decides to pay the main narrative a visit. I did and do still appreciate that the writers kept Ahsoka to a minimum, like Vader, knowing full well her presence would overshadow and overpower the others. Despite how easy it would have been to fanservice TCW carryover watchers by giving her tons of screentime, she stays mostly as a tertiary character throughout.

Which is why cramming what is essentially the Rebels sequel material into a show where she's the headliner annoys me.

Ahsoka and Kanan quipping about how neither of them are technically real Jedi is both cute and sad.

Ahsoka still deeply in denial about what she sensed when scanning Vader.

Lol this whole moment. Love Ahsoka's fond little headshake.

Love this city design, got a very St. Basil's Cathedral in Russia aesthetic to it.

Some of that influence in the music here too.

Oh wow, Zeb jumps out of the Phantom before it's even finished landing, lolol what a drama queen.

Bit sloppy to leave the transport hanging in that planet's airspace, unless the Empire plans to blow it up later.

Even without showing any of the bodies you know everyone on that transport is pretty much dead. It's really only the limits of the rating that prevent us from actually seeing them.

Grandma looks a lot paler here, I don't think she survives much longer past this point.

I talked about it before in "Always Two There Are" but I love subtle little bits of continuity like this, Zeb learning binary in order to understand Chopper, since he had such a hard time before.

THIS HITS A BIT DIFFERENT WHEN YOU'RE A PARENT.

All I'm thinking is, "How long have they left that poor baby there?! Oh gosh she must be so hungry. Is there AC in there? Did they change her? I bet they didn't even change her, the bastards."

This whole episode reminds me SO strongly of the arc in TCW when Sidious contracted Cad Bane to steal Force Sensitive children for him. Would not be surprised if they were being used for the exact same purpose.

Is it me or do a LOT of Force Sensitive children seem to be born to impoverished single mothers? I wonder if it's a deliberate narrative choice sometimes, to lean into the adoption metaphor that being given up to and raised by the Jedi Order often is.

He's so empathetic Imma cry.

Chopper's actually doing a decent job of keeping Alora happy lol.

Lol, Zeb being grossed out by the Ithorian baby.

I think he's adorable, personally.

Maybe it's the mom in me but Zeb holding Pypey is just... super cute.

He's actually holding him mostly right, giving him plenty of support.

Pypey is just sensitive enough to recognize the danger the Inquisitors pose to him. :(((((((((

A very fragmented "Shenanigans" cue here, barely more than a few notes. Almost as if the danger is stifling the fun and whimsy that leitmotif usually signifies.

It's Ezra that recognizes the ID9 Seeker and makes Kanan stop, and they move in a very nice synchronized way to hide from it here.

Underrated Papa Wolf Kanan moment: Kanan yanking Ezra back from the hallway junction just before the Inquisitors get within eyeline.

I shouldn't laugh but this whole scene with Zeb and Kanan and Ezra having no clue how to calm Pypey is so relatable.

(Babies be temperamental and sometimes you just gotta hold 'em.)

There are so many little cute background moments of Ezra snuggling Pypey or making faces at Pypey aaaah they're so cute.

The detonator Zeb dropped gets flung back at them, Fifth's doing no doubt.

Kanan keeps putting his hand on Ezra's back on the stairs, it's sweet.

Fifth and Seventh sniping at each other lol.

Here's one of the moments of background Ezra being adorable with the baby.

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Ezra gets agitated when Kanan suggests he's going to be luring the Inquisitors away, ouch, poor boy's still not over the thing in "Call To Action".

Friiiiiick Ezra sensing Pypey's fear and Pypey sensing Ezra's and them stuck in a cyclical loop. :((((((

I too ramble at my infants like this. Lol.

Ezra unlocks the secret to calming babies: Being calm yourself. <3

Obligatory "Seventh's voice actress is married to Kanan's voice actor" mention.

The smoke effects on this show continue to be excellent.

Someone, I think it was @pep-no, theorized that Pypey's special ability in the Force might be compelling honesty. That or connecting with Pypey made Ezra more emotionally open, because he normally would be smarter than to blurt out where the Rebellion is hiding in a spot where he suspects Seventh's seekers might be listening.

(Then again, Ezra tends not to have any kind of filter around people he trusts.)

I definitely think there's room for that interpretation, given Ezra's floating, distracted gaze.

Kanan does really well in his brief clash with Seventh.

Zeb hauling him like a piece of luggage is still funny tho.

I love this environment. Feels very downtown LA.

A very heroic muted trumpet version of Ezra's theme as he steps forward bravely here.

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Protective little badass.

Also love Pypey being entranced with the lightsaber and trying to touch it. Baby no.

I love this cue. I haven't watched enough Clone Wars to discern if it's a carryover theme but it's awesome.

Ezra's confidence in Aunt Ahsoka. <333

*grumbles* Stupid auto anti-epilepsy features, it makes it so hard to see properly here.

I do like how effortlessly Ahsoka deals with the Inquisitors here.

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Chopper spinning the babies, awww.

Love how the ID9 comes to perch on Seventh's palm, it's so weird and animal-like. Like she's holding a jellyfish.

Ciffhanger reveal DUN DUN DUN.

This episode is so cute. It doesn't really effect much, besides emphasizing how dangerous a world it is that new Force Senstives are being born into (even moreseo than when there was a Jedi Order to take them in and shelter and protect them) and leading into the next episode's plot but it's a fun little romp with our characters and I just find it sweet and heartwarming.

Which we needed before the next episode's plot-heavy-ness.

#star wars #star wars rebels #ezra bridger #rebels rewatch #liveblog #i get a bit of mom germs on this one sorry

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kyros-tha-soldier · 10 months

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🏵️OP fathers day list🏵️

Hewwo, looks like I'm a bit late but happy father's day for all the dad's out there who love their kids (deadbeats Btfo we don't want you ugh) and a happy father's day for the actual one piece dilfs as well!

today i wanted to make a list for my beloved one piece papis!

Okay, let's go!

🦩 Doflamingo

i know, i know some of you are saying "ummm, who?" Yes, i agree, I'm a little biased on doffy, but hear me out. Doffy is a good dad, how? Why? The fact that he recruited kids is a bad thing, at least for irl standards, but he still cared for them, he knows that sugar is older than she looks yet he cares for her by assigning Trebol to protect her, also when he was making a toast, he gave Law, Baby 5 and Buffalo juice instead of wine. Now that's a good papi

🏰 Capone Bege

The Chad, the goat, the big father and the greatest mafioso daddy in this list, while Capone seems like a terrifying bloodthirsty gangster, he's an amazing husband and an even better father, always there for his kid, playing with him, entertaining him, and loving his wife, a real family guy!

🌊 Neptune

Cry-hoshi's (and her three brothers') father is also included in our list, yep yep! i figured that he needed to be recognized as a father more. What i liked about Neptune is that i liked how he's still loyal to his wife, but i kinda don't like how he sometimes looks weak willed, either way we Stan a mer-daddy!

🍊 Genzo

Most new OP fans may not remember him, but he's one of the Bravest civilians in one piece. He was there when Belle-mère and her daughters were attacked by Arlong and tried to defend them, making him get heavily injured resulting in his iconic scar and somewhat acted like a father figure for Nami when Belle-mère was gone (whomstdve make fun of him, he's precious and btfl 😤) he's now living his best life while following all of Nami's news and achievements.

💊 Hiriluk

Dr Hiriluk, one of the earliest father figures in OP, i liked how he went from treating chopper as a random deer, to an apprentice, to straight up treating him like his son (I'd do that too he's just super duper kyuttttte!) Sure he had his shenanigans and moments where he looked bad, but he's an overall good father figure for chopper, seeing how good he was to him and how he was the one who made him decide to become a doctor.

🍘 Sengoku

"no way, Sengoku has no kids!" ahem, did you forget that he literally adopted Corazon? We don't see much about them interacting, but from what we've seen Sengoku loved Rocinante as if he was his own child, he cared for him and would call him every now and then, and cried real hard when he died and at the end of Dressrosa when he was talking to law it felt like he held him real dear to his heart. Rocinante may have been a marine to the other admirals, but to him, he was his son.

🍳 Zeff

move over Judge, Sanji's real father is here!

He sacrificed his leg for Sanji, LITERALLY, just so the little boy won't die of hunger. And even after that, he ditched piracy and took him under his wing to teach him how to cook and be a real gentleman, he might've been harsh a little, but his heart is in the right place!

🍢 Oden

The true definition of the muscle brain trope, Oden is HUGE, kinda dum dum, he likes to goof around, extremely strong but has a soft spot for his family. He's a perfect family guy to his wife and kids, and despite all, he decided to put his family, disciples and friends at his top priorities, and that's why we totally Stan!

🏜️ Cobra

One of the OP characters that i didn't expect to be SO BRAVE for a non-fighting character. I like how he greatly cared for his daughter, but what i didn't like is how pervy he acts at times (bath scene) but other than that, he's such a beloved father, especially whenever he looked out for his daughter (along with Igaram), such a goof.

🐾 Kuma

We still don't know much about Kuma's past and his relationship with Bonney, why he chose to become a cyborg, why he's climbing the redline...etc etc. But from what Oda has shown us, Bonney loved him so much that she was willing to protect a pacifista since it reminded her of him, and ofc that speaks volumes about him.

🖤 Corazon

Ahhhhh, i remember how hard i cried during law's flashback when it first dropped in the manga, Corazon treated like as if he was his own son, he looked like an insane man at first when he kicked and beat buffalo and baby 5 (which i dunno, was uncalled for) but he's a really good father figure. He did all he could to save law, keep him entertained, made him food (they were grilling sweet potatoes in that one manga cover) and gave him all the love he needed. That is one hell of a reason for law to seek revenge against doffy!

🐋Whitebeard

Yep yep, Oyaji is here, i really like Whitebeard for how he would literally take any fatherless child (be them actually fatherless or just mentally) and make them his child. He's a VERY forgiving father as well, even when he got attacked by one of his sons, he just didn't hold it against him and forgave him. GOOOOOOOD that was sad af i cried!

🌻 Kyros

Once someone asks who's the best OP father the first person that comes to mind is Kyros. Trapped inside a toy's body, forgotten by everyone, if he tells his daughter who he is he will be thrown into the scrape heap, he had to organize a revolution. bro never took a break and ALL of this while taking care of his daughter! If this isn't one of OPs peak dad material then i dunno what he is!

And there you have it! The best OP dad's in my book!

Future dads? Take notes please!

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breezy-cheezy · 5 months

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I just want to say it's been delightful watching you get into One Piece. It's been one of my main fandoms for years, but most of the people I was following who posted about it moved on to other things and I didn't have the energy to try to find new ones, so my dash has been pretty empty of it and I mostly just kept up with the anime/manga and not much else. Your enthusiasm for it, and all the art you've been posting and reblogging, has been a highlight of my days. I have a One Piece fanfic I've been trying to finish for years, and I've felt more like writing it in the past week or so than I have in a very long time (haven't actually managed it yet, but maybe soon, I hope). I'm glad you're having fun, and I can't wait to see you get farther in the series. <3

And *I* just wanna say how touching this message is!! 🥺 Thank you for sending this, I’ve been putting off responding because I was hoarding it like a dragon HAHA

I’m glad you’re enjoying the sudden OP onslaught! Part of me always worries, but it IS my blog and I enjoy slapping a bunch of funny pirates on my metaphorical fridge, glad you’re getting a kick out of it too! Perks of a media about as old as me too is that there’s sooooo much content to dig through, it’s very fun! Even if I suck at avoiding spoilers LOL (I will at least try to shield my buddy from spoilers as she also works her way through the manga at her own pace XD)

I hear ya on struggling to finish a fic for so long…for me, with new fandom comes new ideas and we’ll see if I can actually finish these, lmao. I’m glad to hear you’re inspired again! What’s the fic about, out of curiosity? 👀 If you feel like sharing that is!

Thank you, it’s been a VERY fun read, and I hope to watch some parts in the anime later! For now tho manga is easiest for me to consume, and the art is just really nice?? 1000+ chapters used to be so intimidating but now I find it’s hard to put the thing down X’’’’D One Piece good, found family got me good! I’ll be a bit more detailed under the cut real fast (I’ve been yelling at another friend on discord with regular manga updates but I will say this)

Isa don’t open the read more :> :

I just finished Thriller Bark arc and ooooooh boy that was a Time. Zoro you are insane *sobbing* HOW IS HE EVEN ALIVE

Usopp getting to use his anxiety/depression/negative thoughts as a strength against Perona was. SO funny yet SO vindicating, I love himmmmm-

Also the stuff with Brook is one of the things I feel I need to watch the anime on because!!! Music!!! That’s difficult to translate through manga, as pretty as the art is. Same for Chopper’s send off from Drum Island, I wanna see the pretty pink Sakura Blossoms!!!! But yea Brook made me cry. I remember really hoping Laboon would pop up again and BOY HOWDY let the skeleton see his baby whale again I beg….

I just hit the Sabody arc too and spotted Law for the first time! I already know his backstory (oops I’m nosey) and WOW HE’S A LITTLE SH*T HAHAHA funny greasy lookin man good to see ya X’’’D I also love Camie!! Kinda refreshing to see a female character getting to finally make the same (if not even MORE) whacky faces like the boys do hhdfhgjkdf you’re doing great sweetieeeee 😂 (also good to see Hachi again!!)

Also the intro to Celestial Dragons and slave trade is so. Man. This is VILE. The extent of horrors the Government will look away from because they’re Celestial Dragons doing the horrors. AUGH. Gross. The situation is revealed in a really neat way too, very engaging. Sooooo satisfying watching Luffy full on punch one CD in the face tho, BLESS. Love that funky lil dude. He really doesn’t care who you are, he can and WILL punch you if friends are threatened.

ALSO I do see Ace’s execution being set up in the bg. I know in a general sense what….happens to him. I don’t like it, let him out 😭

BUT YEA I’M HAVING ALOT OF FUN THANK YOU!!!!

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sanjifucker42069 · 7 months

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Alright babyyyyy I wanna write down some of my viewpoints so you can see why I write strawhats the way I do:

I'm autistic, you bet your ass Luffy is autistic. He screams asexual and probably aro to me. Not bc he's autistic. That boy just has asexual energy. Love you king.

I high-key love Zoro's sassy ass. I also love how he actually isn't that bad at reading his friends. He is an idiot tho. Actual adore idiot!zoro, that man's a gem

Nami has such lesbian energy girlies. I really love Nami. Queen Shit, honestly. I will be writing some barely coherent shit about how much I really love Nami.

Sanji.......I love this whore. I will whine non-stop. This man deserves everything. This guy is as bi as they come baby. This man is the true definition of switch, but leans sub af. I REALLY wanna write something that explores Sanji's complex feelings around gender. I see this guy as someone who has had views of being feminine highly warped, bc baby I'm sorry, but he has real feminine energy. In fact I dont really know if I see sanji as like as cis!male as they come, yknow?

I think we can all agree Sanji doesn't really know how to handle love. None of the strawhats really can where I'm at so far. I think they all deserve to be shown they can be loved. To me though, Sanji is an interesting case. You can't tell me that he hasnt perfectly formulated a persona he uses to talk to people so he can protect his heart. You can't tell me the Vinsmokes didn't drill into him you gotta be tough.

I also firmly believe Sanji has bad toxic masculinity. I see that as a reason him and Zoro clash like they do. Sanji see women as fragile treasures to protect, whereas Zoro sees women as...well women, and that they can do anything. A lot of my sanji writing 100% revolves around taking that bitch and putting him in a situation where he's cared for and shown that being feminine is an okay thing, that relinquishing control is an okay thing, that you don't have to be some macho guy 24/7

I want to make him cry. Not an observation just a fact.

Also.......yeah he does overdo it, but man...pervert Sanji is kinda endearing, so you BEST believe that man is a pervert in my writing.

You KNOW that man wants to be praised and called baby, and good boy, and pretty and [i am forcibly dragged out the back and shot like the dog i am]

Robin mommy

Chopper baby, love chopper. I am a chopper stan.

Love me some Franky, ADORE me some frobin

#rambles

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princemarimo · 2 years

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Since the beginning of time

Pairing: Roronoa Zoro / Sanji Vinsmoke Warnings: de-aged Sanji, de-aged Zoro Word Count: 4.119 Summary: When a fight against another pirate crew goes wrong, Usopp finds himself with two children alone in the woods. Sanji doesn’t seem to trust him at first, but he cares about Zoro even more and lets a well kept secret out. Link (if posted on AO3): https://archiveofourown.org/works/37452448

So I re-wrote this since I had a similar fic for another fandom, but I wanted to do something for Sanji's birthday in a few hours. I love him way too much.

I hope you all enjoy this. It's just fluff.

Usopp is pretty sure that he is actually still on the flying lamb, in his soft, warm hammock, and is dreaming all of this. This can’t be his real life, no matter what else had already happened in it.

This has to be a joke.

“Sanji, please. It’s me, Usopp!” Usopp says for the tenth time, but the little blond boy behind one of the trees only cries louder. Dammit. Usopp knows they have seen so many weird devil fruits, but this one takes the cake.

“Why is Sanji crying?” Zoro asks and Usopp takes a deep breath before he looks down at the tiny swordsman. At least Zoro seems to be better off than Sanji, since he still remembers their names. However, he seems a lot more like a real kid too no matter how grumpy he can look.

“I think he is afraid,” Usopp says, exhausted, and looks back into the forest. He needs to get them out of here, before other pirates would find them. Luffy and the others should already be back at the ship and maybe Chopper could help them somehow.

Their little doctor has a plan for everything. At least that’s what Usopp tells himself.

Too bad Zoro killed the weird pirate before Usopp had realized that the asshole had cursed the cook and the swordsman. Usopp sighs loudly and watches how Zoro nearly stumbles over his own feet as he walks towards Sanji.

Usopp doesn’t even have an idea how old they could be. Just like always Sanji is actually a tiny bit smaller than Zoro, but they both seem to be very young. Three, maybe four, if Usopp is lucky. Just great.

“Sanji?” Zoro asks quietly when he reaches the tree. Usopp can see how he kneels down and has to hide a grin. Fine, maybe the baby swordsman was actually kind of cute. Even his swords seem different, made of wood now. Seems like the baby still has to train with wooden swords, Usopp smiles.

“I w-wanna go home. I want my m-mommy!” Sanji cries louder this time and it’s as if someone punched Usopp in his guts. So either Sanji is so small that his mother should still be alive or he is now dealing with his mother’s death. Usopp doesn’t know for sure when she died, but Sanji had told him once about her when he was really drunk.

They all know Sanji doesn’t like to talk about his family.

“But you have me and Usopp,” Zoro says happily and he even throws his hands up. Sanji sniffles again, but at least the loud crying finally stops. Usopp takes a shaky breath, thank god.

“But Usopp looks scary!” Sanji whispers, or he tries to, but Usopp can hear him clearly. He smiles, so Sanji does remember him, even though he is scared of the great Captain Usopp.

“Hmm. I think he looks cool,” Zoro giggles and Usopp’s heart swells. He thought Zoro would be an angry kid, but maybe he had been a sweet boy, before he grew up to be a warrior. Just like Sanji.

“Sanji, it’s okay. I promise you that I just want to help you,” Usopp says and he tries to soften his voice. Sanji actually looks carefully around the tree and Usopp smiles as widely as he can.

Sanji looks back to Zoro who now holds his hand out.

“Okay,” Sanji says softly and he wipes away all the tears and snot on his face. Usopp concentrates not to make a face at that and he watches as Sanji carefully takes Zoro’s hand in his own.

“Maybe we can ask Usopp for some food?” Zoro says and Usopp huffs a laugh. The little swordsman seems really clever and Usopp winks at him. Sanji actually walks a bit faster, when he hears that, but he doesn’t say anything.

Usopp is relieved, when they are both in front of him. They are still dirty and Sanji’s face is all red from his crying, but they seem healthy and at least not hurt. Usopp had been worried that the other pirates had actually hurt them. And thank god both are still dressed.

If the bandana on Zoro looked dangerous before, he looks just incredibly cute now. Sanji looks almost adorable in his tiny suit and Usopp chuckles.

“Did I hear something about food?” Usopp asks and Sanji’s eyes automatically light up. Seems like some things never change.

“Can we please get some? It would make Sanji very happy,” Zoro asks and Usopp would literally give him anything, if the little cook continued to look at him like that. Sanji nods hastily besides him, but he is still not speaking.

“Of course. I’m sure we’ll find something,” Usopp promises and he knows that they still have some food on their ship. Sanji made their snacks just before the pirates had attacked and Usopp knows he had hidden them before Luffy could see them.

“Thank you Usopp!” Zoro says happily and Usopp only nods.

“Okay, Zoro? Come here. It’s probably better if I uh… carry you, before you eh… get lost or something,” Usopp says and he carefully picks the swordsman up. Zoro seems surprised but he lets go of Sanji’s hand.

This is all so damn weird, he hopes Zoro can laugh about it later when he’s big again.

Zoro growls.

“Put me down, longnose!” Zoro says, but Usopp just adjusts his weight and looks back to Sanji, who sniffles again.

“Wait!” Sanji says loudly and Usopp raises his eyebrows.

“What is it?” Usopp asks, a bit worried and Sanji looks down to his feet. Usopp obviously didn’t know Sanji the first time around, when Sanji was this young, but he never would’ve guessed that Sanji was this shy.

“What about me?” Sanji asks and his under lip wobbles dangerously, Usopp kneels down and puts his hands on Sanji’s shoulders.

“Hey I would never forget about you. I just thought you wanted to hold my hand instead, but maybe you wanna be carried?” Usopp explains and Sanji nods. Only one tear falls down this time and Sanji is pouting all cutely.

Usopp always knew the crew would be his death one day, but that he would get killed by his cook’s cuteness? Yeah, that's a new one.

“Are you okay with walking?” Usopp asks Zoro now and the swordsman nods. He didn’t seem to like to be carried anyway. Usopp sighs and puts him back down. Sanji smiles and holds his arms up.

They already survived so much crap in their lives, they could do this too. As soon as they got back to the ship, Usopp would do anything to change them back.

“There you go,” Usopp says, when he picks Sanji up this time. Zoro smiles a bit too when the cook laughs all cutely at that. Then Sanji smacks his lips and actually puts his thumb into his mouth. Usopp yanks his hand away and Sanji’s eyes widen.

“N-no”. Sanji says and Usopp can see that he is nearly crying again. He groans quietly and then looks into his bag. He knows he has some wet wipes in there somewhere, not because he actually thought he would ever have babies with him, but because it often comes in handy, when they are all bloody and there is no shower in sight.

“Here, let me just clean your hands,” Usopp explains and he carefully wipes the dirt off Sanji's hands. Sanji just watches him and as soon as Usopp is finished, he puts his thumb back into his mouth.

He looks way too cute to be angry with him for doing that, but maybe Usopp should buy him something. God, he hopes the curse will be gone, before he actually has to buy all this baby stuff.

“I can help!” Zoro says happily and Sanji snuffles around his thumb.

“Help? I’m not sure that you actually know the right path back to the ship,” Usopp says, while Sanji plays with his hair. Usopp watches in disgust how the spit already dribbles down his chin from sucking his thumb.

“No but Sanji has something in the pocket of his jacket. He needs that when he’s nervous!” Zoro says, as if it’s the most obvious thing he ever said. Usopp frowns for a moment.

“As I said, don’t worry about that. I’m…” Usopp starts to explain, but he does look into the pocket of Sanji’s suit. Usopp almost squeaks when he sees that where normally Sanji’s cigarettes would be, are actually some pacifiers. What the fuck. This stupid devil fruit had changed everything or what.

“Wow.” Sanji says, looking so fascinated and even Usopp feels a bit lightheaded. Zoro smiles widely and then Usopp holds out the pacifier for Sanji, who immediately takes it and puts it into his mouth. He smiles behind it.

“See I can help!” Zoro says, but he sounds a bit disappointed in himself, even though Sanji doesn’t seem to care. Usopp knows that Zoro believes Sanji would only tolerate him around them because he is a good fighter, not a friend or something.

Sometimes Usopp wants to tell Zoro the truth, telling him that the cook is just a coward, but he still hopes, one day, Sanji will finally find the courage to talk about his feelings. Not that Zoro is any better. Just as hopelessly in love with the cook and doesn’t say a damn word about it.

“Thank you, Marimo!” Sanji squeals and it comes out all slurred, because of the pacifier. He struggles in Usopp’s arms and Usopp holds him a bit down, so he can reach Zoro. Sanji takes his pacifier out, just to press a kiss on Zoro’s cheek and the swordsman puts his hand over the spot Sanji kissed.

Usopp has to hide his grin, while Sanji just nods and then kicks his legs a bit.

“Food?” Sanji asks and now that he seems to understand the power of his big blue eyes, he actually starts to use them. Usopp nods.

“Sure.”

Luckily the walk was quiet. Zoro had hummed to some music, even though he didn't seem to remember any of the words and Sanji had actually slept a bit on Usopp’s shoulder. Zoro didn’t even try to run away, which probably means they are both super tired.

They’re still not anywhere near their ship, but the town seems peaceful and quiet. Maybe they should actually take a break here. Since they’re both kids, they had walked very slow and Usopp could use the break himself. Around the next corner is a nice looking restaurant and Usopp stops.

“Boys, we’re here!” Usopp says and carefully wakes Sanji up, to put him down. Sanji rubs over his visible eye and smiles, before he takes Zoro’s hand back into his. Usopp can’t help but smile, it seems that it’s easier to show their emotions as kids.

Usopp wishes the crew could see this.

“Food,” Sanji mumbles quietly and Usopp chuckles. He knows that Sanji probably wants to cook instead of eat it, but right now he wouldn’t even reach his own stove.

“Are you feeling okay, Zoro?” Usopp asks, just to be sure, and Zoro nods.

“Hungry,” Zoro says and Usopp nods. Zoro is probably really hungry, often enough he is not better than their captain, he just doesn’t show it so easily.

Usopp is glad when he sees that the restaurant is almost empty. He helps Sanji and Zoro onto their own corner bench and then sits down at the opposite.

“Oh hello, aren’t you two lovely?” The waitress, Perona according to her name tag, states and Usopp grins in agreement.

“Hello, we want food,” Zoro actually says, while Sanji hides behind him. He does make shy heart eyes at her, Usopp snorts.

“Your sons?” She asks and Usopp nods, before he realizes what he is doing.

“Actually just the small and shy blond one. The other one is the son of a friend.” Usopp explains and Sanji actually pouts at those words. Zoro just nods along. They need a cover like this or people would probably arrest him for stealing two kids.

“Okay, what can I do for you all?” Perona asks and she pulls out her pen and pad. Usopp gets himself some cheesecake and some apple pie for the two boys. Hoping that it wouldn’t be too sweet for Zoro’s likeness.

“Usopp?” Sanji asks and Usopp looks back at the boys. Sanji seems so nervous again and he is still holding onto Zoro, who is playing with a napkin.

“Yes, Sanji?” Usopp asks back and now Sanji is smiling all widely and then points at another couple at the end of the restaurant.

“Why are they doing this?” Sanji asks and Usopp doesn’t really know what Sanji is talking about. Then he sees that they are holding hands and the man leans closer to kiss his girlfriend.

“Uhm… you do that if you really like someone,” Usopp explains awkwardly and Sanji nods very seriously. He is looking at the couple again and Usopp hopes they will get served, before Sanji can ask any other questions.

“Are they in love?” Zoro wants to know and he looks fascinated with the idea. Usopp swallows dryly.

“Yeah… perhaps,” Usopp answers slowly and Zoro nods to himself. Sanji is still watching the couple with big eyes, when the man starts to feed his girlfriend some of his food, Usopp groans.

“Here we go boys! Cheesecake for the caring father and for the two cutest boys in the world, some apple pie with extra cream.” Perona says happily and puts the plates down. Usopp is a bit relieved when Sanji finally focuses on something different than the couple and starts eating his pie.

Sanji eats his own pie very slowly, while Zoro just stuffs it all into his mouth. Usopp has to hide his grin, because Zoro even has some cream on his nose.

“And is it good?” Usopp wants to know and Zoro only answers with a nod, still too busy devouring the pie in one breath. Sanji smiles at Usopp.

“It tastes really nice. I hope I can get the recipe.” Sanji answers happily and Usopp chuckles a bit, because that is so typical for Sanji. He’s glad that even as a kid Sanji seemed to already enjoy cooking.

“Zoro?” Sanji asks between his bites and Zoro looks at him automatically. They stare at each other and it’s scary how much Usopp can see their adult selves at this moment. Sanji blinks.

“Open your mouth,” Sanji says and Zoro frowns, still without complaining he does so and Sanji nods to himself, before he scoops up some of his pie. Usopp feels like he shouldn’t be watching this, but he can’t help it either.

Sanji grins when he actually feeds Zoro and the swordsman blushes deeply, when he seems to understand what Sanji is not saying.

“Thank you,” Zoro says and Sanji shrugs, as if it was nothing.

“You do that when you love someone,” Sanji says and Usopp coughs into his glass of water. Oh god. He just… said that.

“Like a brother?” Zoro asks back and Usopp sighs. Yeah, okay maybe Sanji had said those words to lots of women before and never really meant it, since he’s just a guy who flirts a lot but Usopp knows it means more now.

“No thank you. I already have a lot of brothers.” Sanji, the dumbass, says and smiles.

“Oh,” Zoro says and this time he is the one who looks back to the couple. Before Usopp can somehow distract them from… whatever this was, Zoro frowns harder and then puts his hand over Sanji’s.

Sanji doesn’t react at all, he just continues to eat his pie with his free hand, and Usopp decides not to say anything. They deserve this. The next ten minutes nobody says anything and Usopp gets up to pay for their meal.

When he comes back, Sanji seems still pretty tired, because he is rubbing his visible eye again while still holding onto Zoro.

“Young love, huh?” Perona asks smiling, when she sees them as well. Usopp shrugs.

“Nothing really new, but the first time they acted on it.” Usopp says and he doesn’t care that this may sound weird for the waitress.

“I’m glad you are so open with this,” Perona says and Usopp frowns. Why wouldn’t he be, but then he sees how Sanji looks up to him. He seems a bit afraid and hastily looks away, as if he thinks Usopp wouldn’t be okay with him and Zoro.

“Boys? Are you ready?” Usopp asks and he holds the door open. Zoro gets up and joins him, Sanji behind him, still holding hands. It’s a sight Usopp could get used to, he still takes his time to smile at them.

When Usopp picks Sanji back up again, he smiles at him.

“I’m really proud of you.” He says and Sanji just grabs his pacifier as an answer, while Zoro is already on the wrong path walking in front of them.

Idiots.

“Oh my god,” Nami says, when she sees them. They are in the men’s room and before Usopp can stop her, she is already picking Zoro up. Sanji hastily hides behind Usopp’s legs.

The other strawhats had luckily already waited for them and Usopp filled them in on their little problem. Chopper is already looking through his books.

“Hello Nami,” Zoro says and he frowns a bit, when Nami puts him on her hip and boops his nose with her free hand. Usopp has to laugh at the swordsman’s face. He looks almost grumpy now.

“Please tell me you have a solution,” Usopp says and he puts his bag down. He needs some sleep, but he can’t just ignore this problem. He can’t wait for Chopper to find a solution for this.

“Yeah, wait a second. I wanna see my sweet little Sanji first,” Nami answers and because of her soft tone, Sanji actually looks up to her. He still seems way too shy, but Zoro just nods to him and Sanji makes two steps towards her.

“Hi, you look very beautiful,” Sanji chirps and Nami’s eyes actually tear up. She kneels down, Zoro still on her hip and puts her hand on Sanji’s cheek. Sanji smiles and doesn’t say anything else.

“Are you okay, Sanji?” Nami asks and Sanji nods. Zoro starts to wiggle in her arms and when she lets him down, Zoro takes Sanji’s hand, before they both start to toddle over to the bed they normally only use for emergencies.

Well maybe this is one.

“Can we read something, Usopp?” Sanji asks and bites nervously on his bottom lip. Usopp nods and then looks for something they could actually read. He does find the book of the Liar Noland and hopes that’s at least kinda child appropriate.

Usopp even helps them on the bed and pulls the blankets over them. Maybe they are still tired and will sleep some more.

“And we are sure those are Sanji and Zoro?” Nami asks when she watches them. Sanji awkwardly puts his head on Zoro’s shoulder and Zoro gives him his pacifier. Usopp laughs.

“You know how they say that only children and fools tell the truth? Maybe it’s like this. Zoro shows his feelings more openly now and Sanji is enjoying this,” Usopp explains and Nami nods.

“I thought I would never see the day those two are actually cuddling in bed together,” Nami whispers and Usopp nods along to her words. He is hoping Sanji won’t run, as soon as he is an adult again.

“So, you actually found something?” Usopp asks, when Chopper walks back in. Hopefully, the medication to fix this wouldn’t take very long to make. Chopper turns around and gets a book out of his bag and Usopp takes it.

“Yeah, I think I did,” Chopper says and Usopp reads over the article he points out. Usopp sighs. Nothing they could do. It should be gone on its own after 24 hours. At least that means he can actually go to sleep now.

“Okay, so we just sit it out? Great. You’re the best Chopper. I really need to get some shut eye.” Usopp says, ignoring how Chopper dances around at the compliment, and is already at the door, before he hears a tiny voice again.

“Usopp?”

Nami grins, when Usopp stops and turns back around. Zoro is still focused on the book, but Sanji is looking at him.

“Yes, Sanji?” Usopp asks and Chopper goes over to the bed as well. Sanji seems a bit embarrassed but then points at the bathroom door. Usopp groans, while Nami leaves them alone.

“We need to get ready for bed,” Sanji says and Usopp nods. He is right and they all know how much Sanji enjoys his hygiene. Luckily, with Chopper by his side, they manage to get both boys into the bed again in under ten minutes, even though Zoro complained about brushing his teeth.

Since Usopp has no real pajamas for them to wear, he puts them both in some of Sanji’s shirts, even though Sanji would for sure kill him for that later, but Zoro’s shirts are all dirty. Usopp shakes his head and then tucks them in again.

They look so small in the middle of the bed. Chopper is stroking Zoro’s hair again and the swordsman closes his eyes.

“Sleep well,” Chopper says and Usopp actually presses a kiss to Sanji’s forehead this time. Usopp nods to himself and then gets up, Chopper quietly follows him.

“Goodnight Sanji,” Zoro says, when Usopp and Chopper are leaving. Just as Usopp wants to turn off the lights, he sees how Zoro leans closer and kisses Sanji’s cheek.

“Love you,” Sanji mumbles half asleep, but Zoro smiles wider than Usopp has ever seen, before he cuddles back against Sanji. Usopp shakes his head, grinning.

It’s nearly noon and the boys are still sleeping. Maybe the curse was too much for them? Usopp has already checked more than three times on them, but they are both still alive. Still breathing. At least Chopper had said that, when he had checked too.

“How long?” Nami asks and Usopp checks his watch.

“Around ten minutes,” Usopp answers and he can’t help it, he is nervous. What if Sanji reacts badly? He is already imagining hearing some screaming from his room, but so far, there is nothing.

“Usopp!”

Oh yeah. That is definitely not the sweet baby cook anymore. Nami giggles into her mug and Usopp swallows dryly, when he hears Sanji’s steps coming up to the galley, where he and Nami are sitting.

“You okay?” Usopp asks, before Sanji can start yelling. Sanji is wearing dark pants and still the - now well fitting - shirt, but over that he wears another jacket. He looks very alarmed.

“Please tell me this was all just a joke and I did not just wake up in Zoro’ arms,” Sanji says and of course that is the moment when Zoro also enters the room. He is wearing his normal clothes again.

“It wasn’t a dream,” Zoro answers for Usopp and Sanji’s eyes widen almost comically.

“Zoro?” Sanji asks and turns back around to his swordsman. Nami shrugs, when Usopp looks at her. They both stay quiet, while Sanji and Zoro are staring at each other again.

“Did you… not mean it?” Zoro asks carefully and Usopp wishes he could leave, but the two are standing in front of the only exit. He doesn’t want to be here, when Sanji breaks Zoro’s heart again. Or they break his neck.

“I… of course I meant it,” Sanji whispers quietly and he seems so nervous, that he looks down and shrugs awkwardly. Sanji is afraid to get hurt, Usopp realizes. He isn’t ashamed of Zoro or his feelings for another man. He just doesn’t think Zoro feels the same.

“Good,” Zoro says and he takes the last three steps towards Sanji to hug him. Nami hides her squeal very badly, when Sanji presses himself even more against Zoro and Usopp huffs. Fucking finally.

“I love you too, Sanji. No matter when,” Zoro whispers, while he presses a kiss to Sanji’s hot cheek and Usopp is really relieved when the cook just nods and holds onto his swordsman.

He would still blackmail them with lots of stories.

The next weeks are much happier than Usopp can ever remember. Sanji and Zoro are still shy around each other, but it gets better. Usopp still tells everyone he meets their story just to embarrass Sanji and Zoro.

Until one day he searches for his slingshot and finally finds it in Sanji’s wardrobe. Usopp stops, when he sees the letter that’s laying on Sanji’s hammock. It’s obviously Zoro’s handwriting and Usopp knows he shouldn’t look. But it only says a few words anyway.

“I have loved you since forever.”

#zosan au #zosan #zosan fanfic #zoro x sanji #I'm new in this fandom <3 #cute fic #fluff

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kaizokuou-ni-naru · 4 years

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Hi Jonny! Now that you're caught up, please once again rank the strawhats' backstories in terms of how much they hurt you T^T You didnt include Luffy the last time I think

yeah! last time was... just after thriller bark, i think. couldn’t find my old post to consult, so we’re starting from scratch but with everybody this time. obligatory this is just my personal experience and opinion, everybody is going to have different emotional reactions to different things.

1. nami: since the last time i made this list i watched the anime version of arlong park for the first time, and like... it really hit me. i felt like i got gut punched. also i recently wrote some fanfic about nami’s backstory too which just made me think about how badly she suffered and how strong she had to be, which also made me cry some more. anyways, i love nami.

2. robin: robin’s backstory still holds the esteem of being the first strawhat backstory to make me cry real tears. in the middle of a school day, no less.

3. brook: yeah.

4. sanji: even setting aside the fact that sanji’s initial backstory hit me so hard it was one of the first things to really hook me into the manga’s story (together with zoro’s duel with mihawk), everything about him and the vinsmokes in the first half of whole cake island was so upsetting for me that it like, genuinely detracted from my enjoyment of the arc until things started brightening up.

5. chopper: chopper is one i don’t think i properly appreciated when i first read it, because drum island as a whole was a really difficult arc for me reading comprehension-wise, but. he was just a baby? he was little baby? and he accidentally helped kill his dad? i’m sad.

6. franky: chopper and franky are really about even in my mind, in terms of tragedy, but eventually i decided rank franky a little lower because he got a lot more time with his family and didn’t lose tom until he was an adult. though i still am VERY emotional about tom’s workers they were a FAMILY.

7. luffy: luffy would probably be a lot higher if i hadn’t already known while reading his backstory that sabo was going to live. don’t get me wrong, his flashback still hits like a bus and i am very :((, but i can’t place him higher than any of the others i think.

8. jinbe: it’s not that the fishman island flashback isn’t sad, because it absolutely is, it’s sheer multilayered tragedy, but, uh. i didn’t really... register it was also jinbe’s backstory flashback until a friend of mine actually pointed it out. the focus is all on otohime and fisher tiger. so despite the fact that it’s super sad and well-told, i feel like i can’t rank it any higher than this as strawhat backstories go, if that makes sense.

9. usopp: usopp barely has a backstory- which makes sense, given he’s basically the everyman of the crew and has never even left his island before meeting the crew. the loss of his mom and the justification it provides for his actions is still sad, but it’s also very everyday and unavoidable, and only really gets a couple pages dedicated to it.

10. zoro: zoro’s backstory comes too early and ends too fast to really hit, i think, especially because even within the flashback everything seems so sudden. i think some of this is just oda’s early style, but in any case i’m so sorry, kuina, you deserved better.

#jonny answers #one piece #nami #robin #brook #sanji #chopper #franky #luffy #jinbe #usopp #zoro #not japanese #strawhats #long post

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BAKUTEN’S FAVORITE STAR WARS CHARACTERS AND OTHER HCs

Futaba: Luke Skywalker. 100%. Dare I say kinnie- no no I don’t. The OG trilogy is his favorite. He’s seen all the movies and The Mandalorian, has yet to watch the animated shows but the team fixes that. Has tried to use the force before. His favorite TCW character is Plo Koon.

Onagawa: Leia and Ahsoka stan. He binge watched The Clone Wars. Cried during the season 5 finale and went NUTS over Ahsoka returning in season 7. He only watched Mando for her appearance but he got attached to Din and Grogu (thought he refuses to call him anything other than baby Yoda) Max Reebo enthusiast. In his heart Barriss Offee gets a redemption arc and is dating Ahsoka, do not bring up her off scene canonical death he will not hear you.

Watari: If you asked he’d say “glup shitto” and call you a nerd (seemingly oblivious that knowing the name “glup shitto” automatically makes you a total nerd sir don’t even try) But he’s absolutely watched everything. He loves the animated shows (including 2003 Clone Wars) and will defend Rebels with his life. Deep down I think Hondo Ohnaka is his favorite based just on vibes. Watari thinks Mandalorians are hot. Laughs during the ROTS youngling scene. His favorite droid is Chopper.

Masamune: He gives me “discovered the Legends EU one summer and would not shut up about it” vibes in the best way. Actually enjoys the canon sequels and Legends equally. Favorite characters include Jaina Solo and Poe Dameron. Has at least two toy lightsabers and 100% initiates 1am duels in the dorm. His favorite clone is Cody. He can read a few phrases in galactic basic and is proud of it. Cannot laugh during the ROTS youngling scene because he struggling not to cry over the Order 66 scene. Can quote entire scenes by memory.

Tsudikate: Knows a surprising amount of lore??? His favorite characters are Chewbacca, Bail Organa, and Fox. his favorite movie is The Phantom Menace. Is killer at the Lego games like he can do the pod race level and the Mustafar level in one try. Would kill to have a real Loth cat. Unironically enjoys the D-squad arc in Clone Wars. Watari fights him over this.

Misato: had honestly never seen any SW content before joining the team. They fixed this as soon as they found out with an emergency Skywalker saga marathon (and argued for half an hour over what order to watch it in, they ended up going with release order). He likes Anakin and Obiwan. He rewatches some of the films later with Futaba and

Misato:...

Futaba: what is it?

Misato: ...Is R2D2 the actual main character?

Futaba: ...thats actually a good question hold on wait wait

(the answer is yes)

Masamune tried explaining the legends vs canon EU to him once and he just could not process it.

Asawo: Okay. I have no explanation for this. NONE. This is just how it came to me. She knows bare minimum about SW. but she played JFO at least once. Her favorite character is Merrin.

Coach: has seen at least one star war. tried to use a Yoda quote at practice once and failed

#okay its done I think #they would have the best lightsaber fights I stg #OH BOY A POST WITH BOTH MY FIXATIONS?!#star wars #jfo #bakuten #Bakuten!!#backflip!!#anime #I desperately wanted to add Cal Kestis and Mara Hade somewhere but it didn’t work out

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contrispos · 3 years

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Episode 12 - Rescue on Ryloth

[Star Wars: The Bad Batch]

Okay, so I know this is very late but I’ve been up to a lot of stuff, but here it is!!!

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RAMPFUCK

HOWSER😘😘😘

i hate rampass with my entire being

YES TELL EM ELENI

BOSS ASS BITCH.COM

I love Howser

I HATE RAMPASS

CROSSHAIR IS COMING AND I KNOW IT

CHOPPER!!!!!!!!

THAT is my man crisscross

Crosshair, arr you suggesting you won’t leave without your brothers right now??? IS THAT WHAT YOU ARE SAYING

THE BATCH

GONKY

GONKY IS A DEFECTIVE UNIT

I LOVE IT

I LOVE THAT THE BATCH NAMED THEIR GNK DROID GONKY BTW

ITS MY FAVORITE THING IN THE ENTIRE WORLD

HOLY SHIT ITS TECH

MY BABYYYYYYY

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

YEA DONT WORRY GONKY THEY ARE DEFECTIVE TOO

ITS SO CUTE I CANT

TECH MY BABY

I HAVE MISSED YOU DEAR

IS THIS TECH BEING A DAD

IS TECH WORRIED ABOUT THE MISSION

MY GOD HES BEAUTIFUL

yeah baby tell him

omega is the fucking best did you know that?

damn tech stop flying so fast u gonna die brother

MY CHILDREN ARE SO BEAUTIFUL

omg I fucking love chopper

HOLD UP

WE ARE GETTING TECH AND CHOPPER TOGETHER IN THE SAME SCENE

THE DOPPELGÄNGERS ARE UNITED

this post btw

AH the little shoulder grab my heart

awwwwee tech is so excited

why so cold hunter? ya need a blanket or something

how exactly did free ta survive a shot to THE FUCKING HEAD BUT FIVES DIDNT SURVIVE A SHOT THROUGH ARMOR

🎶four bros, chillin on a mountain, zero feet apart cuz they’re not actually gay just very close brothers who fight battles together and are like a family🎶

oooooooh another face off?????

why do i love the hand signs?

WHY DID WE NOT GET TO SEE MY BEAUTIFUL BABY TECH?????

shit

that’s a probe isn’t it

hunter is gonna save the day:)

bonk

stabby stab

oh tech my darling boy, please do a stand up show

crisscross is comin for ya!!

GOD

TECH AND CHOPPER ARE WORKING TOGETHER ON THE SHIP!!!!!!

WHY IS THIS THE CUTEST THING I’VE EVER SEEN??????

WHY IS DAVE DOING THIS TO ME?????

hunter is a little(very tall) bitch

HUHHHHHHHH

OMYFUCKINGGODTHATISTHECUTESTTHINGIHAVEEVERSEENORHEARDINMYENTIRELIFE

OMEGA LITERALLY JUST TOLD HUNTER SHE SEES THE BATCH AS HER FAMILY

I AM CRYING

HUNTERS FACE

wait are they just gonna leave omega there????

holy shit

wait

why are you bullying my child RAMPASS

HUH?

YOU WANNA FIGHT??!!

crosshairs scar is no easier to look at

my child is hurt!!!!

OMYFUCKINGGODTHEREMYHEARTGOESAGAINCANOMEGASTOPBEINGSOFUCKINGADORABLE

HE IS HER BROTHER🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

THEY ALL ARE🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺

CAN I CRY NOW? WILL YOU ALLOW ME TO CRY??????

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

OOOFFFF omega i love you

howser is baby

HOWSER IS DEFECTIVE I KNEW IT

AHHHHHHH

I CANT

I LOVE CHOPPER SO MUCH

I LOVE THE BAD BATCH SO MUCH

YOU CANNOT UNDERSTAND THE EMOTIONAL STATE I AM IN RIGHT NOW

OMG TECH IS BEING A DAD

HE IS BEING A DAD

I REPEAT

TECH IS BEING A DAD

HE HAS DAD ENERGY

HE IS PROTECTIVE

HOLY FUCK I COULD GO ON ABOUT HOW MUCH I LOVE DAD!TECH FOR HOURS

SSHHHIIIIIEEEEETTTTT

CHOPPER MY CHILD YOU ARE SO SMART I LOVE YOU

CHOPPER SUPREMACY YESTERDAY PLEASE

I CANNOT EXPLAIN HOW MUCH I LOVE IT WHEN CHOPPER HAS HIS LITTLE ROBOT ARMS OUT

“a little help?” echo, fives is very proud of you right now

“i won’t tell if you don’t” holy fuck i live my children

WAIT

ARE WE ABOUT TO WITNESS HERAS FIRST TIME AS A REAL PILOT??????

OMG GUYS THIS IS A LEGENDARY EVENT RIGHT HERE

THIS MOMENT RIGHT HERE WILL CHANGE THE GALAXY FOREVER

TECH

HELLO DEAR

there is something about the fact that tech is talking about his rebels parallel character that just sits right with me

OH MY GOD

DID YOU HEAR THE SLIGHT PANIC IN TECHS VOICE

HE THOUGHT OMEGA WAS GOING TO FLY THE SHUTTLE WITHOUT ANY TRAINING

MY BABY

WHY DID HE SOUND SO MUCH LIKE A DAD

HE WAS SO DAD-LIKE IN THE WAY HE SAID OMEGA

OH MY GOD THIS RIGHT HERE IN MY FAVORITE SCENE IN THE ENTIRE STAR WARS FRANCHISE

TECH IS SO FUCKING GOOD AT FLYING AND I LOVE IT

HOW IS HE DOING THAT

AH I LOVE HIM SO MUCH

LIKE I AM ASEXUAL BUT LIKE THAT IS SEXY AF

TECH

I AM NO LONGER ASKING

I DEMAND YOU PUT YOUR COMEDY SHOW ON THE ROAD

HOLY MOTHER OF GOD TECH IS GORGEOUS

MY HEART

MY EYES ARE BLESSED

DONT GO THAT WAY HUNTER

YA GONNA DIE

hunter so knows that howsers chip is dead

OH MY GOD

TECH IS SO FUCKING GORGEOUS

I—

I CANT

HE IS SO FUCKING BEAUTIFUL

oh no

stop

omg

regular clones breaking orders??

THIS IS WHAT IM HERE FOR!!!!!!

YES HOWSER

BUT LIKE GET THE HELL OUTTA THERE CAUSE YOURE ABOUT TO DIE

WHY DOES CROSSHAIR MISS EVERY SINGLE SHOT???

IS IT HIM FIGHTING AGAINST THE CHIP TO NOT SHOOT HIS BROTHERS????

WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS TO ME

WHY ARE YOU MAKING ME WATCH MY CHILDREN BEING SO SAD

A HIGH FIVE!!!!!!

OMEGA DID A LITTLE JUMP TOO

I CANT WITH THIS ADORABLENESS

ah- hunter resisting payment???? who’s this fella???

okay, let’s just break this down: hunter is breaking my heart with his fucking dad-of-the-group thing

wrecker is breaking my heart with his utterly confused look at what’s going on

omega is breaking my heart with her sheer cuteness

echo is healing me a bit by being the calm mom

BUT TECH IS FUCKING KILLING ME FIFTEEN TIMES IN THIS SHORT CLIP BECAUSE 1: HOW DARE HE BE SO DAD-Y TOWARDS OMEGA AND HERA AND 2: HOW DARE HE SMILE LIKE THAT??? HOW DARE HE BE SO GORGEOUS I LITERALLY CANNOT BREATHE RIGHT NOW HE STARIGHT UP KNOCKED THE AIR FROM MY LUNGS HE IS SO GORGEOUS AND I WILL DIE IN LIKE TWO SECONDS IF NOT LESS

HERA AND OMEGA ARE LESBIANS

I LOVE HERA AND KANAN BUT LIKE OMEGA AND HERA ARE SO CUTE

“keep an eye on your brothers” I CANT I LITERALLY CANT LIKE HERA KILLED ME RIGHT HERE AND NOW AND ALSO HOW DARE THEY SHIFT THE FOCUS TO THE BATCH WHEN SHE SAYS THAT

okay but hera literally thinks that they are brothers in the sense of how i have brothers or how she would have brothers, like they are a little family who grew up together and the batch are omegas troublesome older brothers when in reality they are clones, i think that is realky beautiful and i am crying so hard right now

OKAY BUT TECHS LITTLE SMILE AS OMEGA WALKED UP TO THEM I—

ah shiet

OH MY GOD CROSSHAIRS FACE WHEN RAMPASS SAID THE BATCH ARE HIS FRIENDS

HE WANTS TO GO HOME

nope

nuh uh

i dont want this

but i really do want this tho

NOW THEY CAN GET HIS CHIP OUT AND HE CAN BE WITH HIS FAMILY AGAIN

okay but if that’s not the face of a scared little boy i don’t know what is

like!!!

look at that!!!

HE IS SO SCARED HE JUST WANTS TO GO HOME

DAVE JUST LET HIM GO HOME

okay but i really did not need this much in one episode but like now they might actually save crosshair soooo, that’s good:))))

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The Live Action Fullmetal Alchemist Movie Part 6: Let’s Kill Hughes

Hey guys, I’ve been having some issues with the blog not...updating my drafts. So in case you’re wondering, that’s where I disappeared to. Give a round of applause to the support team for finding a solution until it gets fixed but as of right now I’m on like a private window with my extensions turned off and writing this from both tumblr and a LibreOffice document. Hello ads, nice to see you back.

Last we left off, we were a hop and skip away to lab 5. In the anime, this was a sequence where there was a bunch of fighting with suits of armor, and they kept that in this movie, but...not the people you think would be fighting are going to be fighting.

Listen I’m not like super knowledgeable about the world of Matte painting, but I like that they’ve unintentionally made this world building where whoever is in charge of making these red bricks basically owns everyone’s nuts. Everything is made out of the same red bricks. Like I know this is a show about homunculi ruling the world but I feel like the red brick guy is hellllllla more egregious. Freakin Monsanto over here.

I assume they had a 3d model and was like “we can just keep using it” and damn, they sure did. And inside of this brick building is, unsurprisingly a lot more red brick (although I think this is partially, if not entirely, an actual real life set.)

This next part is...such a lesson in pacing. Not necessarily a lesson to follow, but definitely a lesson to learn from maybe their non-example.

(watch Hughes die under the cut)

And what’s interesting is that there were a lot of good lines in this upcoming segment. There were a lot of good moments—bu there’s just so many. Maybe too many. You gotta prune your script occasionally, it’s like a tomato plant.

Like I’ve been doing a stress garden to cope with quarantine and Covid and 3+ months of life endangering wildfires, and I learned that you gotta prune the sucker vines off your tomatoes, although sucker vines can also make tomatoes. It sucks to do because I love tomatoes, and I want as many tomatoes as possible, but when you prune the plant, you get bigger better tomatoes that are more worthwhile than the suckers that can infect your plant and make it really sick.

Sorry that made me sound like 5000 years old with that gardening analogy. If you need me to solve your small town murder mysteries, I’m ready.

So it’s like...kind of tragic that it came together as kind of nonsensical when you can tell that it’s so close to being something better.

Like we have some reason up to this point to believe that Ed would have a freak out here...but like...a sobbing on the floor screaming at the walls type of freak out? Was there enough time devoted to this blow up, or did he walk into this room and immediately start screaming? Because he sure did walk immediately into this room and start screeching like a broken bird.

Like last recap, which was about 2 minutes ago in screentime, was this fun and quirky montage with Hughes. Now we’re sobbing into this rusty factory.

And I know what’s going on because I’ve seen the anime, but if you haven’t seen it—would this emotional break down make any sense? We were told by Dr Marcoh, “check out lab 5,” but we were only going to this factory on kind of a wish and a prayer. I really wonder if people who don’t know this show could follow past this point.

And then while we’re still adjusting to “yo, Ed just took it from a 2 to a 10 like immediately” Al is like “Hey I noticed no one is paying attention to me, and I have to lay a wicked fart:”

and then both brother’s just have a freak out. Gotta all be freaking out in this random ass Unity asset that was probably also used for some college grad’s first battle royale.

Pacing is just everything. And what’s SO HARD about Full Metal Alchemist is that there really is a lot of content to cover, there’s a lot of emotions to go through, and when you only have about 7 minutes to cover what was about 3-4 episodes, if I remember correctly, it’s kind of a zany mess.

And if you were going into this movie hoping they wouldn’t illustrate Al as a large idiot baby, then you share the sentiments of most people who saw this movie. Al is like...kind of reduced to a whiny big baby and is...not cute. Like Al is low key kind of menacing throughout this movie, not just because he has this CGI armor thing going on, but also because Al is...so impressionable and unhinged.

Something that I didn’t appreciate enough when I watched the anime was just how important Barry the Chopper was for Al’s logical character development.

Yo...These bangs…

...I’ve realized that every show I recap here just has the worst hair styles. I honestly never thought much about hair at all until I watched like 200 hours of Yugioh and all of this movie and also 6 seasons of Once Upon a Time which featured some LOOKS (but only recapped like 3 episodes, sorry if I got some of y’all excited. That was when we had no reason to cap everything because the capping community for Once was very alive and very exciting.)

By hitting him with a wrench (Al does not feel pain, ps, so he doesn’t need to be hunched over like this) Winry reminds Al that Ed would not risk his life for a fake brother (which may be a line from the anime or the manga but I don’t remember) and crying just...a lot.

Like it felt as if she had to shoot all of this out of order. Same with Ed’s freak out here. Movie’s aren’t really shot in succession and it’s up to the director to make it feel coherent and logical...this felt scattered, like the actors really didn’t know what was happening in the scenes leading up to it so they just cranked it to 11.

And then I guess Ed was either so insulted that Al punched him or was so upset that Al made Winry cry (again, this movie really tries to sell the EdxWinry ship and from me that’s a really big compliment), that Ed just started laying punches to extend a fight scene that was kind over before it started.

But symbolically there is a lot nice things going on here, Ed only uses his fleshy hand so he bleeds all over Al, hurting himself as much he’s hurting his brother. Implying more than just this fight, but suggesting that their whole journey of trying to find this sorcerer’s stone is just going to hurt both of them in their quest to save the other.

And then Al says something along the line of “it hurts!” to infer that he’s got this broken heart which is when they both finally just freakin stop.

Such a shame the pacing, which was a mix of too quick, and too many tomatoes, kind of made it hella blindsiding.

Again this was so many episodes of FMA and they stuffed it into so few minutes, it’s wild.

Especially since Ed is like...he’s cast as an adult! He’s an adult! At no point in the movie so far have they called him a kid, and they’re not pretending that he is one. But like...he acts like such a child because in the original, he was one. And, while this movie steps so far away from the source material, if should have committed and either stepped completely away or committed completely. Of course “should” is one of those things where we’ll just never know. A wish into the ether of hindsight being 20/20.

But lets get to the thing that you all came here for. This is where this movie gets BONKERS:

So Hughes actually draws out a pentagram between the different places in Armestrias, including Ishvaal, leading us to think that he’s figured out the whole dealio of turning the country into an alchemy circle. But, for some reason only helps him find the real lab 5.

It didn’t...that’s a different thing.

And it has been a long time since I’ve seen the ending of this movie—and maybe it was so offhand that I forgot if they actually do bring up turning the country into an alchemy circle--watch me eat my words, it could happen—but yo, we are finally killing Hughes—but we’re over halfway through this movie. And you may wonder...so uh...what...then what could possibly happen? There’s too much anime left!

Now I’m glad they kept this scene really close to the anime, although I haven’t watched the anime in a hot minute. It’s kind of an iconic scene so you don’t forget.

Like I do genuinely enjoy the campy parts where they were bringing up some of my favorite nostalgia of the original.

and then when you are like “ah, this is exactly the same as the anime. I can relax and watch as all my expectations are fully realized.” This twist happens.

YAH.

It’s a change!

So in the anime we had a really fun arc where we were trying to save Lieutenant Ross for being framed for killing Hughes. It’s probably my favorite part of Full Metal Alchemist, actually, it was so clever and a really thrilling chase. It was also like...half of season one.

Anyway, they cut it. They reduced half a season into 7 minutes. I know that, because each of these recaps is about 15 minutes of the movie.

You may look at this recap and be like “wait...this all happened in 15 minutes??” because yeah, this all happened in 15 minutes.

The same squad of people we see in every single scene of soldiers comes up to arrest Ed, which is weird, because I thought this band of soldiers was the military under Cl. Mustang’s command so like…shouldn’t they be arresting themselves? Mustang was over the command of more than 2 people. If we are suspicious of Mustang’s buddies then everyone in this movie would be in trouble.

And that’s when I realized that these guys were just unnamed soldiers and not a part of Mustang’s band. They only had like this many extras and just hoped we wouldn’t keep track of who is who, but I KNOW I’ve seen these guys this whole time. There are only like 6 people in this army. I see you movie magic—I see what you’re trying to do.

Anyway, Ed gets thrown into an old timey opera house that occasionally gets to be used for Middle School graduations. Or maybe also a mortuary where they charge you for funerals.

Like I know it’s supposed to be the capital building but like...this looks so weird when it’s live action. I remember the anime had this kinda feel to it but in live action it’s like…

...this is a weird ass capital building…Why do they have curtains like a Granny Holiday Inn in Reno, Nevada?

Thankfully, Hawkeye is here to explain to Ed what just happened because we, the movie viewers, were kind of surprised by that plot twist.

Like there were many ways you can condense half a season into 15 minutes, and I dunno if I would have just changed the murderer. It is a solution you can do. You can just point blame on Mustang and skip that whole Ross segment but like….

…then why write the movie?

Obviously, they had to make the movie, it had already been funded, people were really excited about the idea, and I do not envy the people that had to hack and slash with the Full Metal Alchemist script, but it is interesting what they decided was important to the original content, and what was unimportant. All that stuff that showed how Mustang was brilliant and two steps ahead of everyone else? Unimportant. All that stuff we had that showed how Mustang cares a lot about protecting other people and also cares about Ed and Al? Unimportant.

It really changes the dynamic, and it’s kind of fascinating to go into this cold because it’s been like...a year for me since I’ve watched it...and just see how different everything is without all those supporting characters that when I watched the anime I just assumed were mostly useless (Though fun). Turns out they all had a pretty significant part of making me care about Ed, about Mustang, about Al, about all my main characters.

FMA is very character driven, and this movie is mostly just...plot driven. There’s kind of a great debate in literature about plot driven vs character driven. Movies and TV tend to be very plot driven, because they are very expensive to make, so they follow pre-formatted plot beats like “Save the Cat” or “The Heroes Journey” and other ones (there’s several to choose from).

They’ve made a fine science out of at what point a TV show should introduce the main, at what point they should suffer doubt, at what point they should shun their hero’s journey, etc etc. They know it down to the page number of the scripts they are writing. I know this, because it’s readily available on the internet and people fight about it all the time. This is why a show may suffer developing a character—because they just don’t have time and they just don’t have the resources to do something out of the box. Movies doubly so, because every minute of film can cost thousands of dollars.

What’s interesting about this is that FMA, the original FMA, does follow these beats. It was a manga sold by a huge publisher so it had to follow those beats. But, it has managed to do it while still being character driven. Yo, that’s so hard to do. This story was already written to be hyper condensed and structured when it was made into a Manga, and then it was condensed again for an anime, and then it was condensed yet again for this movie. It’s like a game of telephone, and at one end you have a very character driven story, and then at the other, it’s just totally plot.

Like it’s just a really huge risk to take. This was really, really risky.

PS did you miss Shou? Did you think we’d be done with Shou Tucker? No. Because this movie is gonna end at some point and rather than introduce other people...we’re just gonna stick with Shou and only have one miniboss.

(It has a freakin radiator in it?)

So then this next part happens and it’s low key hilarious.

The whole time.

Mustang and Hawkeye knew what lab 5 was this entire time but Ed just never asked for some reason despite working with those two for what is inferred to be YEARS since his childhood.

Hey PS, did you miss that brick building? Because it’s back.

Anyway, Mustang decides to take this underground where we can recycle the tech crew posing as extras that we used in the shot above us. Would not be surprised if a few of these are someone’s husband or wife on set.

Usually when I watch a movie I don’t get this feeling so much. But this movie...the latter half is like...EMPTY.

...this is going to be all movies made during Covid, I just realized…

Mustang is stopped by an angry Lieutenant Ross, and then we get this series of events.

And when you’re like “...Sorry?” Mustang’s like “I can make it weirder.”

And he just, without any warning or anything, lights Lieutenant Ross on fire. Multiple times, and it’s pretty intense and everyone who’s holding a gun just watches it happen is like…

...well I guess it’s too late to just shoot the guy...

…and like do you seriously not carry around a fire extinguisher when you are trying to manhunt Mustang? This is the one guy you want to wear fireproof clothes around. You have the technology. You at least have the technology for buckets of water. Like no one want to throw a blanket on her?

Just want to...watch? I guess?

Mustang just looks like a nut from this series of events instead of a genius--which is what I think they were originally going for. The pacing does that, youknow? Pacing.

And, out of the corpse pile stands Envy.

Envy has a pretty good look, I appreciated his whole look and that unlike the anime where you only find out Envy is a guy because someone told you on a forum somewhere and you were like “wait WHAT?” the movie is live action so you won’t make that mistake and embarrass yourself online.

Ed has only ever seen Lust once, and she walked in from off screen, stabbed a guy, and walked off. He’s just like...having a time because he’s done zero research into homunculi, and really, at no point in this movie are we going to give him time to figure it out.

Also, there’s this shot where Lust and Gluttony just walk in from behind them in the tunnel and it’s like…

….so no one noticed these two just hanging out back there?

It’s so freakin funny. This movie is gold. I love it.

Now If you just got here, this is a link to read all these recaps in chrono order:

https://steve0discusses.tumblr.com/tagged/fma/chrono

Have a good one, and stay safe! 2021 has been...weird nuts...and it’s still January somehow??? Weird times. Overall, please stay safe, it’s weird out there.

Also, if you’re like “I don’t remember this scene actually” here’s the original Hughes dies scene that inspired the movie (since the movie definitely was like “we’re only going inspired for this one nerds, get mad”)--some shots were inspired cut for cut.

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And obvi this is on Youtube so it’ll probably get taken down eventually, but that’s why it’s flipped.

#FMA #FMA movie #FMA live action movie #recap #Fullmetal alchemist #hughes #roy mustang #ed elric #al elric #winry #I've had to write these tags twice now because tumblr won't SAVE MY DRAFTS #photo recap

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victorie552onepiecespeedrun · 4 years

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Reading One Piece part 90: Late And Long, I’m Sorry. Here, Have Some Villain’s Ranking

Chapter 309

Thoughts:

- Oh great, we lost

- Where were you, you four, when Foxy was being annoying, huh. Eh

- Ok, two more rounds to go… Somehow I think Straw Hats will loose and pull some old tradition stuff on why they can’t give a crewmate to Foxy Pirates (and punch Foxy in the face while we’re at it). Or they’ll just plain up leave like nothing happened, that’s an option too I guess

- Or, wait, maybe the game will be interrupted???? There’s no way someone will actually go away, right

- (^this^ fragment was written good five days ago. Congratulation Foxy, you’re officially the worst villain in this manga for now. Why? Well, while I’m generally not fond of villains, just not my cup of tea, you, Foxy, are the only one who made a real life impact, for you made me abandon my blog for a whole WEEK (or something). I’m on a schedule here, man, chapter 1000 won’t slow down for me!

- I’m somehow really bummed out by all that cheating and losing that happened right now, which is weird. Like, I know it should go 1 lost, 1 win for Straw Hats and then Luffy will carry the whole thing and I KNOW I shouldn’t expect much from ladies in shounen manga but I just… Losing is bad and I don’t like it, what can I do

- If you’re interested in how I rank One Piece villains:

Foxy is, as explained above, the worst.

Wapol is close second, for he gave me hope for redemption and then crushed my dreams and laughed in capitalism.

Enel/Eneru can’t decide how he wants to be called and it’s a cardinal sin in my book (he also usurped my man Gan-Fall and his police state(?) country situation was messed up beyond belief).

Arlong was the worst and what he did to Nami and her village should not be mentioned.

Don Krieg… I’m honestly surprised I remember him, with all the Sanji and Gin’s stuff that was happening in Baratie arc.

There was an evil lady in chapter 2 but the version I saw was in Spanish so I don’t really get her deal? Also it was only one chapter? Well, she’s with Buggy now and apparently the brain of the team. She… exists. I’m so sorry evil lady

Buggy didn’t impress me but he gets bonus points for giving us that beloved “Zoro’s A Loyal First Mate” content (and the dog content. My, how I cried at the dog). But my understanding is he’ll be a comic relief from now on? Good for you buddy!

Kuro actually SCARED me for a second, before I realized they generally don’t kill people in this manga.

Crocodile was the Best Villain. His evil plan was decent (as in genius for most part but fell apart at the end), his mafia people strong and with personalities. His introduction ominous. I hated him, and I loved that I hated him. He was pure classy evil, and exactly what I want from an evil guy in a manga. Cruel, disregarding his men, but falsely polite and nice conversationist – yes to everything. And he made me laugh few times! That win against him really felt like a WIN you know. And there are One Piece world repercussions to that win! How could I rank him anything but #1! 10/10 would love to see Luffy fake-murder him again.

- Other villains don’t matter for I don’t remember them

- Alright, time to stop stalling and go to the actual chapter. Ugh. Deep breaths. Remember, there should be Zoro and Sanji content now. Do it for Franky. Riiiiight now)

- WHY DID YOU LOSE STRAW HATS

- Oh, so he slowed them down! I thought it was a normal laser beam but no, there’s some time stuff involved?

- “It is an atom that was not yet discovered by the scientists” so you made it up, got it

- “anything it hits will slow down” now that is an explanation

- Is Foxy … an idiot? This warms my heart actually. Like, yeah, you’re an idiot, you had it coming for ruining my fun (Will there ever be a villain I will actually like at first sight? Some people Like villains. )

- (Maybe I’m just not into mafia. There’s a lot of mafia in One Piece)

- Yes, yes, Foxy won. Now what

- THEY TAKE A CREW ALREADY?????????? NOT AFTER ALL THREE MATCHES?????

- WHO

- ‘me to me: Just scroll down woman’

‘also me to me: *unholy screeching*’

- NOOOOO, NOT CHOPPER HE BABY

- …they took him Because he’s a baby. A rare pet baby, specifically. Messed up stuff

- Zoro???

- Those Foxy masks look stupid

- “I only went because Luffy asked!” Chopper ;_; Didn’t all of them go to be pirates cause Luffy asked? Well, not Robin, but she’s a pirate Because of Luffy, sooo…

- ZORO!

- I love Zoro

- and that’s how Chopper stopped crying :) (this is a genuine :). I’m smiling right now :D)

- “We have to retrieve our emergency food friend” you have a way with words, Sanji. But Zoro made you feel better too, right

- Ok, second match will start in a minute. It’s just Zoro and Sanji for this round now

- “I hope they won’t end up fighting each other” oh god, that’s exactly what’ll happen, won’t it

- Lol what

- You’re a great ball, Sanji

- Showmen, these Foxy Pirates

- They’re… big

- I love Zoro

Me: *points at Zoro and Sanji menacingly* Do not blow this for us.

rOP 89 rOP 91

#one piece #one piece speed read #oh god they'll lose too won't they #NO I Choose To Believe #this is why I don't watch sports #or anything live really #I get stressed something will go wrong for performers and can't watch #but #why does this happen to me in a MANGA #I love Zoro so much you don't even know #at this point he's Luffy's speakman #when Luffy starts looking all funny and falls silent #Zoro speaks #ok it happened exacly once just now but #*slaps table* IT'S A LAW!#when Luffy falls silent sh*t goes down #apropo villains #actually Crocodile was STRONGER than Luffy during their fight #all the time #but Luffy was MORE STUBBORN #I actually don't expect to catch up for chapter 1000 #BUT I SURE WANT TO BE FUTHER THAN CHAPTER 309!#I'm thinking 500-600?#maybe #school will start soon #spoilers #have a nice day #please do it will make MY day #genuine :) is rare #rOP 90

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cherryblossom-chopper · 5 years

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Straw Hat Parent Headcannons

So while I was writing Sanji’s headcannons I was thinking about how much I love parent child relationships and now I can’t stop thinking about the Straw Hats as parents.

Luffy

The fun dad

He’d probably have oopsie babies

I’d be really poetic if Luffy had three sons, that’d make my little heart explode

He’d love playing with his kids but his poor S/O would probably have to make sure he wasn’t being too rough with them

Luffy would cry the first time he got to hold his child

I think he’d be really proud of all their milestones and brag on them

He’d teach his kid to steal food from Sanji for him

I can imagine him carrying his baby around in one of those chest pouches (??)

As his kid got older Luffy would probably let them do more dangerous activities, but I think he’d know where to draw the line

Not a super responsible parent, but still a good dad

Zoro

Probably encourages his kid to be athletic

Has a strict schedule for them especially when the kid is little

Zoro puts his toddler on one of those baby leashes so his kid doesn’t wander away from him

Papa Zoro is the best to nap with

He has the best dad hugs

Zoro is overprotective and a strict dad but he tries to let his kid be independent as they get older

I think Zoro would have a hard time with the idea of his kid growing up, like that's his baby and they’re getting older and going off and having their own life. He’d never admit that though

Zoro is kinda like a sports dad so I think he’d have a hard time connecting with his child if they were a book worm or just not all that athletic

His kid would probably be tasting alcohol at a young age, they’re first real drink would be a very proud moment for Zoro

Responsible parent, but a strict bean dad

Nami

THE WINE AUNT

Her kid is probably an accident, or adopted due to bad circumstances

I think due to her past Nami would be more likely to adopt a younger kid

I’m not sure Nami 100% would want a baby or a toddler, but a six year old would be better for her

I could imagine Nami being like Whitebeard where she just adopts an army of children and she’s just their mom

Any child of Nami’s would learn how to at least pickpocket people

She’d never let them get to far into harms way though

Nami’s babies would be frugal as all get out and be finance experts by the time their ten years old, I swear

As her kids got older I think Nami would be less patient with them and start getting real sassy with them about their life choices

Sanji

The most responsible dad out on the sea

Would not raise his kids the way he was raised, especially if their his daughters

His daughters are going to be precious princesses that much be protected at all times

He would of course love his kids no matter the gender (or lack of) they associated with

His kids would be taught to be well mannered at all times, manners are key to being successful

No toddlers in the kitchen it too dangerous

Carries his newborn child around in a baby sling?

Co sleeping at least for a few months

Every milestone is going to celebrated with cake and cookies and whatever else his baby wants

There will be tears

Usopp

He’s going to be a nervous wreck, oh my lord

“The baby won’t eat! What if they die!?”

“I’ve lost my child”

I cannot express how freaking stressed his going to be this poor boy

Usopp won’t have a leash or anything but he’s probably thought about

“I’m the Great Dad Usopp!”

Getting his kids to fall asleep is hard because he gets too excited with his stories, but he can always entertain them

Usopp would be stressed when his kid was a newborn, but when his kid starts walking that’d be a while new level of actual stress

He’d follow his toddler around the ship making sure they didn’t fall over board

Helicoper parent to the max

Probably a lot more chill when his kids get older though

Yasopp will get so many letters begging for advice

Chopper

His kid would probably a child he found that was really sick or injured that he got attached too

Chopper would be a worry wart but nowhere near as stressed as Usopp

At least every six months his kid would get a full body check up, just to be safe

He’d be sure his kid knows basic first aid and CPR

OHMY Matching hats; Chopper would totally try and let them have matching hats. Oh thats so cute

Chopper would 100% send a letter to Dr. Kureha that she’s a grandmother, this lady would totally cry

Chopper would try to dress his toddler up in little matching onsies a lot

I think he’d cry when his kid got taller than him, which wouldn’t take long but still

Robin

Please allow me to introduce the best parent of the entire crew

she’s already the mom friend so like it’s time for a baby

I’d adore a Frobin baby but if it doesn’t happen, it doesn’t happen

Robin would read her child to sleep every night even if she just read them a history text book

Her kid would be able to read poneglys and when the got older Robin would recruit them to help her learn more about the ancient writing

I think Robin would be absolute elated to have a baby, but I think she could experience a bit of post partum depression

I think she’d be extra careful when her kid is young. Robin deeply fears losing her baby or passing away and her child has to live on without her

She doesn’t want the past to repeat itself and she’ll do everything in her power to protect her child

Her devil fruit lets Robin be the absolute master at tickle fights

Other than Sanji’s kid her child would be the most well behaved

Best parent on the crew hands down

Franky

Dad jokes thx

Franky would be all over his kids.

Everything his kids did would be worth celebrating. Each milestone woud be absolutely super

I can only imagine how much he’d purposefully embarrass his kids when they’re teenagers

Franky is crying all the time. His kid is born; crying. His kid starts walking; crying. His kids first word; crying. You get the picture

Franky would film his kid in shitty home videos all the time. ALL THE TIME.

He made a specialized baby pouch on his body so he could carry his child around

This kid will not have pants on. A pantless child will be running around the Sunny

Dad Franky is going to be giving his kids fun hairstyles on the daily

Probably the most involved Dad other than Usopp maybe

He’d be the type of parent to fight PTA Moms and stuff but also bring cookies to the little league games

Brook

I’m sorry but I cannot imagine this man with a baby. Like... I dunno if it’s because he’s a skeleton but I can only imagine him with a bunch of cats. I think Brook would take in a child if need be but I just don’t think he’d want one of his own. I honestly just can’t really imagine it. I think he’d be a decent baby sitter and the fun weird uncle that everyone has tho

IMPORTANT UPDATE ABOUT BROOK

Alright so user, Sanny-chan5 mentioned that Brook is like a grandpa and omfg yes. I didn’t think of that so now I have Gramps Brook Headcannons for ya’ll

Weird pocket candy

Tells the same like six stories over and over again to his grandkids

Special grandpa-grandbaby music lessons

“You wanna comb my Afro?”

Grandpa Brook just 100% for carrying his grand baby on his shoulders

They could wear his hat and he’d cry

Brook likes to make his soul exit his body to scare them but he’d feel bad if they got real upset

Lullabies

Is the crews official grandpa

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jollyinha · 4 years

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Here's my gift to @junonboi for the @opvalentines exchange: Zoro and Chopper talk about their timeskip training!!! I'm sorry that's it's a bit too short... Ngl tho, I had plenty of fun writing it! I really hope you enjoy it! ♡♡♡♡

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Meeting the crew again after two years of training surely was exciting for Chopper... But he couldn't deny that it was also nerve-wracking. How different were his crewmates? What if some of them didn't wanted to travel anymore after all this time? All these questions were spinning in the reindeer's head when he stepped on Sabaody...

Then, he got tricked by the fake strawhats. Sure, it was all in the past, but he still sighed in frustration everytime he remembered about them! How did he fell for such obvious lies?! Gosh! The joy of seeing Nami and Usopp again, however, made it all worth it in the end.

Once they were on Sunny's deck, Chopper had to fight the urge to joyfully hug the mast. It felt so good to be back! And very surreal too... It had been so long since they were all together! Robin, Franky (He looked so cool!), Nami, Usopp... And then, Luffy, Brook, Sanji and Zo-What the heck happened to Zoro?!

It was such a long scar! Did he lost his eyesight? How did that happened? His doctor instincts told him to check it out immediately. Ocular injuries can be tricky to deal with, after all! But he didn't had time to confront Zoro about it right away, thanks to the Marine's attack... And also because Sanji began to bleed to death, and that definitely was a more urgent issue. That extreme nosebleed was, by far, the silliest medical case he ever had to solve (That includes the time Usopp got his nose stuck in a mouse trap. Long story). It could've been worse, though. Sanji usually isn't the kind of patient that gives Chopper too much trouble...

Unlike a certain swordsman.

After Sanji was properly scolded and taken care of, Chopper took his medical briefcase, took a deep breath and walked towards Zoro. He was laying down next to the stairs, but, surprisingly, he wasn't napping. Instead, he was looking at the sea, which completely surrounded the ship as they dived towards Fishmen Island. It was a beautiful (and somewhat scary) sight.

Zoro eventually lowered his head to look at Chopper, and while the doctor's company was very appreciated, his briefcase definitely wasn't. It usually meant that he was about to get an ear pull because he "didn't cared enough about his health" and "should avoid trouble instead of causing it". His scarred eye throbbed slightly, like it knew what he was about to hear. Zoro tried to make small talk, even though he hated it:

"Hey, Chopper. What are you up to?"

"Oh, I was working on Sanji's... Uh... Injury. He's stable now, thankfully!"

"I forgot about nosebleed boy... You should keep an eye on him. I bet that he will do it again, that jerk."

"I created a shock therapy for him, actually! If it works out, he won't have nosebleeds anymore."

"A shock thera-You know what, nevermind, I don't want to know."

"Yeah, it's weird." Chopper giggled. "So... Can I ask you something?"

Zoro was quiet for a few seconds before answering.

"Sure."

"What happened to your eye?"

More silence followed up. A whale's distant cry could be heard, muffled by the sea's sounds. Chopper swallowed hard. What if something really bad caused that wound...? The reindeer's eyes slightly widened up when Zoro opened his mouth to answer... And...

"What eye?"

"Oi, don't play dumb with me! I'm seeing the scar right there!"

"Alright, alright." He sighed. "I'll tell you. Just because you're the doctor."

Chopper sat on the grass next to the swordsman, blinking curiously. It was hard to say no to those big eyes...

"When Kuma... Launched me, or whatever the hell he did... I fell on an island called Kuragaina. You have heard about Hawk Eyes, haven't you?"

"The swordsman you want to defeat? Yeah, I did..."

Chopper's gaze went to the long scar on Zoro's chest. He wasn't there to see it, but he knew that the best swordsman ever was the one who did it. All because Zoro refused to have a scar on his back...

"I met him there."

"What?! Seriously?! Did... Did he attacked you? That's why you lost your eye?"

"Well, yeah, he was the one who did it. But... He didn't exactly attacked me. Not how you're imagining it, at least. When I understood the message Luffy left for us... I asked him to train me. And he accepted it."

Chopper slightly tilted his head to the side.

"He said yes.. Even though you want to defeat him?"

"Yeah... Because I begged."

"You... You begged?"

In Chopper's head, "Zoro" and "begging" were words that didn't belonged together, especially if it was to Dracule Mihawk. He was such a prideful person... It has hard to imagine him bowing down to someone else.

But...

In the beginning, he said "If it helps Luffy, I can become a real monster". And that still was the truth. As long as he could help Luffy, he didn't cared about what people would think about him. Aiding Luffy was his utmost priority.

He wouldn't bow down to anyone... Unless it was for Luffy.

"... I understand."

"Do you?"

Chopper nodded firmly.

"When I ate my devil fruit... I used to walk to the village in my human form. So I could try to make friends. People saw me as a monster, and I really hated it... But now I don't mind being a monster. I want to be a monster, actually! Because it means that I'll be powerful enough to help Luffy. Even though it might've been embarrassing, you begged him to train you because of Luffy. Right?"

Zoro smirked, giving him a heavy pat on the head.

"You're really growing up to be a man, aren't you?"

"H-hey, stop complimenting me! I don't need you to be proud of me or anything like that..." He pushed Zoro's hand away, trying to hide the smile on his face.

"How about you? How did you spent these two years?"

Chopper's eye lightened up as he told all of his adventures on the Torino Kingdom. The library, the giant bird and its baby chick, how the island's inhabitants tried to eat him at first... And, of course, how much he had learned on these last years.

The conversation kept going on for a few minutes, until it was interrupted by Luffy's voice in the distance:

"Hey, guys! It's lunchtime! C'mon!"

"Huh. I thought the shitty cook was passed out." Zoro raised an eyebrow.

"He was...?"

"Luffy did had a backpack when I first saw him, though. He probably brought food."

"Ooooh! I wonder if he brought cotton candy... The one that they sell in Sabaody's park is really tasty!"

"Let's find out."

Zoro quickly got up and went towards the middle of the deck where the crew was gathering. Grabbing his doctor briefcase, Chopper ran right behind him... Until he stopped on his tracks.

He forgot why he had brought his doctor briefcase on the first place.

"Zoro! Your eye! Were you trying to distract me?! You're not going to run away!"

#opvd 2020

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neverwatchedonepiece · 5 years

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623-624: "Time for Tearful Goodbyes! Departure from Punk Hazard!" and "G5 Destroyed! Doflamingo's Raid!"

DOFLAMINGO, YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE, PLEASE. D:

Those veins will blow any second!

You need to relax. Subscribe to Headspace. Take a yoga class. Kill some innocent Marines--- oh...

Oda has knocked it out of the park yet again. Now Doflamingo has entered the game, the implications of the wider criminal network of New World pirates has come to the fore. This, of course, means Law’s plan to take down Kaidou is not only super ambitious but also fraught with peril.

Considering I go on and on about peril like a broken record, this is a good thing.

And sorry about that last mini hiatus, by the way. Blame it on full rewrites and Resident Evil 2.

“Watcha thinkin’ bout, Luffy?” “Chikkin.”

“And thus the Strawhat crew spent some time intoxicated during their celebrations.”

Eloquently summed up by the Narrator, I feel. xD Totally love how the Strawhats can switch from party mode to sober and ready to sail within minutes. Guess that’s part of the pirate job description. Things change on a whim out there in the New World. Sobering up fast is a vital survival skill.

There was a mini recap of the terms of Law’s alliance with Luffy. Smoker wanted to know what was going on. “There’s no way you believed I’d keep a promise to a pirate like you. If you really wanted to silence me, you had plenty of chances to kill me. What are you planning to use Strawhat for?”

At first I was like, what the hell, Smoker? Stop being arsey with all the Marines vs Pirates crap. You only escaped Punk Hazard alive because you teamed up with Law. Everyone’s on the same page right now. What happens on Punk Hazard stays on Punk Hazard. None of your men will rat on you for chatting to Law. Later, of course, I changed my opinion on this.

The recap of the Law/Luffy alliance chat revealed a bit more information about Kaidou. According to Law, Kaidou the Beast is known as the most powerful creature in the world. Creature, I think, being the operative word here because he might not actually be human?

One of those hype-building silhouette stills showed up, with Big Mom, Blackbeard, Kaidou, Shanks and Whitebeard. Couldn’t make out much of Kaidou, so I’m still none the wiser on the appearance front. Maybe he’ll be hairy, with that whole beast thing he’s got going on.

Back in the present, Law was characteristically cagey about the chat with Smoker. He told Smoker there was no real reason he let him live, but turned round and spilled that he was “planning on heading to Green Bit.”

I’m still confused about the Green Bit scene. Mainly because I have no clue where/what it is. Is is a code name for Dressrosa? Is it another island completely? Is it a town somewhere in the New World? Or is Law trying to throw Smoker off the scent because he doesn’t want his favourite smokey Marine to be endangered again?

Whatever the case, Law had some final business to attend to before waving goodbye to Punk Hazard. Caesar, Baby 5 and Buffalo were chained up in a corner and drew the filthiest looks when he walked over. (Well, Baby 5 and Buffalo did. Caesar was still unconscious.) They really are acting as if Law has betrayed them somehow.

Doflamingo also keeps calling Law a brat. Vergo was also riding the brat train hard. Can’t help but think Law was affiliated with Doflamingo when he was a kid. Maybe he resented it all these years and this is overdue payback.

We hate love hate love you JUST GO BEFORE WE CRY!

At the harbour, the Strawhats continued to be absolute diamonds. Apparently, Nami and Chopper refused to sail until they knew the kids would be okay. The good news is that Vegapunk himself offered to help cure the kids of Caesar’s meth candy! Wonder what Vegapunk is thinking right now. He used to work with Caesar. Probably, “Always knew that guy was an asshole.”

As Luffy couldn’t be bothered waiting for another Marine ship to arrive, he told Smoker to just take the SAD tanker and send the kids home on it. Good decision, given a feathery menace was approaching at speed.

The scene with the G5 pretending to hate the Strawhats - erecting a protective banner so the kids wouldn’t be able to thank the dirty, cheating pirates - made me mad at first. I thought, damn, was that ungrateful or what? The Strawhats were the reason they escaped Caesar’s lab with their lives. If the Strawhats hadn’t been there, they would be locked up in cells and the last thing they’d ever hear would be a hiss of gas and a soft, “Shurorororororororo....”

But when the foghorn blasted and the ship set sail, Oda revealed some of the G5 guys’ inner thoughts. Sanji lead them out. Zoro and Tashigi teamed up. Law and Smoker fought together. Usopp guided the Minions to safety. Chopper and Nami helped the kids. Then I saw the sweat drops and the oddly tight jawlines.

Yup. They were fronting.

When Tashigi called them out on their rudeness, they even admitted it. “But Tashigi-chan, if we don’t stop insulting them, we’ll end up actually liking these outlaws.”

Ha. It is way too late for that, G5. You love the Strawhats. No one can escape the roaring event horizon of their charm.

Luffy was totally oblivious to it all. He just laughed and, “What weird Marines.” I mean, come on, G5. Don’t you realise by now that Luffy does not do subtlety?

As they walked to the ship, Zoro suddenly realised Law was tagging along. Usopp whispered in his ear, “Oh yeah, you don’t know. Luffy’s making trouble again.” Poor Zoro. Always the last one to know. xD

A brief flashback of all the major moments in the arc finished it up nicely. Luffy taking that DDM distress call, the fiery dragon, finding Kinemon, discovering Caesar had been drugging innocent kids, Smiley, Luffy declaring he would “kick Caesar’s ass and kidnap him” (best), saving Mocha, Caesar gloating about how well connected and protected he was before the final grizzly magnum smacked him out of the action.

A standard, uplifting ending with dramatic fanfare and Luffy shouting, “SET SAIL!”

But not quite.

For Doflamingo drew nigh...

Law Didn’t Spend Seven Years In Med School To Be Called Traff

The scene when Law chatted to Doflamingo over DDM was probably my favourite across 623-624. It ramped up the stakes and reset the peril level to red alert. Only one might be tied with it.

Doflamingo bounded across the “sky path” (what is that?”) He bemoaned the fact it cut short. “You brats seem to have the devil’s luck.” He spied something floating on a raft below. He found Buffalo and Baby 5′s disembodied heads chained to it. He jumped down for a chat.

It was weird seeing Baby 5 and Buffalo so contrite. They kept declaring how ashamed they were. “I wanna apologise with my death. I was needed and couldn’t help,” etc. Doflamingo didn’t want to kill them. He needed answers.

What Doflamingo didn’t spy was a video DDM. Law’s voice spoke through it.

“What a surprise. I didn’t think the boss would come out himself.”

“Is that you, Law? Long time no see. Couldn’t you have stayed so I could talk to you in person?” At the point, Doflamingo was still supremely confident.

“If you’re looking for Caesar, he’s with me.”

To hammer home the point, Caesar’s wheedling voice cried, “JOKERRRRRR, PLEASE SAVE ME!” (Lol, oh Caesar.)

“Where are Baby 5 and Buffalo’s bodies?”

“That’s not what we’re talking about,” Law said, taking back control of the conversation. “Let’s make a deal.”

“Don’t try to be so tough,” Doflamingo laughed. “A brat shouldn’t try to act like an adult.” (There’s that calling Law a brat again. Plus, Doflamingo tried to take back control of the situation by ignoring Law and pressing his own agenda.) “Where are you right now? You shouldn’t anger me?”

“Anger? Your most important trading partner is Kaidou the Beast. You’re the one who shouldn’t anger him. What do you think would happen if he found out you couldn’t make SMILEs anymore? He’s not a man you can negotiate with. There would be a brutal battle. You would be killed.”

For the first time, the slasher smile was wiped off Doflamingo’s face. Forehead veins began to throb. That had obviously hit a nerve.

“You’re taking this joke too far, Law. What do I have to do for you to give back Caesar? What are your demands?”

And there it was. It definitely hit a nerve because Doflamingo has deigned to negotiate with the brat. Kaidou really must be something if he can intimidate Doflamingo.

Law’s demand was kind of weird. It must mean something, but I have no idea what yet.

“Give up your Shichibukai post. Throw away everything you have gained these past ten years and return to being a normal pirate. Of course, if you do that, the Admirals will hunt you down. You have until tomorrow morning’s news. If I see you’ve retired from the Shichibukai, I’ll contact you again. If I see nothing, negotiations are over.”

I have no idea why Doflamingo *needs* the Shichibukai position so badly (other than being able to live on Dressrosa, I guess) but Law threatening to take it from him in exchange for Caesar made him M. A. D.

Multiple veins popped.

It was not pretty.

I guess Doflamingo is now on a deadline. Here’s hoping he does not catch up with the Strawhats before they reach Dressrosa. For that is their canon confirmed next destination! They are sailing to meet Doflamingo on his home turf. Foolhardy? Of course! It wouldn’t be the Strawhats otherwise, right?

Meanwhile... Back On Sunny

This was so funny. Chopper fixing up Caesar so he can beat him all over again. Even Sanji said, “What kind of doctor are you?” But Caesar, though. Imagine bitching and moaning, “Oweeee, it hurts!” when you gleefully killed tons of people without a flicker of remorse. You deserve it, Caesar. Suck it up and take the L.

Franky also told the story of how he retrieved Mini Merry Mark II eight times (Franky’s long, luscious hair in bunches was excellent, btw).

While Sunny descended a Sea Slope (dat Oda creativity again), the team gathered round to discuss The Plan. Zoro, now aware the plan was to take down a Yonkou, was suddenly and enthusiastically on board. Luffy asked if anyone objected and Brook replied, “Does objecting do anything?” (Lol, Brook.)

Sanji reminded Law again with a whisper in his ear that Luffy’s idea of an alliance is different from his. I think this might mean something later, so I am recording every instance of this warning as it’s come up twice now.

Then Sanji called Caesar a weird sheep and smacked him when Caesar said, “You’re all fools. You think you’ll get away with this? You’ve landed yourselves on some major big shots’ wanted lists. I hope you realise your foolishness before you die.”

And Chopper was like, “Oi. No kicking until after I’m done treating him.” xD

Law updated the Strawhats on the situation. Most of the Big Name Pirates of the New World have turf on this sea. This has created a massive criminal syndicate. Everyone is linked with everyone else. The scale of operations is on a completely different scale than the Strawhats have been used to. Deals and trades are done in secret so the don’t attract Marine attention. Law also updated them on Doflamingo’s trading relationship with Kaidou.

I’m not sure but I get the feeling Law is enjoying the prospect of taking down Doflamingo even more than Kaidou. There is history between these two and I cannot wait to find out what it is.

Ahem...

And the scene that is tied with Law threatening Doflamingo over DDM?

Why it’s the scene when Aokiji Showed Up Out Of Nowhere To Kick Doflamingo’s Ass, of course!

While Smoker and his G5 guys stayed behind to rescue any petrified survivors (still a bit salty about that, but I’ll get over it), Doflamingo landed on Punk Hazard like a bomb going off. A single, loose pink feather falling to earth was all the warning they had. Then he hit them with Conqueror’s Haki.

The veins. Oh, the veins. Veins galore criss-crossed that forehead. I counted approximately twenty.

I thought, this guy is out for blood. But he had questions that needed answered first. Doflamingo is not a reckless guy.

“Are they all gone? The tanker’s not here, either. I believe a group of pirates were just here until a minute ago. Where did they go?”

Maybe if he hadn’t opened with Conqueror’s Haki, he would have got some answers. G5 resented the fact he’d attacked them. There was an attempt to fight Doflamingo. An attempt.

With a few twitches of his fingers, Doflamingo took control of their bodies.

“Law could be a problem but Strawhat is just a pirate. Where did you let them run off to?” He turned the G5 against each other, forced friendly-fire massacre style. His pointy shoe stomped a random G5′s chest. “ANSWER ME. What direction did those brats go?”

When the G5 couldn’t answer, they had outlived their usefulness. “Then die.”

Luckily, Smoker smoked into the fray and saved their asses. There was a brief stare off. Doflamingo had a Scary Shiny Glasses moment.

“Smoker, tell me where those brats are.”

This is when Smoker really came through for me. He knew Doflamingo was a corrupt betrayer of the Marines. He played dumb, but could not resist getting a jab in at Doflamingo.

“Who knows? I sure don’t, Joker. They must’ve slipped through our fingers. How can I explain this to our Base Commander, Vergo?”

Smoker made two mistakes. He revealed to Doflamingo that he knows his underworld nickname and hinted he was aware of Vergo’s true allegiance.

Doflamingo’s voice went eerily quiet (I like his VA). “He’s dead, right? It sounds like you know too much.” His hands twitched and he leapt at Smoker.

Does Doflamingo have telekinesis, or something like that? A power that lets him control the movement of others? I’m still not sure what it is. It looked great in the fight, though. Smoker kept getting cut by slashes out of nowhere.

Then, just as Doflamingo sat on Smoker, about to end his existence, a Presence drew up behind him.

“Oh, my. Sorry, little boy. Could you move, please? He’s my friend.”

Holy hype machine, Batman.

You could have knocked me down with a feather. Aokiji, fresh from quitting the Marines, is back in business!

Doflamingo is not having a good day.

Usopp has become oddly genre-savvy.

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Can’t Be Happening Pt. 3 (SEAL Team)

((Can I just say how much I HATE Ash Spenser right now? How much do we want to bet he implied that it was Clay that told him about the op intentionally, knowing full well saying a Seal that was there would make the brass believe he was talking about his son? Can only imagine how much trouble this is going to bring up for Clay. Grr.))

The sight of the man she loved, chained from the ceiling and barely able to hold himself upright with blood coating his temple and right side, left Stella breathless. Even still, she knew that he needed her in that moment, so she steeled herself and stepped up until she was directly in front of him. Her trembling hand reached up to cradle the ‘clean’ side of his face. “You know the guys would never leave you behind. They’ll come for you soon, baby...you’ve just got to hold on a little bit longer, okay?” Tears filled her eyes, slid down her cheeks. “Stay with me. I’m right here.” She willed Clay to look up at her, to meet her eyes and let her know that he heard her. As he leaned his head into her hand, though, agony twisted his handsome features-

Stella jerked awake with a gasping breath, fresh tears spilling over her lashes. The dream had been so real...it had felt as though Clay’s too-warm skin was actually under her hand, smelled like the metallic blood that seemed to be staining his white t-shirt red too quickly. Just as had happened when she watched his abuse on the screen at the bar, Stella’s stomach rebelled at the thought that this might be even close to reality for Clay and left her rushing for the bathroom.

Once she’d emptied the (meager) contents of her stomach and brushed her teeth, Stella glanced at her Fitbit to see that it was past 3am, and she knew here was no way she’d be getting back to sleep after that horror show of a nightmare. Instead, she padded quietly into the living room, torn between relief and despair when she saw the light on and Naima nursing her son. The older woman looked up at Stella’s approach. The sad smile on her face let Stella know she’d heard her retching.

“Would you like something to settle your stomach?” Stella shook her head silently as she curled up in the corner of the couch, holding herself protectively. “I’m a bit surprised it took til the second night for you to have a nightmare. Are you okay? Do you want to talk about it?”

Grateful that Naima gave her time to collect her thoughts, didn’t comment on the seemingly unending silent tears, Stella knew that she needed to start leaning into the support of this woman and the other wives if she hoped to truly become part of the family. “I, uh...I had a dream about...about C-Clay being held captive.” She stared at the sleeves of her sweater, pulled over her fingers out of nerves. “It just...it felt like it was real. It felt like I was standing right in front of him, begging him to hold on til the guys found him.” Stella’s breath hiccuped as she tried to keep herself calm. The last thing she wanted was to upset the baby when Naima had been kind enough to take care of her the last two days since Clay had been taken. “He was suffering so much, and there was nothing that I could do to make it any better.” She looked up, desperate for comfort. “How do you handle this?”

The Kurdish woman looked pained for a moment. “This...being the fact that Clay has been taken hostage?” She nuzzled her infant, tears filling her own eyes. “This situation is rare, by the grace of God. We haven’t dealt with this before now. Injuries, separations, death...but never having one of the team become subject of a terrorist’s ransom message. I don’t know how to handle this kind of uncertainty, but I know that the worst thing would be for you to be alone through this.”

“I don’t deserve to be helped like this…I sent him out there heartbroken…”

“Don’t go there, Stella,” Naima insisted firmly. She gestured for the younger woman to wait, and disappeared to settle her son into his crib. When she returned, she settled onto the couch alongside Stella. “The men haven’t been allowed to contact us since the video...we don’t know what happened when he was taken. You can’t take that responsibility on your shoulders. Especially having decided to commit to this life...you have to accept that there will be risks, that sometimes we will get into arguments and they will leave on less than ideal terms...but they are the best for a reason. They are trained for this under any circumstance.” Her hand settled on Stella’s shoulder and squeezed comfortingly. “You tried to reach him, tried to tell him. And if I know our boys, which I do pretty damn well, you’ll get the chance to tell him soon enough. In the meantime...if you need to cry, you let yourself cry. If you need to get out of the house, let me know and I can either set up some time with the other wives, get a babysitter, or we can go out with the kids. But don’t give up faith that Clay will come home.”

Finally releasing the tenuous hold that she had on her emotions, Stella threw her arms around Naima’s neck and allowed herself to sob and accept the comfort offered by the older woman.

Bravo Team hadn’t been sure of what to expect when they finally breached the room where Doza’s men were holding Clay, and when Sonny laid eyes on the younger man, he had all the drive he needed to take out any hostile that came across his scope. It didn’t take long for the team to wipe out everyone except for their injured teammate: hanging from the ceiling, shackled, covered in blood and bruises, head drooped against his chest.

Sonny rushed forward, heart in his throat until he tore off his glove with his teeth and felt a faint pulse under his fingers. He took hold of the blonde’s dirty face, desperate for any sign of consciousness. Fluttering eyelids gave the Texan hope. “Hey, we’ve got you, brother, just hold on a little bit longer.” He leaned back enough to take in the growing bloodstain on his shirt, looked up to meet Trent’s gaze. Grim worry stared back, and the unspoken directive was clear. “We’re gonna get you home...but we’ve gotta take you down first. It’s going to hurt, brother, but we’re here, lean on us as much as you’ve gotta.”

“So-Sonny…” Clay’s weak voice barely made it past his lips, but Sonny listened as if it were the only sound in the room. “Please...don’t let Stella...blame herself.” Was the kid delusional? Why would Stella blame herself?

“We need to get him down, we can figure the rest out later,” Ray murmured. “HAVOC this is Bravo Two. Bravo Six has been located and hostiles eliminated. I repeat, we have Bravo Six...but he’s in bad shape. Have a medical team waiting at the helipad when we get back.” Blackburn gave a concise response, but none of them paid him mind. Ray and Jason situated themselves on either side of the wounded SEAL, Brock stepped up behind him with bolt cutters, and they all nodded. Trent slid around Brock to support Clay from behind, but none of them were expecting the agonized cry and for him to drop like dead weight as soon as his feet were planted on the ground.

“Sonny, Brock get the litter ready,” Trent commanded. As soon as it was laid out, he gestured for the team leaders to lay their youngest out on it, and began assessing Clay. “He’s still alive, but we need to get him the hell out of here if we want him to stay that way.” Bravo Four lifted the hem of Clay’s shirt, and hissed sympathetically. “No wonder he’s leaking so bad...looks like they stuck him with a serrated blade. This wound is a shredded mess.” He applied a pressure bandage and grabbed Sonny’s hand to keep it in place as the medic moved down to his left leg. “Broken. I need to brace it. He’s also got a dislocated shoulder, same side...dammit!” He looked up to Jason. “Hold him down while I fix the dislocation?” Bravo One nodded solemnly, and Sonny found himself grateful that Clay was unconscious for all of this. The crack made all of them wince, and Sonny held his breath when the kid twitched, head lolling to the side.

“Stella…” he breathed before falling silent once more. Ray glanced up at Trent as the medic made quick work of the temporary splint from his kit.

“Okay, let’s move, we need to get to exfil yesterday,” Jason instructed as soon as Trent moved back. Sonny, Trent, Brock and Ray each took hold of the litter, and Bravo One provided cover until they made it to the waiting helicopter. The four carrying Clay eased him into the chopper, and startled when the previously-unconscious man lashed out with his unbroken leg and what probably would have qualified as a war cry if he’d been any stronger. “Easy!” Jason barked, jumping up into the Blackhawk behind Brock to press Clay’s shoulders down. “Stand down, Spenser, you’re safe.”

Blue eyes stared up at the team leader, and Sonny found himself creeped out by the lack of recognition in his gaze...as though he were staring through Jason rather than at him. “Just a grad student, man…”

Jason knelt forward and held Clay’s face in both of his hands, jostling him just enough for the younger man to finally blink up at him with clear - albeit agonized - eyes. “Hey, kid, you with me?” A weak nod. “I know you’re hurting, brother, but we’ve got you. Try to relax so Trent can get as much done as he can while we’re airborne.” As soon as Clay stilled, the medic jumped up, followed by the rest of the team, and the pilot took off smoothly.

Sonny watched Trent work, swapping out saturated bandages and quickly applying new ones and periodically checking vitals. The increasingly grim look on the medic’s face left a hollow pit in the Texan’s stomach; the team had taken a hit when they’d lost Nate, but somehow this felt so much worse. Clay, in spite of the butting heads at the beginning, had thoroughly ingrained himself as an invaluable member of the team. He’d settled into his position as the ‘Rookie’, the ‘kid’...kid brother maybe, Sonny lamented to himself as his eyes shifted to the younger man’s face. The blood and bruises did little to make him seem older, and the familiar protective rage started to rise up all over again.

“HAVOC this is Bravo One, we made it to exfil and are Oscar Mike. Be ready, he’s losing a lot of blood.”

“Copy Bravo One, you guys just keep him breathing til you get here, docs’ll take care of the rest.” The forced confidence in Blackburn’s voice made Sonny’s skin crawl, but he knew that nothing their Commander said would’ve been enough. Nothing would be until they were able to stabilize Clay.

The rest of the flight was silent, each of the team members either lost in their own thoughts or busy fighting to keep their brother alive. The runners of the Blackhawk had barely touched down before they jumped out and cleared the way for the team of medics, ready and waiting as promised with a stretcher. The Mexican team took over for them seamlessly, calling for Trent to follow to provide information. The rest of Bravo lingered by the chopper, shock settling over them in the absence of active purpose. A hand landed heavily on Sonny’s shoulder, and he turned to see Brock, pale and drawn, eyes still following the flurry of movement heading towards the medical wing’s doors.

“Come, I will show you where you can get cleaned up and wait for news,” General Garcia called, face sympathetic and patient as they slowly turned to face him. Blackburn, Mandy and Lisa hovered behind him, the women visibly distraught; Sonny imagined their collective stupor did nothing to ease their worry, let alone the blood that he was sure coated his own uniform as well as some of the others. “We will treat him as one of our own.” Blackburn nodded his gratitude as Bravo team finally started moving, dutifully following the Mexican Marine leader. Dammit, Clay, don’t you dare go out like this...

#SEAL team fanfic #clay spenser whump #stella baxter #clay spenser

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