#He has to do something since shanks won't let him just cut other people's ships anymore 😒

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Thinking about Mihawk joining the Red Hair Pirates because he makes for a terrible subordinate.

He's unwilling, unhelpful, stubborn, apathetic, refuses to listen to Shanks (will listen to Benn) and is so obviously there just because he's sleeping with their captain. There most be so much gossip amongst the lower crewmates about it. Thats the scandal of the red hair fleet. Mihawk joining the crew and then sleeping his way to the top. lol

Also mihawk would come in and be like don't think I'm going to swab the deck or anything. and then be up at 3 in the morning swabbing said deck because god forbid he live in such filth (never mind that the deck had literally just been swabbed)

And he of course has to remodel the entire red force t fit his delicate sensibilities because he refuses to live in a vessel that doesn't even have a single cross

[rollinouttahere-writes]

So you did a short Drabble about Mihawk finding Lizard, but what if Mihawk found Doll? We know that he’s on amicable terms with Shanks, so Shanks has probably told him about his daughter, and Mihawk may have even met Doll before, so would he bring her back to him, or would he listen to her if she was begging him to not send her back to her dad?

And if he did listen to her and decided to not give her back to Shanks, would he bring her to the Straw Hats, or would he also be a platonic yandere and want to keep her at his home?

Honestly I guess I would really just like to know more about the relationship between Mihawk and Doll, if you’re willing.

This one? Technically Buggy found her, Mihawk was just stuck trying to do damage control lol

Under a cut because I had a lot to say about them

Mihawk is one of the very few people that Shanks was okay with allowing Doll around, even going so far as to tell her to call him uncle Mihawk. They met a handful of times, and thanks to how observant Mihawk is, he could tell that something was... off. Doll's behavior was strange. She appeared to be torn between being excited to see someone new, but also being terrified and having no idea how to approach said new person. It's a very concerning way for a toddler to act, which led to Mihawk questioning Shanks about her.

Who is she? Where did she come from? Why is does she appear to have never socialized a day in her life?

Shanks, seeing nothing wrong with what he's done, is completely honest. He tells Mihawk about Kailani and how he "just had to" whisk away Doll when she wouldn't cooperate. He kinda skims over the whole Uta situation, but Mihawk is able to piece together that Doll has never been exposed to anyone outside of the ship because Shanks is scared of having a repeat of what happened to his first child.

Mihawk is empathetic to an extent. He doesn't have children of his own, but it's easy enough to imagine that losing one is a painful thing to go through. He encourages Shanks to consider letting Doll off the ship once in a while, but leaves it at that. It's a fresh wound, he's optimistic that he'll move on and ease up as it heals.

But as the years go by and they occasionally cross paths here and there, he realizes how naive it was to assume that. Doll has never seen a face outside of the crew and himself. Not only that, but as she gets older it becomes more and more apparent how infantilized she is. Anyone else would be training her hard to protect herself, but Shanks refuses to. Outside of lockpicking, she doesn't have a single useful skill. She can't fight at all.

It starts to bother Mihawk.

The last time he sees Doll before her escape, it's impossible to ignore how miserable she looks. Her eyes are bloodshot from stress and she's gone from being kind of fidgety to looking like she's about to have a nervous breakdown any second. Even the other members of Shanks crew can hardly stand to look at her, but there's nothing they can do because at the end of the day Shanks is their captain and they won't go against him.

While Shanks is occupied with getting more booze, she approaches Mihawk and clings to him while begging for him to help her leave. She's crying but doing her best to keep it quiet so as to not draw attention. She explains how she "found something she wasn't supposed to" and how awful it's been since that happened. The kid is borderline hysteric and promises that she won't be any trouble. He doesn't have to keep her around, he can ditch her at the first island they come across and she'll figure it out from there.

For a moment, he's heavily considering it, but then Shanks comes back. Mihawk covers for Doll by saying that all the noise overwhelmed her and that's why she's crying and upset. Shanks buys it, but he also then takes Doll away so she can rest in their room and get away from the noise.

Mihawk left without her that day, but he did not feel good about it. When he finds out she went missing, it is honestly a weight off his shoulders. He'd been genuinely thinking about sneaking her off the ship, but now it seems he won't need to. He does find himself to be concerned about how she is fairing. He knows she can't fight, so he can only hope she's with people who can. Then he finds out she's with the Straw Hats, and that really takes the edge off. She ought to be safe with them.

If they encountered each other again, Doll would be fearful of him taking her back to Shanks. As far as she could tell, he was as complicit as everyone else on that ship had been. Mihawk is quick to assure her that he has no such plans, he won't even mention having seeing her again to Shanks.

During this, he can't help but ask if she's picked up any fighting skills since her escape. Upon hearing that he hasn't, he nonchalantly says that he wouldn't be opposed to showing her the basics of sword fighting, should she be interested. He tries to act impartial, but he very much wants her to say yes.

He isn't yandere for her, but he does feel the need to help her when he can. It helps assuage the guilt of doing nothing all those years she was trapped on the Red Force for. He'll mislead Shanks and would even be willing to fight him if it meant giving Doll a chance to get away.

For someone who once rolled his eyes at being called "uncle Mihawk", he sure does live up to the title.

[danwhobrowses]

One Piece Chapter 1060 - Initial Thoughts

Ho boy have we been through it these last 10 chapters

but Oda likes his numbers, so 1060 looks to not let up at all Just how much more does he intend to escalate things? Let's find out

Spoilers for the Chapter, Support the Official Release

Colorspread for this chapter, an updated version of an old one

Looks like the Sabo news has reached Luffy, who immediately refutes that Sabo would kill Cobra

Robin, like the fans, are in agreement

All the Alabasta crew are taking the news their own way, while the Post-Alabasta crew want to clarify that this is the same Sabo from Dressrosa

Caribou is also on the ship, trapped in another barrel

Zoro's putting his Vice Captain role into effect though; refuting Luffy's demands to go to Alabasta and Marejois and reminding Luffy that when Ace was in danger Luffy hade faith he'd be okay unless he called for help

Mind you, given that this led to Ace's death it was perhaps not the best example from Zoro

Naturally this leads to Zoro being called names, mainly themed around Wano's enemies

Robin overviews all the news they missed in Wano, including the Cross Guild - which Luffy also notes must be a mistake in regards to Yonko Buggy

Seems there's some other stuff Oda's tight-lipped about, since Luffy leaves Robin with the information to tell him if it becomes important

Luffy mulls more about Sabo's innocence and how it goes against his dreams and ideal, which also leads him saying his own dream...which again we don't get to hear

The reactions are mixed from hearing it, Brook, Chopper and Franky seem to entertain it, East Blue trio are concerned by it, Sanji thinks he's mad and then Robin and Jinbe seem shocked

This elusive dream seems to be believed impossible, and Luffy feels that only the King of the Pirates can help achieve it

Shanks seems to know it too, and laughed so hard he cried

Unbeknownst to Luffy Yamato would also know since Ace told him

The crew do soften to the idea though, noting how they better find the last Poneglyph then, which concerns Robin since they have no leads

Back to the Marines and they're tracking Sabo's call to Lulusia, one of the places where the people rebelled against their leaders

The Gorosei seem to know something we don't...again

Vindication off the bat: Sabo did not kill Cobra

Ah this is the kingdom with the vampire dude and his daughter who was almost kidnapped, both are being imprisoned for 'crimes' by the people

As Sabo reveals that someone sits on the Empty Throne though, something floats overhead as Im crosses off Lulusia on the map

Oh. Oh god.

Im just Independence Day'd the entire island, all its people, including children, and their dogs!

I guess this is what happened to God Valley, wiped off the map never to have existed...

No word from Sabo too, I'd think he survived but given that his call was tracked he won't make the same mistake twice

A few days later Luffy and co are caught up in some monstrous weather, maybe even caused by the nuking of Lulusia

We seem to be near a Winter Island too, and Chopper's got a cute lil straw hat

They approach an upward-warm eddy (so a whirpool but whirling to the sky) and someone's trapped in the middle

Sanji's lady radar says it's a woman

Zoro decides to cut the Eddy, just as Chopper gets caught up and swept by the strong winds

Luffy grabs Chopper but gets swept too, right to the mysterious lady

Bonney! It's kid version Bonney!

Well. I did say the Gorosei and Im would have something up their sleeve, but I didn't think it'd be that

My gut tells me that they have control of a Sky Island of some sort, given how the way it was done was very similar to how Enel wiped out Skypeians but at a greater scale, maybe it's something he observed from them. It's hard to tell if they've always had this too; Enies Lobby and God Valley could be proof of prior existence but then why bother with Buster Calls? Ohara could've been nuked just like this but it wasn't, so if it's new then it may make more sense in that regard.

One must wonder how the rest of the world will respond to this too, people aren't just gonna forget that Lulusia was a place who had a seat on the Reverie. What of marines born in Lulusia? Or simply the good aligned marines? I doubt they'd just allow this to go unchecked even if it meant leaving the Navy, Akainu may approve given how it was to get Sabo (don't think he's dead, he is a Logia after all) but others may not see it that way.

Caribou being locked up implies he will come into play when he escapes, but it is discerning that he makes it on the ship where Yamato and Carrot do not - even if it is as a hostage. I guess given how multiple days pass this time that Carrot is 99.999% not stowed away somewhere on the ship, which honestly sucks because her 'conclusion' was still a weak ass cop-out Oda hasn't tried to course correct like he's done with Yamato. I repeat, Pedro's will was to see the Dawn and help the Straw Hats reach it, that's what he died for. Do I still hold onto that 0.001%? Yes, but it is looking bleaker than ever.

Also Oda is keeping us in the dark still on Luffy's dream, the theories are gonna run wild with this one.

But given that we hit a new island it means that we're reaching the destination of our next arc, and it's gonna be Bonney-oriented likely. I'm not sad about that really, Bonney is an interesting character we know so little about, and she was at Marejois the last time we saw her, perhaps this is how Luffy and co find out what really happened at the Reverie? Perhaps the next island as well is the Sorbet Kingdom - Kuma's place - but we'll have to wait next week to find out.