#I laughed SO HARD at this panel

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give him a minute

[zahri-melitor]

- Nightwing #10 (2016)

Dick. He’s just like me!!!!

Dick 🤝 Me: both keeping tabs on Skartaris actually

Shakira skipping Machiste’s wedding would be fully on brand actually as she doesn’t like Mariah (or Tara for that matter)

[drbtinglecannon]

Anyway this panel alone made me decide Shuro is actually really funny

Practically everyone in this panel is ready to square up, including +200yo Grandpa Tansu, meanwhile Shuro is standing in the back dramatically holding himself while clearly wishing he was off this godforsaken hell island

[aster-draws]

Identity shenanigans are a hallmark of all superhero fanfictions and i will never get tired of writing them.

This is from chapter 19 of my fic Better Halves (and other such falsehoods) which is like 100k (so far) of Tim and Danny being idiots like this please go read it it's a labor of love.

just the painted bit below the cut :) if you want it

[binary-bird]

he is just babygirl you gotta trust me original

[purrfectlycontent]

“i can still hear his voice…”

“gay gay homosexual gay”

[hatekawa]

Omg dude I love your art style and narrative style but gskshs

Draxums nose:

This is all I see:

EVIL.

[leavingautumn13]

people who don't know them sometimes jump to conclusions about diamond city's detective duo.

closeups under the cut

[yo-yo-yoshiko]

I— I’m laughing… I can’t… why did he DO that!? Waaaahahahha!!

Bonus... King as he normally is cause I need to make sure THAT's not the only image i draw of him:

[cutieclangen]

Moon 5

Hoooo boy, a busy moon! I have so many LORE THOUGHTS and KNOWLEDGE. What's going on, Sanddapple? 👀

But look at the BABIES. WEE BABS. I love them all so much, especially with their tragic backstory

STINKBUTT. STINK. BUTT. Yes, that's really her name, and yes, she really did choose to keep it. My grumpy old lady. I'd be grumpy too if my name were Stinkbutt, but I mean she chose to keep it so you go girl. She's the prettiest marked cat in the clan and her name is Stinkbutt. I love it here

Inkstripe and Crowheart drama?? I know most of you probably forgot about Inkstripe since he has been determined to be a Background Character but apparently he got pissy about that fact :]

After next Moon update I'll post Moon 6 Allegiances and open up character asks!! So get yer thinkin' caps on because you'll be able to ask any cat 3 moons or older questions in the next week or so c:

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[jascurka]

how does that undertale quote go again

[coconut530]

AND THEY WERE ROOMMATES

[decepti-thots]

i think holoforms should have more stuff where they're clearly TRYING to be accurate to humans, but they keep buggering up the details. like when you're drawing and can't keep the light source consistent, or accidentally draw two left hands, or whatever. related: i think that swerve's holoform would probably wear this extremely rad, definitely cool hat.

[moongothic]

Hey so also have Sir Crocodile brainrot and have recently reread Impel Down. This is probably nothing at all but it made me question the artistic choice made. Like we dont see Crocodiles full face until Luffy recognizes him. Before that tho he joins in on Jinbei & Ace's convo about Whitebeard and is shown to (non-)react to Boa Hancocks visit. But we only get his face in shadows or see the hook. Which. Why. Oda we know what he looks like and who the guy with the stitches on his face and the hook is. WHY OBSCURE HIM.

My friend, this is what we call a "cocktease"

Okay jokes aside, yes it was an artistic choise. More specifically, a storytelling technique Oda masterfully used to build up hype and excitement to Crocodile's eventual reveal and re-introduction into the story.

So thanks to Ms Goldenweek's cover story (which ran back during Water 7/Enies Lobby) we already knew Crocodile along with Daz, Bon-chan and Galdino had all been sent to Impel Down, when we also learned about Impel Down, Marineford and the Gates of Justice (+ the giant whirlpool between the three locations) to some extent. ((Now of course, if you were an anime-only then you would've had no idea about the former BW members being in Impel Down. And even if you had read the manga you still would've had to actually pay attention to the cover story and its lore, and not forgotten all about it))

So even before Luffy decides he's going to head to Impel Down to save Ace, we know Crocodile's going to be somewhere down there. The second Luffy arrives there, we are immidiately reminded of the fact when Domino mentions Crocodile taking the traditional "bath" new inmates take at the entrance. And as we descend deeper and deeper into Impel Down, with those cuts to what's happening down at Level 6 every now and then, as well as with the Baroque Works Countdown, Oda time and time again keeps on reminding of us of Crocodile's looming presence in the background. This is all absolutely deliberate. Crocodile was arguably the most iconic (maybe not most popular but iconic) One Piece villian at the time, if given an opportunity of course the readers wanted to see him again. But just letting us see him right away would be anti-climactic, and distracting from what's actually important (Ace, and Luffy getting to him as fast as possible). So keeping him hidden could serve multiple purposes:

For one, Crocodile doesn't get to steal the spotlight from the other characters (at least not too early). We can focus on Luffy, Ace, all the new Impel Down characters and the other returning characters in peace, while Crocodile waits for his turn. Another thing is that Crocodile's presence being downplayed gives off the impression that perhaps him being there isn't that important to the story. Thus, him teaming up with Luffy to break out isn't such an obvious twist (and so when that happens, it's ever more hype as a result)

But indeed, the most important part is that by teasing us constantly through out Impel Down, Oda creates hype. He makes us the readers excited if/when we might get to see the bastard, even if it was just a quick little cameo. So when Luffy finally reaches Level 6 and we finally do get that reveal, everyone loses their fucking marbles over the HISASHIBURI DANA MUGIWARA when we finally get to see The Motherfucker Himself. (And indeed, then getting to see him fight alongside Luffy is cool as fucking hell, completely unexpected and absolutely delightful)

But there's also another thing building up to Crocodile's reveal does. Compare his original introduction to the re-introduction

Compare Crocodile at the height of his power and influence, to the absolute rock bottom he has hit. No longer happily laughing while looking down on people (literally), he's filthy, he has given up on life, with sunken eyes and a hollow look on his face, only moved by a thirst for petty revenge (/an opportunity to go out with a bang). He doesn't even get the whole page for his grand reveal anymore, he's been shuffled to the side so the plot can progress on the same page.

Oh, how the mighty have fallen.

And to some degree, this is kind of meant to be a shocking realization to the readers. That this is not the same Crocodile we remember from Alabasta, that Crocodile died when Luffy defeated him. This is just the husk that remains, a shadow of what was once there. It's a sad sight, and probably not what the readers who loved Crocodile The Villian wanted to see. It's not the epic Return of the (Evil) King they wanted. And that juxtaposition helps, because Crocodile doesn't return into the story as a villian, but as a frenemy/ally-on-thin-ice. And that idea is easier to signal to the readers in a lowkey manner when you do his re-introduction like this.

So yes, Oda refusing to show Crocodile's face until Luffy found him was 100% a deliberate artistic choise. This is fantastic storytelling

[disniq]

Some people on this cursed webbed site: "Jason is the cop coded Bat because he uses guns and kills people!"

Meanwhile, in the actual Batman comics:

Batman: Urban Legends #1

[veryferaldistributions]

We have liftoff! West is airborne!