AU TAILS JUMPSCARE RAAH >:DD

i drew this ref to try and figure out how i want his hair to look :0

i don't really like it but it was also midnight when i drew it so im giving myself a pass lol

anyways expect more art from this au, i have brainrot >:)

Episode review! Oh no.

Its almost 1am on a school night in finals week and I've decided hey let's do a "quick" review! I might regret this but I have zero hope or belief that I'll do well either way so whatever. LETS GET STARTED ON THIS SHITSHOW NOW SHALL WE?

Ok I must say, as someone who hasnt rlly seen any of the manga besides some panels here on Tumblr, episode 914 kinda surprised me (which was just the icing on top of the huge cake that is fucking hype and stuff obviously). We some uh, behaviour we don't rlly ever get from Luffy. Not much of it anyways. This episode was kindof a mix of impel down and dressrosa. Exhibit A.

Ok so we see hes horrified. The castle was fucking obliverated along with possibly his and Law's crew and their allies. And so he gets mad and punches the tree (which BTW that was rlly cool, he just hit it without any haki and it fucking split in half. Laws just watching him throw a tantrum like holy fuck how strong is this kid honestly)

Also! Note that I said horrified. That's not anger at first. Gee I wonder what else it could be.

Exhibit B. A few times luffy used conquorers haki, and

Whoa. Holy shit like this was so fucking cool. Hes so mad, and the art and the colors and I cant even show how fucking great this was in these few screenshots. So, so fucking cool.

Anyways! He's using conquorers haki WAY MORE than he ever has before in a fight. Like, dude he just mindlessly used it to shit up those guys standing by Horselina (speed) without caring. He's never, ever done that before, he always thinks of who is surrounding him first like 'oh i shouldnt knock out the innocent bystanders'. He did that like one time ever, in fishman island, and apologized while doing so. And entering the city, AFTER learning that the guys surrounding them were all bad guys, he used haki on them. Im not sure why he cares so much (maybe ill write abt that later) but he does. ANYWAYS...

Exhibit C. *sobs*

He (tries to) convince himself that his crew is okay. Hes really not sure tho; he NEVER QUESTIONS STUFF LIKE THIS, EVER. HES ALWAYS SURE. THIS IS COMPLETELY NEW. MORE FEUL TO WHAT ILL SAY LATER, BUT...FINALLY.

Exhibit D. Finale. More crying.

He's mad at himself. He blames himself. Has he ever done this before? Maybe. He never rlly said it out loud but I high key believe he does blame himself for stuff like this, with bon kurei and ace n etc.

Which means a lot of whats happening and how he reacts is at least mildly influenced by the war. Now.... I can finally say what I've been building up to. If its not obvious enough.....

Hes scared. Okay? Hes terrified. And hes so good at hiding it behind anger (and it USED TO BE CONFIDENCE BUT THAT WAS KINDA RUINED POST-WAR). He doesnt know if his crew is alive, his friend(s) might be dead, hes supposedly all alone (law isnt rlly on his side rn, he just wants to run away which is perfectly logical and good lord Luffy needs to calm down but he fUCKING CANT-), everything is out of his control. And he doesn't know how to beat kaido.

Which currently doesnt matter to him because all luffy can feel is rage (fear that oh my god everyones dead i couldnt protect them its happening again).

I cant add any more pictures sadly, but theres the thing where luffys like 'he got our friends. They might be dead. If I beat kaido right now, it'll be over, right?' To which law doesnt actually answer, he just gets this look like 'fucking dont oh my god we're so fucked stop it u rubber ball of anger issue's and then Luffy gets this whole cool scene of announcing his presence, jumping across the rooftops, gear third as he leaps like 200 feet into the air (could he do that before? I think he did it on accident in the fight against karakuri. Strong thighs.) and falls back down, screaming and anger as he costs his arm which is 10 times his entire body's size in haki. And he punches as hard as he fucking can. And it seems to work. God that scene was SO fucking COOL. Also throught this I think he's got conquorers haki coursing through him cuz it seems to have just been, constant. I wouldn't be surprised if it was a mindless self defense mechanism. Again, He's scared, and mad, and going all fucking out. Of course he would.

Ok im done rambling. I rlly need to sleep. Think I'll just wake up and cry til im at school and then I'll just feel nothing for the rest of the week. Ah, finals.

OKAY THIS IS A LONG POST AND ITS SAD AND ITS ABOUT SHUUMA AND IM RAMBLING BUT IM SO UPSET AT MYSELF READ IT

What if a war broke out and everyone’s forced to join up and Yuma and Shu are like sHIT because they’re like the most anti war ppl ever and Yuma’s like whatever I’ll fucking try but when they get to the trenches shu’s having nONE of it and is already hiding and panicking in the corner and Yuma has to calm him down. When fighting starts Yuma’s actually rEALLY GOOD and gives everyone orders bc he’s smart in that way and he’s shouting and getting shit done while bombs and fire and shit is going on and he just looks over at Shu having a fucking fit in the corner covered in mud and Yuma just has to make sure people are doing their jobs and calmly has to help Shu out like “baby, I have to go out into no man’s land. I can’t promise I’ll come back, but it’s pretty likely because of my muscles. Make sure you hide nice and tight away from the sergeant because we don’t want you executed, alright” and shu’s just balling like “YUMA DONT SAY THAT YOURE GOING TO LIVE.” And Yuma just kisses Shu and runs off into no man’s land while shus panicking BC he doesn’t want Yuma bear to die oH MY GOD. Okay UH Yuma’s actually doing a really good job and he’s been fighting really well and jUST IMAGINE HIM GETTING CLOSE WITH HIS COLLEAGUES AND JUST SHOUTING AND WATHCING THEM DIE OHHMY but yeah he gets promoted to a sergeant while Shu digs himself into a fucking hole bc he knows he’ll die bc of narcolepsy and Yuma visits him and gives him food but oNE DAY Shu gets found by one of the bIG BOSSES and he gets forced out into no man’s land and while Yuma’s giving orders he turns around to see Shu walking up to the battle and Yumas like “SHU SHKBSLKBHA” and runs after to him like “dude did you get found? I’m so glad you’re safe” kisses him and gives Shu a piggy back, running back to the battle screaming orders to the soldiers while shus having a panic attack on him bc of fire and just people getting shot and dying in front of him and general. After the battle both are alive somehow and get back to the trenches and sleep together in a dug out and shus literally on the verge of exploding so Yuma tries to find a Really Good™ place to hide and Shu stays in there while Yuma goes out to fight the next day. But that day he doesn’t come back bc guESS WHAT he got shot rEALLY BAD like right in the stomach and he tries to crawl back but he looses too much blood. The other troops come back and Shu pokes his head out of the hole like “where’s Yuma” and the others are just like :’( “sorry mate.” And shu’s just AAAA

ALTERNATE ENDING

Instead of Shu getting forced into no man’s land the big boss is like “so you’ve been hiding in here the whole time” and shu’s just really scared and nods and he gets sentenced to fucking dEAth and when everyone comes back from fighting shu’s just standing there and looks up at Yuma and Yuma’s like “what? You okay babe?” And shu’s just “I got found, Yuma. I’m getting executed next Monday. I’m sorry.” Yuma’s eyes widen until he drops down to the mud and wEEPS HARD. Next Monday comes and Yuma has tried his VERY BEST™ to stop this from happening from threatening to kill himself in battle to tying himself to shit but it doesn’t work; refusing to go out and fight causes big consequences. So Shu is tied to a pillar or something with 4-5 men standing waiting to shoot when the order comes. They don’t want to but it’s their duty. Yuma has to be held back by loads of people because he’s fuckin hYSTERIC AND ANGRY AS FUCK. Shu looks up to Yuma and smiles lipping the words “I love you, baby” to Yuma and Yuma’s just sOBBING SO HARD, then Shu gets shot and then there’s silence. Yuma drops to the ground sCREAMING and can’t even do his job anymore because he can’t stop thinking of Shu. He just lets the soldiers do whatever they want during battles and eventually gets shot and doesn’t care. He just drops to the ground, welcoming death. :’))))