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1050th anniversary of the Battle of Cedynia - Postage Stamp, Poland 2022

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I don’t remember who wrote this short story originally and sorry if I misremembered some details, but it was about a man who found a little boy in an egg and decided to raise the child as his own son. Despite the unusual event, years have passed and they were a happy normal family. But then one day strange men showed up for the boy and he went with them. Before he left, the boy said to his father something alongside it wasn’t supposed to be like that but because you loved me, everything has changed.

After the boy left, the man sought solace by talking to the priest who told him the boy was Antichrist and he sinned by raising him, but the man did not care for that. The story ends with the man arrested when he was checking out every egg at the shop in hope to find and save another boy hidden in the egg.

And this story always makes me think about Shmi Skywalker who loved Anakin despite the unusual circumstances he was born in (“there was no father”). She could not imagine what Anakin's true purpose was, even if she felt he was a special child meant for something bigger than being just a slave. And as we know he was the Chosen One whose purpose was to bring balance to the Force (and most likely being the Force’s answer for Darth Plagueis’ ability to manipulate the midi-chlorians). In Tatooine Ghost, Han Solo argued that “ If [Anakin]’d have been a nice guy, do you think he’d have ever gotten that close to Palpatine?” to eliminate the Emperor as Vader did. Which is a legit theory, but ultimately it was love that pushed Anakin to save Luke from Darth Sidious’ torture. So maybe, because Shmi loved her son unconditionally, it did - if not outright change then at least influenced what Force’s put in motion.

And you know what? I'm here for the potential cosmic horror that Anakin could be as the Chosen One and how much a mother's love changed it.

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The important question about cryomancers (Bi-Han and Kuai Liang refused to answer):

Mortal Kombat 11

Kano: You frozen inside? Blood and whatnot? Sub-Zero: You will never find out. Kano: Oh, I will when I cut you open.

and

Mortal Kombat 1 (2023)

Ghostface: Does your blood run cold? Let's find out. Sub-Zero: You will learn nothing today.

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I finally decided to start incorporating stamps into my art, so I went with Bi-Han and snowflakes. But I was not satisfied with the result, so I tried to draw Shang Tsung and a snake. Again, not happy how the stamp’s effect came out, so ultimately I reverted back to traditional art and made Noob Saibot 🤣

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Part 14

Zhong Kunyi ze swoimi wyrzutami sumienia

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Bovarr & Hjorr from "Northmen A Viking Saga" (2014)

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No overview of this cruel breed would be complete without a more detailed mention of Boba Fett, the most successful, capable and charismatic bounty hunter alive (at least, as of this writing.) Bits of the puzzle that is Fett have appeared over the years.

We know of his origins as Journeyman Protector Jaster Mereel, who's been described by several sources as "ugly". There are credible reports of his disgrace and dishonorable discharge from his law enforcement agency. How he got his new alias or acquired the rare Mandalorian battle armor he wears are secrets no one has yet penetrated with any degree of certainty.

- Predators for Hire: A Guide to Star Wars Bounty Hunters by Andy Mangels, published in Star Wars Galaxy Magazine 6 (1996)

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The Development of Law and Zoro relationship: Part VI: Wano, The Final Battle

<Part I: Before Meeting>> <<Part II: Sabaody Archipelago, The First Meeting>> <<Part III: Punk Hazard: The Alliance (A)__(B)>>  <<Part IV: Dressrosa, The Breaking Point (The Plan Failed)__ (Saving Law)__(Protecting Law)__ (Birdcage, Pica and Doflamingo)__ (Aftermath)>> <<Part V: Zou, The Kindred Spirits (Traveling Together)__(Searching for Nakama)__ (Reunion)__ (Ninja-Pirate-Mink-Samurai Alliance)__(The Last Moments before War)>>  Part VI: Wano, Against Emperors (The Untold Journey)__(Luffy & Zoro Means Troubles…)__(…and Law Is Not Happy About That)__(Separated Again)__(Law and Straw Hats: Clash of Authority)__(Zoro, the Buffer)

Our heroes had a long road before they arrived at the roof of Onigashima. Here, the five Supernovas challenged the Emperors of the Sea: Big Mom and Kaido.

Chapter 1000 presented the allied young pirates standing together in line, from right to left: Eustass Kid - Killer - Monkey D. Luffy - Roronoa Zoro - Trafalgar Law.

This choice to present Supernovas clearly doesn’t favor Captain Trio, the way the previous and future chapters highlighted their importance. Instead manga acknowledged Killer and Zoro as the trusted, second-in-line members of their respective crews, as both were placed at the right side of their captain. Law is the only Supernova captain that enters the battle against Emperors without support of his own crew member.

Interestingly, again, Zoro is taking the central place between Luffy and Law, the way it happened post-Dressrossa. This position will also fit his role of Buffer, about which I talked about in the previous part in regard to Eustass and Luffy's competitive relationship. A role he will play again to balance the Law-Luffy-Eustass dynamic as well.

In the same chapter, Luffy was focused on heavily injured Oden’s loyal servants - the samurais and Minks - that already tried to take down Kaido but were defeat. Kinemon’s begging to save Wano deeply touched Straw Hats and of course, he would fight for his friends’ country no matter what. Ignoring the presence of Emperors, he told (ordered) Trafalgar Law to transport the injured men into safety - something Law did without a word of protest - so Luffy could throw the first punch at Kaido and declare to be future Pirate King.

However, as the next chapter shows us, the alliance between Supernova Captains is a tricky thing. For example, when Zoro, Eustass and Killer noticed and commented Luffy’s new way to handle haki to the point he can damage Kaido,

Law focused solely on the fact that Luffy ordered him to remove their injured allies when A) he planned to do it on his own and B) now it looks like he is Straw Hat’s subordinate thus his independence and captain status are put in question. 

Thus when Luffy is already in fight against both Emperors and Zoro is protecting him from Big Mom’s attack, Law doesn’t use his “shambles” on Straw Hats to save him, but to scold how he put him (captain) in bad light.

Of course, Eustass won’t help the matter and instead of focusing on the fight at hand, all of them will settle the argument in the most idiotic way.

Things worth to note: 

↪ Despite Law and Eustass initially protesting against the stupid game, both get themselves challenged (manipulated) by Luffy to prove they aren’t cowards. 

↪ Law usually was shown to not care what others think about him, but here he is adamant to take part in this ridiculous test, even though getting hurt at the beginning of the battle is definitely stupid thing. Something he acknowledged himself in chapter 930, when he told Usopp, Franky and Sanji that “[...] each and every injury decreases our strength for the decisive battle.”

↪ Zoro is calling all Supernova Captains on their idiocy. Similar as in previous interaction between Kid and Straw Hats pirates, only Roronoa openly criticizes the captains regardless if they are part of his crew or not. In contrast, there is no frame with similar reaction from Killer and so far he too was presented as not blind to Luffy and Kid’s competitive nature and lack of common sense. 

In contrast to captains and their petty argument, Zoro and Killer are capable of putting aside their rivalry from previous chapters. Roronoa made a point to acknowledge Killer as the Kamazo the Manslaughter with whom he fought against to protect Toko and Hiyori, and they had a short talk about the result of their last fight.

That however doesn’t hinder their teamwork against Kaido. As chapter 1001 shows, they fighted in sync, attacking the same spot - Kaido’s neck. Which highlights even more their focus on the task at hand, as captains attack one after another, instead of co-operating their forces the way Zoro and Killer did.

With chapter 1002, teamwork of Supernovas has changed for the better. For example, when Killer is hit by Big Mom’s attack, it is Luffy that saves him from Kaido. Interestingly, when Zoro demands from Law an assistance (so he could save/aid Luffy), the man complains about being ordered around, yet he does as he was told while also not scolding Zoro the way he scolded Luffy.

Another improvement of Supernovas teamwork comes from chapter 1003, when Luffy using 4th Gear finally ran out of Haki and his companions needed to keep him safe for the next 10 minutes. Of course, Zoro was the main protector of Straw Hat, but Kid, Killer and Law attacks against both Kaido and Big Mom helped to keep their enemy busy. During that time, Zoro managed to cut deep enough Kaido to penetrate his dragon scales. A feat noticed by Supernovas (Killer) and Emperors.

From chapter 1008 and onward, the teamwork between Supernovas takes another shape. While Luffy stubbornly attacks Emperors (something Zoro scolded his captain for, saying “look before you leap!” and later “You should help us come up with something else), we can see that the rest of the group is actually making a strategy  - they need separate Emperors.

Interestingly, Zoro again is put between Supernovas captains. Though each frame presents one character at time, visually it adds to the feeling Roronoa is the Buffer. Once he agrees with Law, Kid too openly supports Trafalgar’s idea. On one hand, it provides another example of how Zoro had no problem following Law’s plans and put some trust into the man, on another he is playing the role of leader Luffy should do. Instead of Captain Trio, it is teamwork between Roronoa, Law and Eustass, while Luffy is busy with his single-minded attitude and Killer is excluded from interaction.

In the following chapter, Big Mom and Kaido used a combined attack that most likely would kill or at least heavily injure Supernovas, if Zoro didn’t step up and blocked it long enough for the rest to run away.

Out of all Supernovas, Zoro was the only one that rushed to block enemy attack, clearly being ready to sacrifice himself for the whole group, not just Luffy, as implied by his words: 

“All of you run! We can’t let them wipe us out”

As the next scene showed, Law most likely used his powers to move Zoro to the safety of their temporary hideout and verbally checked out of his state.

Important thing to note:

↪ This is the first time Law addressed Zoro by name during battle. The same as previously, he called him “Zoro-ya”

↪ Eustass actually thanked Zoro for blocking the attack and saving them. Something that Kid rarely did in the past.

Luffy immediately attacked Kaido, but as we can see with upcoming scenes, Kid, Law, Killer and Zoro formed their own plan and worked more as a team.

The teamwork between Killer, Kid, (heavily injured Zoro) and Law allowed the Supernovas to push away Big Mom onto ocean

with Zeus captured, only Prometheus could save the Emperor and Zoro, despite the great injury, tried to not let that happen. The following scene shows Law's reaction to his effort: "That guy... I wouldn't be surprised if he broke every bone in his body after their last attack". This is the second time Trafalgar showed a concern for Zoro's life.

To save his ally, Kaido was going after Roronoa, but Law used his power to switch the place with Zoro.

Zoro asked what Trafalgar was doing, indicating he would rather want the man to focus on keeping Prometheus away from Big Mom than saving, but as Law said, “the plan isn’t worth one of us dying!”.

What is an interesting contrast to what we saw in previous chapter 930, when Law claimed it was better for Straw Hats (allies) to let the enemy kill them than jeopardize the mission. Here, sacrificing Zoro to eliminate Big Mom would benefit the Supernovas group, but Law drew a line - their plan was not worth Zoro's life. Which shows how far their relationship developed through the course of events. 

Here, Supernovas had separated - Kid and Killer went against Big Mom, Law and Zoro faced Kaido while Luffy was unconscious. Zoro admitted to Law he is at his limits and if his final attacks won’t work, all will be up to Trafalgar. 

Unfortunately, Zoro’s final attack did not knock out Kaido as he hoped, but at least injured him. Law witnessed Roronoa’s last stand and was ready to protect his fallen ally, but both men were knocked down by the enemy’s attack. Ultimately, Luffy came to their aid and told them to head back, as he planned to fight against Kaido one on one.

The next chapter (1011) showed Trafalgar carrying heavily injured Zoro out of the battlefront and transporting them into safety.

Law, though miscalculated as his shambles worked on objects in mid-air but he and Zoro were saved by Sanji.

Ultimately he left injured Roronoa in care of one of his crew members and then left to join the ongoing fight. Interestingly, Law did not stay behind to heal Zoro, despite witnessing how much damage the man took through the course of fight against Emperors. He did however tell Sanji about Roronoa’s state and what he should do - including “make sure he's still conscious and breathing”, so we do see he was not indifferent to the fate of Zoro.

Every Supernova character went in a separate way, each facing their own opponents. Sadly, the final celebration of victory was different from the usual banquets at the end of arc - here Straw Hats, Kid Pirates and Heart Pirates did not mix much, each staying more or less in their own company. Similarly, there is not much reaction from Law or Zoro at the official end of the alliance, as the story was again focused on the interaction between Supernovas Captains. 

And for now, I’m ending the analysis of the development of their relationship. It was a long, sometimes rocky way for two no-nonsense, introverted men but there is a clear change in how they felt and how they interacted through the arcs. The most vital improvement is Law’s treatment of Straw Hats in general, as he at first did not care for their - or people of Dressrosa’s life, but at the end, would not sacrifice Zoro for the victory and showed much concern about his injuries. Zoro too has changed, from treating Law with suspicion to a much more relaxed and trusting relationship with someone outside of his trusted crew.

For now, it’s the end, but knowing One Piece, sooner or later Zoro and Law will cross paths again and we will see what has changed between them. Thanks for reading and sorry it took me so long to finish the final part.

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Mortal Kombat 1 Behind the Scenes AU: Sindel’s twin sister enters the scene!

Author’s note: Who would be better to play the Dark Sindel than her own twin sister? Sindel loves her deeply, but is not thrilled about that. Her sister on another hand is absolutely gonna enjoy every minute of being there and tormenting everyone 🤣

[Earlier posts, from #1 to #184] [Mileena’s illness, p. 1] [Mileena’s illness, p. 2] [New year, new me!] [Saint Valentine] [A better timeline?] [A better timeline?, 2] [Why every Shang Tsung is obsessed with Sub-Zero] [The Soul Trick] [Even I’m not so treacherous]

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Jango vs. Tor Vizsla and Jango vs. Montross

The lore says Jango Fett killed Tor Vizsla, but technically speaking he didn’t. Fett’s action definitely led the man to his end but it was the pack of wild feline predators that killed injured Vizsla. It was the last ditch on Fett’s part, as the enemy gained the upper’s hand in the fight. Ironically, Jango was spared the same fate only because of toxins that his enemy inflicted into his body.

However, looking at the way he attacked Death Watch’s ship and how determined he was to kill Vizsla, I have no doubts that dying himself was acceptable as long as Tor would die alongside Fett.

Tor was ultimately torn apart and eaten by wild dire-cats.

With Montross we have a similar situation but the main two differences are: Montross was brutally killed by mindless slaves of the Bando Gora cult and that Jango could but with premeditation choose to not finish the man himself, leaving him to a gruesome death.

And I think a lot about this parallel, how much more ruthless and cold-hearted Jango became but also how different Tor Vizsla and Montross were in their final moments. 

Montross challenged Jango to their last fight to the death, the one on one type of duel “for the sake of old times”, 

Montross: Just like ol' times, Fett! You and me, man to man, face to face. Only now we do this to the death! May the best man win. Jango: I am the best, always was. Montross: We'll see about that.

but when he lost, there was a wide range of reactions. From: “it was not supposed to end this way… not like that. I deserve a better death!” to which Jango said "don’t be a sore loser" to

Montross: I’ll see you in hell Jango! Jango: Save a place for me.

When Jango walks away

“Jango, come back!” and after screaming in pain “Damn you, FINISH ME!”

With Tor, there is a visible change in how Vizsla sees Fett, indicated by the way he addresses him through their fight. From boy, to Fett to finally just Jango - in similar fashion how Vizsla addressed his long life enemy, Jaster Mereel, while commenting on Fett’s determination. In the final moment, in which Jango manages to cut deeply his enemy (in hopes the wild animal will finish the job he couldn’t do himself), all Vizsla says is “you think this cut is going to kill me?”

like external bleeding was no big deal - and mind you, the fight of those two men had started on Death Watch’s ship, lasted for the duration of the escape pod's flight and continued once they reached the surface of Corellia, indicating a reasonable long time had passed.

And yeah, the wild animal's attack took Vizsla out of surprise

but the killing itself happened off the frame - only the change in following frames indicate the death was not that quick,

but there is no indication of Tor cursing Jango for his fate or anything like that.

In conclusion, Jango Fett faced his two most personal rivals in one-on-one duel, but the killing itself was done by the third part (dire-cats, members of Bando Gora cult) - with the main difference, the first time he did so due to lack of other options, and the second time it was his choice to let the enemy suffer.

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Geralt of Rivia - Postage Stamp, Poland 2016