#Law: Ha. Haha.

[shima-draws]

Ghost Cora AU where he’s actually been following Law around ever since he died but nobody has been able to see him, so all he’s able to do is watch Law get hurt and suffer in silence. UNTIL, miraculously, the battle of Dressrosa ends, and for some strange reason—through some supernatural bullshit or maybe just fate—one person is finally able to see him.

Law is sitting on the deck of the Yonta Maria watching everyone party when Luffy comes trotting over to him. And Luffy plops down beside him and says, “I’ve been meaning to ask, Torao, but who’s that really tall blonde guy with the funny makeup that’s been following you around?”

And Law’s just like

[ash-and-starlight]

Every Day i think about the official radiant emperor Fuck Tier List

[huenistar]

me when i thought i looked fire with my new haircut just to go on twitter at 9pm and suddenly every moa is saying “fire the stylist and hairdresser” (it was an encore and i cut my own hair)

[eustasskiddsprosthetic]

"I trust you. I like you." — a potential fic based on this (x) Detailed notes on Sabo's design below!

For him, I initially thought of him as a shark of all things. I say that despite not knowing how to draw sharks uh. Here it is below.

I wanted him to be a big boy and have this immense size difference with Law. He's the tallest among the ASL trio and that meant he should be the biggest merman out of the three. He's not necessarily buffer but he just has a larger frame and a longer, more muscular tail.

I also wanted him to look like a freak, a huge figure with obscenely sharp teeth. I found images on Pinterest with sharks with scars that seemed to slice through their skin and I wanted to incorporate that throughout the design. A homage to Sabo's scarred eye, if you will.

He had horns too, for some reason. I just thought it looked cool.

However, what I didn't like about this design was that it didn't read like Sabo, or at least the version of Sabo I envisioned in my head. Hence, I gave up on it. It was sort of devastating because I wanted to try something new, but we move on!

Without a clear idea for what I wanted, I spent a lot of time struggling with not just Sabo's design but with what I wanted the illustration to be overall. Later that evening, I scrolled through Pinterest (again) and found images of eels and that just clicked.

They're just the right combination of cute and just downright weird. They have that snake-like look to them, which echoed my initial shark design. On top of that, they don't look as derpy from the front as compared to sharks.

I did try again to make Sabo freaky, as shown by this sketch below. It's based on a scene from that potential fan fic, where Sabo saves Law from drowning and his inner freak shines through. I imagined a dark lighting situation where Sabo's scars are the light source. It'll be quite creepy and I'd like to manifest this vision someday!

Anyways, from here, I focused on making Sabo look cool and pretty for the illustration. I retained his human face (I am not good enough for furry art) and focused on making his tail look SUPER cool.

It's interesting to me that with this revision, I found inspiration in my initial 'failed' design. I still kept the star-shaped scars and placed them on his tail and body.

They're blue because (1) I wanted to respect Sabo's colour palette and (2) I was inspired by those ocean creatures who glow underwater. I feel that would be a good plot point like Sabo would be insecure about that because it's admittedly kinda scary but Law would think it's reassuring.

That's all I have to say about the designs. I have ideas for Ace and Luffy, but I haven't sketched them out concretely yet. I'm thinking lion fish for Ace and a cute black fish species called the Pinnate Spadefish for Luffy.

The Pinnate Spadefish has one bold red/yellow stripe and I like to think that Luffy as a merman just painted it on to look like Ace. He shifts between red and blue to imitate his Cool™ older brothers.

But yeah, that's all. I needed to yap about this, so if you read this far, thank you for reading!

[ashedddaisy]

Mayumiko mastered pinning and slow burn so hard that mikorin was reminded of mayu after being thrown to the ground, haha, haha, ha

[feroluce]

So I went to the wiki page for the henghill Bullet & Brain mission of 2.2 looking for some dialogue I had missed and

a) I found something incredibly tasty that slotted into some other thoughts I'd been having, more on that on another day, and

b) I saw this super fun little trivia at the bottom, which!

I knew Penacony characters like Boothill took a lot of inspirations from old movies, but I didn't realize it was even in his and Dan Heng's relationship, that's so cool!!

It fits them very well, it's such a fun reference. "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" was an old buddy Western film (from 1969- nice) about a pair of outlaws. Butch Cassidy was the leader of a gang, and described as clever, affable, and talkative. Meanwhile, his closest companion, the Sundance Kid, was known as a man of few words.

Cassidy's original birth name was much more plain, but similar to Boothill, he took on a new moniker when he became an outlaw. "Cassidy" had been the last name of his beloved mentor, who taught him how to shoot and ride. And Sundance Kid was known as he was because Sundance was the name of his hometown, and it was the only place that had ever managed to catch and jail him, back when he'd been younger (also similar to Dan Heng, but ouch).

These two stick together like glue throughout the length of the film- through Cassidy's leadership of the gang being challenged, through a train robbery gone wrong, through being pursued by mercenaries, and even through fleeing to Bolivia and trying to start over together.

I don't want to say too much more, since the mission title is referencing one specific movie that I've never seen. I kinda wanna watch it now, though, just to see the inspiration that went into Boothill and Dan Heng and how they get along. I just think it's really sweet that these two were literally made to be the best of bros, how lovely is that. 💕

[kitsquared]

When your knight and bodyguard makes a face after being told you attract trouble lol

Also his expression after first witnessing Pereshati 'reviving' in the ground compared to when she abruptly dies while his broken arm (from protecting her) was being tended to.

He steps away for one moment and something happens to her

Like the first time he mistakenly leaves the group and they get ambushed

But goodness he will continue to do his job

It's also the fact that as far as I'm gleaming through the light novel... he's really not there ? haha

[fortune-maiden]

Random TGCF AU of two days ago actually but it won’t leave me alone

Beefleaf AU where HX accidentally gets SQX pregnant… and revenge has to be put on hold because Shi Wudu loves his nibling a lot and is doing 90% of the childcare

[bumblingbabooshka]

Thinking about marriage/women's rights on Vulcan Some may think that T'Pring not being allowed to divorce Spock was because he was going through the pon farr but if she were allowed to divorce him at all she probably would have done that a long time ago, confirmed by T'Pol when she's speaking with Koss, who isn't suffering from the pon farr. She says that he can choose another mate (without invoking a fight it seems: note the difference between a 'mate' and a 'challenger') and after he makes it clear that nothing she says will change his mind about marrying her, she finally threatens to declare a kal-if-fee. It's clear that Vulcan women cannot divorce/refuse to marry a man they've been betrothed to under any circumstances if A) He himself doesn't consent to ending their marriage or B) She doesn't have someone else waiting in the wings to be given to in his stead. Though, if the challenger she selects fails to win the fight, she'll have to marry her betrothed anyway unless (again) he decides he doesn't want her after the challenge. That seems like an incredibly unfair system, heavily biased towards men. SNW is an alternate universe in many obvious respects but most egregiously in that T'Pring has a lot of non-canonical agency over her relationship with Spock. It's interesting to me that Vulcan society has women in many positions of power and treats women as equal to men from what I've seen despite these laws. We don't really see Vulcans exhibiting a misogynistic attitude towards women in general but in TOS (perhaps because of its general writing style but it's still interesting to note) both Sarek and Spock take on patriarchal attitudes specifically regarding wives. Amanda says that 'of course' Sarek commands her because "he is a Vulcan and I am his wife." It's worthwhile in my eyes to note that she specifies 'wife' instead of attributing this attitude to women as a whole. Again, with TOS' writing style it wouldn't be out of place for her to say "he is a man and I am a woman." Spock, while in a pon farr induced irritation, states that it's "undignified for a woman to play servant to a man that isn't hers" - again implying that there's something specific about being a Wife in Vulcan society which is different from being a woman in general and demands subservience to a husband. This could perhaps stem from the extreme sense of ownership that Vulcan law has permitted men to have over women. A woman legally cannot point blank refuse marriage. There is no option which guarantees she won't have to marry her betrothed other than death. When T'Pau speaks of T'Pring she refers to her as being 'property' and Stonn, before being interrupted, states he's made 'the ancient claim' - we don't know what this is because he gets cut off but it's obvious they're both using the language of Vulcan law. Men are permitted true freedom to choose. If a woman wants to choose someone else to be with there is no option available to her other than the kal-if-fee which might result in the death of the one she wants to be with. And, if her lover fails, her husband can still just decide he wants to marry her and she'll be forced to. T'Pring gives two scenarios: One where Spock 'frees' her and one where he doesn't - it's still ultimately his decision which is clear when he ends the conversation with "Stonn, she is yours." This again isn't just because of the pon farr as T'Pol also goes through this. Koss can choose another mate and when the option is talked about there's no implication that this would result in any sort of fight (both by the casualness of its mention and by the fact that there's no formal word for it unlike the kal-if-fee.) Also, the fact that Koss does eventually grant T'Pol a divorce and it's all fine means that T'Pol isn't lawfully required to have another man waiting if her HUSBAND doesn't want her. It's ONLY required if SHE doesn't want her husband. Tradition must take precedence over individual desire UNLESS!!! You're a man. Then it's fine. Like, your parents might not be happy but legally you're golden.

[pynkhues]

Hello! I'm curious how do you think Louis and Gabrielle will interact and view each other? My predictions about them are pretty unpopular in fandom and i wanted to read your thoughts

Hey! Oo, you have me very curious about your predictions, anon, especially given I don't know what's currently popular or unpopular when it comes to this particular topic. But yeah - I think they're probably going to hate each other, haha, and basically be forced to work together to try and get Lestat back from Akasha.

While they've got a lot of similar traits in that they're emotionally withholding and voracious readers and forced to perform a role for a society that would dictate who and what they should be (far more so in the show than the books when it comes to Louis), they've also got a lot of differences that I think would be insurmountable for them to overcome personally (to say nothing of the fact that I think they're both characters who would not appreciate seeing their own characteristics in others anyway).

It was actually interesting reading that little post from Anne-as-Lestat earlier, but her disconnection from art and the material world I think would definitely make her pretty chilly with Louis, given art is really still his enormously important to him and, y'know, he's a monster capitalist, haha, and I definitely think Louis' response to her will be a melting pot of his own mother-issues, and probably both a protectiveness and possessiveness of Lestat, especially as he gets to understand Gabrielle and Lestat's history better.

It's kind of interesting too heading into this new season with Louis remaining a lead character, because I think there will probably be some juxtaposing with Gabrielle's relationship with Nicki. One of the things that I love in the book is the way Gabrielle kind of steps up for Nicki in the aftermath of his turning, taking him out to hunt while Lestat falls into the abyss. There's this moment of nurture there in a way that Gabrielle never really offers Lestat, and that sense of them becoming his 'silent children' as they talk to each other with the mind gift, cutting Lestat out, is one we, of course, saw echoed in Louis and Claudia, but I just don't see that happening with Gabrielle and Louis? I think there's too much distance there, in years and place and context, and I think they'll feel their families with Lestat are too far apart, which will ultimately be a point of friction between them.

(Editing this post quickly too to add that I think it's a potentially fun shift in the dynamic with the Rue Royale household too where Lestat felt like the outsider to Claudia and Louis, to Louis now feeling like the outsider with Lestat and Gabrielle.)

Funnily enough, the character I see getting along with Gabrielle the most is actually Daniel, haha, which will be extra funny given we know Armand doesn't like her and I suspect Louis won't either.

What are your thoughts / predictions?

[notbecauseofvictories]

I am going on an official Work Trip, and even though I know---I know---it's largely going to be sitting in rooms with other business people, doing business-y things like brainstorming and swapping jargon, I'm still very nervous about it.

[personinthepalace]

Lockwood and Co - Law and Order SVU Theme Song

[flags-planes-and-fire]

Left to right: Agustín Pardella, Matías Recalt, Roberto Canessa, Tino Canessa (Roberto's son) and Andy Pruss.

In LSDLN, Pardella portrays Nando Parrado, Recalt portrays Roberto Canessa, Pruss portrays Roy Harely, and Canessa himself has the role of an unnamed doctor treating the survivors (He is seen standing behind Recalt for a few moments)

Roberto wrote the following caption on his Instagram.

Alt ID (Loose? English): During the filming of #societyofthesnow on set the day we did the cameo with @/matiasrecalt.

The strange and at the same time fun sensation of replicating what happened in 1972, but this time in the role of doctor who received the survivors of the Andes.

My son Tino is also in the photo, @/andypruss as my dear brother-in-law @/roy_harley52, and @/agustinpardella as my great friend @/nandoparradoofficial.

[theposhperyton]

What the Hell !

[superhousecat-once-again]

It’s all fun and games giving your game master little tidbits to torture your character and by extension you with until that actually starts happening

[baeshijima]

THIS IS NOT A DRILL

INSOS LAW IS BACK FOR THE NEW SEASONKLDSN

YEODAN MY BELOVEDDDGH