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thanks to the divorce between his dads (rocks and harald) loki is now opening up to his mom (ida) and im very pleased

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KOZUKI MORIA... HARALD AND ROCKS' BREAKUP... SHANKS' MOM... THIS IS INSANE

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blinding

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hot take but… i’m not happy with vivi’s casting in the one piece live action.

and before anyone starts—this isn’t about “race” in the shallow sense, and it’s not a personal attack on the actress. this is about cultural erasure and orientalism, and i’m saying this as an egyptian and a middle eastern person who’s tired of seeing this exact pattern in hollywood.

alabasta in one piece is very clearly inspired by middle eastern and north african cultures—from the desert kingdom setting, to the architecture that echoes egypt and mesopotamia, to the clothing and even the political history woven into the arc. when a live action adaptation chooses not to reflect that heritage in its casting, it’s not just “creative liberty.” it’s part of a bigger, exhausting trend where mena cultures are mined for aesthetics and “exotic” vibes, but mena people themselves are erased from the story.

it’s not about “matching appearance”—it’s about opportunity. roles that are openly inspired by middle eastern culture are rare in mainstream media. and when they do exist, they often go to non-mena actors, while actual middle eastern and north african actors are rarely considered for anything outside of stereotypes: terrorists, background merchants, nameless “exotic” figures.

this is what orientalism looks like in modern media: take the architecture, the clothes, the sand dunes, the political drama—but strip away the people it came from. and when those people ask why, they get told they’re overreacting.

i don’t blame the actress. i blame the industry that continues to borrow from my culture while making it clear it doesn’t actually want us in the picture.

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Anyways, another MENA erasure from roles of characters that are middle eastern and one of the producers of season 2 is an active Zionist that signed the petition trying to revoke Bisan's (the Palestinian journalist recording the g*nocide in Gaza) nomination in the Emmy's. This is another reminder to cancel your Netflix subscription, and if you want to watch OPLA season 2, just pirate it. It's more in the One Piece spirit as well.

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i bet you can't guess my favorite parts of the new opening

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ONE PIECE HEROINES IS GETTING AN ANIME ADAPTATION SOMEBODY HOLD ME

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im in love with the kuja pirates but what's new

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I don't know if you take asks but can you please draw sabolaw sleeping on bepo or something!!!! I LOVE SABOLAW AND THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE CONTENT BEFORE I DIE. Bepo is so they're #1 supporter and we love him for that

OMG THAT'S SUCH A CUTE IDEA IM GONNA CRY. i agree bepo is for sure their #1 supporter... he just wants his captain to be happy and i think he'd like sabo a lot (i actually headcanon all of the heart pirates to like sabo very much but that's beyond the point).

here's your scribble!! :D it's very messy and rushed but i hope u will like it anyway ^-^ i know i had fun doodling it!!

i also have to thank you anon bc i had no idea what to sketch for my monthly sabolaw doodle so you kind of saved me here hehe

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do u think sabo had parasocial crush on law after seeing him at marineford

i wouldn’t use the term “parasocial crush” per se, but that’s just because i’m pretty particular when it comes to defining these things- jokingly, yeah, i do think sabo had it, but in a more serious answer, i think marineford was definitely what made him actually consider law for the first time.

the aftermath of sabo knowing that the surgeon of death was the one responsible for his brother’s life would make him feel extremely guilty at first, and in debt right afterwards, with, of course, a spark of extreme admiration as a side effect. i also think sabo might have seen in law a lick of the same flame of revolution the revolutionary army sees in robin, which could have brought him to grow a bit fixated on him, to say the least.

i already talked, albeit briefly, about my headcanon of sabo seeking law out after marineford to thank him right here and here, if you are interested!

sooo, yeah. idk about parasocial, but sabo isn't normal about law, that's for sure.

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him and his stupid watermelon slice im gonna cry

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well. they were in the same chapter alright. i guess thats all im gonna get

the fact that sabolaw are very likely to interact again in the gakuen au given the whole rescue situation... im feeling ill /pos

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SABO WITH SUSPENDERS GOT ANIMATED LETS GOOOOO

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i hope that that old bum who tried to kill ida is burning in hell rn

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what the FUCK do you mean blackbeard is xebec's son. what the actual fuck. don't tell me that could be a reason why he was on whitebeard's crew. holy shit

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MY BELOVEDS !!!!!!!

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old doodle coming your way :] thanks to everyone who voted on the poll!

italian summer hits made me want to experiment with some stuff back in may and this was one of the results