#Straw Hat Mihawk AU

[time-to-yar-har]

But like imagine how it starts out.

At the bar Mihawk knows that Usopp is spinning tall tales, but he tells them so well. So well that Mihawk is actually listening in and that's how he hears Luffy's name. Which in turn makes him ask Usopp to introduce Luffy to him (in his own way).

When Mihawk meets Luffy, he recognizes the straw hat. He begins to wonder. Is that really Shank's hat? Is this the kid that Shanks saved? The one he gave his arm for?

Surely not. Its just a coincidence.

Right?

Only to get confirmation from Shanks when Mihawk visits him. Luffy is indeed the kid that Shanks saved. The one he bet his arm on. And it makes Mihawk curious. Was Luffy really worth Shanks giving an arm up for?

Then there's Zoro. A young swordsman with a big dream and even bigger ambitions. He's much weaker than Mihawk, but still fought him. And although he lost, it was obvious to Mihawk that he has the makings of a swordsman. A true swordsman.

A fantastic story teller, a boy his rival bet his arm on, and a possible successor for the great Dracule Mihawk.

Its all too interesting for Mihawk to ignore.

Don't get him wrong, he tried to ignore it. But his curiosity gets the better of him, especially after he hears about how the Straw Hats beat Arlong and his crew. Now Mihawk has to see just how special the Straw Hats are with his own eyes.

Besides, its not like he has anything better to do.

So he goes to search for the Straw Hats. And once he finds them, he just trails after them. He just wants to see their adventures, not join in on them. After all, he just wants to study them. Nothing more, nothing less.

When they notice him, the Straw Hats are ready to rumble, only to be confused when Mihawk is just there, trailing after them. They don't really know what to think about it, but they have mixed thoughts about it.

Luffy doesn't care. Mihawk isn't gonna bother them, so there's no need to bother Mihawk.

Nami is worried about Zoro getting hurt again. What if the former bounty hunter tries to fight Mihawk again.

Usopp, like usual, is just panicking. Why is Mihawk following them? Are the marines after them? Did Luffy's grandpa try to sic Mihawk on them again? What the fuck is going on?

Zoro is watching Mihawk like a hawk. (Pun not intended.) He wants to fight him again, but knows better. Because as much as it pains him to admit it, he's not ready to take on Mihawk again. So he just glares at the older swordsman whenever he sees him.

Sanji is just confused. He wasn't there for the fight between Zoro and Mihawk, and he was barely there for the aftermath. So he really doesn't know what to make of Mihawk trailing after them.

Eventually the Straw Hats calm down. They get used to Mihawk trailing after them. He doesn't bother them, so they don't bother him. That is till they get attacked. The older swordsman doesn't do anything to help. He's just there in the background watching them. This annoys most of them. Except for Luffy. Luffy doesn't care. In fact, he prefers Mihawk staying out of the fight. He's not a member of Luffy's crew, so the rubber-man doesn't want him getting in the way of his and his crew's adventures.

Eventually they move on from that. They get used to Mihawk just staying in the background while they fight. That is till the commentary starts. At first it starts with Zoro. After all, he is a fellow swordsman (and possible successor). Then it slowly spreads to the rest of the Straw Hats.

At first its annoying, but just like how they got used to Mihawk being in the background, they eventually get used to the older swordsman's "back seat fighting".

Then Mihawk steps it up again when he starts coming on board. Which first started when Sanji made a tomato based dish for lunch. Mihawk could smell it wafting from the Going Merry. And with how much he likes tomatoes, he asks if he can have some. And of course Sanji lets him join them for lunch. This is Sanji we're talking about.

The lunch is, of course, tense. Everyone but Luffy keeps shooting Mihawk looks now and again, with Zoro just glaring at him. They all eat in silence. Only relaxing once Mihawk leaves after thanking them for the food.

The Strawhats think that its a one off thing. Only for it to happen again. And again. And again. And then it leads to Mihawk to just hanging around on the Going Merry.

It puts the Straw Hats, except Luffy (because its Luffy), on edge for a bit. Then they get used to it. They get used to Mihawk eating with them. They get used to him hanging out. And slowly, ever so slowly, Mihawk get attached to the Straw Hats, and the Straw Hats get attached to him.

Eventually he ends up becoming that one strange uncle. You know the one. The one with good fashion sense, who's some bigwig, who just randomly turns up now and again, and mostly sips wine while giving commentary whenever he visits.

Usopp is that one drunk friend that spends the whole party adopting random people into the group

In this case a sea warlord but still

[mega-ringsandthings-world]

@blackholesun321 Happy anniversary! Here's our happy (for now) family

[reineydraws]

watched dead boy detectives and spent so much of it picturing young mihawk in charles's outfit so i made it happen and threw in an edwin!shanks bc ofc i did :')

if u like teen supernatural shows and ghosts and stuff, or worlds created by neil gaiman, i encourage u to check out the show! it's in the same 'verse as the sandman.

[abominable-space-they]

A modern LuLaw Au, where Zoro is a huge hot thriller action movie actor. He does everything from historical magical swordmaster movies to modern non-stop suspensful spy chase films

Bepo is also a super famous actor but of the opposite variety. He came up in theater, is the loveable funny dad in family movies, comedic gay uncle in summer block buster type movies, and maybe the love interest in very first date mid market fluffy first date movies marketed to divorced moms and bisexual geeks. He's like Andrew Garfield + Nathan Foad + Harvey Guillén

Perfect in other words

They get teamed up for a wacky odd couple action comedy about an Assassin who has to find his dead lover's estranged brother. The estranged brother is a librarian who speaks 13 languages. They have to go on the run together to find a package that has evidence that can clear Zoro's name.

The movie is a huge hit. At the premiere after party both Zoro and Bepo bring all their best friends.

Both of their best friend groups consist of a motley crew of loveable weirdos

Bepo begs Law to come to the after party with him. It's his biggest commercially successful film to date and a huge accomplishment. It will open up all new avenues in being able to try something different besides the quirky comedic relief. He's elated... and a little overwhelmed. So of course, eventually Law relents.

He was always going to, they both knew it. Law just had to put up a fuss first, lest people start getting ideas about how much of a push over he might be

He's secretly a giant pushover, for a particular kind of chaos... The kind that drags him kicking and screaming into having a good time despite himself, but he always denies it

Law is there for maybe an hour before he's just sick of all of the loud smiling fake crowd. Overwhelmed, he grabs a few beers, and a vape off of one of the long tables full of party favors and escapes to the most out of the way unpopulated balcony he can find.

A balcony where the only other inhabitant is a free range Luffy perched on a railing like a little flip flops and sun hat wearing gargoyle.

Luffy it turns out, wasn't overwhelmed by crowds, but he couldn't stand how fake everyone was, Zoro's manager (Nami obviously) threatened to whoop his ass personally if he made Zoro look bad by getting into anymore celebrity fist fights or accidentally on purpose calling some mega star out on their bullshit

Law is despite himself charmed by Luffy's directness and lack of patience for anything fake ever.

They end up splitting the beer and the vape and hanging out talking till long after most everyone else had already left.

When they finally remember other people exist, it's coming up on dawn and the caterers are trying to politely get them to leave. Both their friend groups have long since left just assuming they both left without telling anyone when they couldn't find them.

In the cold light of predawn Law is a little embarrassed about getting buzzed and staying up till dawn at a Hollywood function with some pretty boy he's never met before.

Luffy is if course unruffled by all of that and drags Law to breakfast with him. He decided that since they were already on their own, there was no real reason to rush off in opposite directions. He thinks all Law's embarrassed bluster is very funny and cute.

And anyway, he knew a place they could eat near by.

Luffy drags Law to the Baratie of all places. Law is so flustered he listened to this hot unstoppable ball of bouncing charisma, he makes sure to point out why the Baratie on impulse at dawn was a terrible plan:

1) they couldn't just walk into to the Baratie dressed for last night's party, from last night's party. This restaurant was much to fancy for that.

2) the Baratie was booked for months in advance unless you were extremely well connected. It was extremely popular with all the right people (and plenty of the wrong ones too)

3) The Baratie was not now, nor had it ever been open for breakfast, it was a five star restaurant not an all night diner!!!

Luffy, shrugs super casualty, beaming mischievous joy at him

"I guess I'm well connected then Torao. It'll work out fine. Come on, it'll be fun"

Law follows him swearing to himself he's only curious what Luffy thinks he can do to get in

Really

When they get their Luffy bangs on the back employee's entrance. An extremely frazzled and probably a little hung over Sanji opens the door

Luffy beams at his friend

"Sanji! I'm starving! We need meat!!"

Sanji was prepping for opening, he scowls at his friend who went missing the night before without telling anyone where he was going again

"... Luffy! Yah! What are you doing here? Where did you go last night? What are you doing with pop rock diva Donquixote Doflamingo's nephew? Damn... You're hungry? Come on in, I have some meats left over from last night's dinner. I can make you guys some breakfast bowls or something."

Sanji knows all the society players and knows exactly who Trafalgar D. water Law is even if Luffy doesn't

Luffy bounces happily through the door.

"Thanks Sanj! What do you mean what am I doing here? I'm hungry! We need meat! We didn't go anywhere. You guys left without me. It's ok, don't feel bad. Lala and I were talking. He's real cool. I think he saved my life. I was considering throwing myself off the balcony in a final act of self sacrifice so I didn't mess up Zoro's party. But then there's Law, with beer, a vape, and my still beating heart in his tattooed hands like the drums of liberation! I could feel the freedom! So we hung out and talked about neat stuff. Then the people with all the shiny trays didn't have any more food left which is sad Sanji. No food. They just asked us to leave, so of course we came here bc we're hungry. I don't know anything about Mingy's nephew or whatever. Don't bring that pink jerk into this. I'm still sad mad from when Crocodad used to bring him to every family gathering. Mingo bahhhh. Lala and I are HUNGRY. Look how pale he is Sanji. We need to eat!"

"I do not feel bad we left you Luffy. You disappeared!"

"Don't be silly Sanji. We were right there"

Sanji gives up trying to talk sense into one of his best friends at this hellish hour. Settling instead on staring silent daggers at Law. Luffy might not know any shame but most everyone else did. Sanji isn't sure what's going on but he's pretty sure he doesn't trust any relative of that insufferable smug bastard Doflamingo.

Law shrugs loose and indifferent

"He's right, we were right there... I don't associate with my uncle, I don't like or trust him any more then you do."

Sanji, nods, he understands not associating with the family you can't quite escape. Still

Raising one gracefully manicured eye brow, Sanji can't help but ask

"LaLa though?"

Luffy leaps into the air, flailing his arms and legs like a particularly ecstatic starfish.

"Yes! Lala! Oh or Tora-ora-oh? Torao?"

Law, looks away, trying to hide the surprising way the nicknames make him blush. He mumbles, embarrassed

"I gave up asking him to stop two hours ago. Maybe if I ignore it he'll get bored"

Sanji absolutely clocking the vibes, snorts a rueful laugh.

"Yeah good luck with that, well don't just lurk by the walk ins Luffy. Take your man to the family table. I'll get you guys all that meat"

Law, spends the next couple minutes in embarrassed silent processing before he comes back around to what Luffy said about Doffy. Like, he knows him because of Crocodile?

"Wait Luffy, did you just call the infamous Hollywood fixer Sir Crocodile, Crocodad?"

Luffy is busy craning his neck towards the kitchen, he crinkles his nose in playful confusion at Law

"Huh? Oh yeah. I have a lot of dads"

Law scoffs,

"That doesn't really explain anything."

Luffy let's his head fall sideways, smiling in thoughtful distraction

"Oh hey! Yeah! I can introduce you to my dads! It'll be so cool! Mihawk will love you I can already tell. Buggy will say he hates you but he won't really hate you. Mihawk says being an utter bastard is Buggy dad's primary love language”

That makes Law huff a small dry laugh

"Is that where you got it from?"

He meant it in a teasing way and for a split second worried that he'd gone to far. People were always telling him his sense of humor was to sharp, to acidic.

Like a surgeon, cutting to the quick of a person

But Luffy only stares at him owlishly, thinking earnestly about the question

"... Oh yeah. Probably. Next time I'm over I'll tell Buggy Dad that. He'll be so happy he'll cry about it. It'll be so cool. Then Shanks will think he's in trouble again and he'll be so relieved the crying's not his fault this time that he'll love you extra. Probably buy you a yacht or something in thanks for getting him out of the dog house this week. You'd look good on a yacht Lala... Or maybe a submarine, a fancy science one not those weird tin cans billionaires keep committing elaborate suicide in"

"I don't need a yacht... a submarine might be cool. A sciencey one like you said. I don't know, no I'm not thinking about that. Luffy, you just name dropped the French Designer single handedly responsible for bringing back gothic romance in high fashion, arguably the most beloved and successful mainstream actor of his generation, and the grand line's Banksy. I know this because my friend Bepo is old college buddies with one of his assistants. Is there anyone you don't know?"

"I don't know everyone. I don't know your friend Bepo yet even though he did a movie with my bestfriend. I don't know who his friend is either"

"Uh Richie, big dude, loves meat almost as much of you, nice enough. He has a giant tattoo of a green lion on his back... He's probably a furry, most Bepo's friends are... but we never talked about it to confirm it. Not a big deal either way..."

"OH YEAH RICHIE! I know him!"

"see? You know everyone"

"You're The Celestial Diva Demon Doflamingo's nephew"

Law sighs deeply

"I was hoping you didn't catch that"

Giggling Luffy shakes his head

"Shihihihihi I catch things fine, I'm flexible... I understand. I understood. Mingy doesn't have anything to do with me bringing you to my family. So it doesn't matter to me if he's your uncle Torao"

"Oh... I... Luffy... Thanks"

Luffy laughs

"Anyways, I didn't know you before but now I do and I'm glad I do. You're really fun Lala. I love fun"

Law swallows thickly, he feels called to being honest, vulnerable even. He doesn't know why exactly but it feels like Luffy will understand the importance of his saying anything at all. He clears his throat

"I'm... I can't believe I'm saying this but... I'm... not mad about it either. Usually people in this god awful town only want to talk to me because I'm the son of famous post modern surrealist painter Rosinante Corazón or because I'm Doflamingo's nephew... Fuck It's exhausting, being expected to constantly perform precious little society Prince every day for their gratification. I love my dad but I hate the looks and the judgement and the expectations for me to follow in their footsteps"

Luffy's eyes are bottomless pools of deep sepia understanding. He nods, emphatic.

"Yeah I get that. Hey, that's why I come here and eat lots of meat! Sanji's dad always yells at me with his big voice and tall hat like, I DON'T CARE WHO'S DAMN BOY YOU ARE. LET ALL SIX OF 'EM COME IN HERE AND MAKE A SCENE. I WAS OUT IN THOSE STREETS WHEN THEY WERE JUST A LITTLE TWINKLE IN THEIR DADDY'S EYES. I'M NOT SCARED OF ANY OF 'EM, NOT SCARED OF YOUR GRANDPAPPY EITHER. LET 'EM COME. YOU COME IN HERE ACTING LIKE AN ANIMAL AND TRASH MY KITCHEN. I'LL PUT YOU ON A LEASH! MAKE EGGPLANT SOLVE HIS OWN STRAW HAT SHAPED PROBLEMS!! It's real great. He loves Sanji so much and he doesn't take any crap from anyone. Sanji wants to be just like him when he grows up"

Thankfully Law is saved from acknowledging how seen, understood, and appreciated Luffy makes him feel by Sanji coming back with food.

Luffy immediately forgets anything that doesn't involve shoveling breakfast steak into his face

Later, Luffy would somehow convince Law to come back to his apartment, where they would fall asleep on the couch together watching Zoro's movies (the only DVD's they had in the house)

Luffy falls asleep chattering about pokemon and beetle battles and all his friends.

It's nice

Really nice. The sort of nice he kinda hopes continues

Law is almost asleep himself when his phone buzzes.

The screen lights up.

It's Bepo.

He totally forgot to text Bepo and let him know that he was ok.

Law wiggles a hand free and arduously texts Bepo back

-Phone mostly dead

-I'm ok

.

.

.

-Met someone...

The response was immediate:

-YOU WHAT?!

-Later Bep. I promise I'll explain. I'm gonna sleep now

-You're sleeping?! Oh you're down bad. Ok ok. I love you but boss please don't forget next time

-Promise Bep

With that taken care of and no witnesses to see him being quite so soft, Law tugs the sleeping Luffy even closer, pulled in close under his chin. He pressed his face into Luffy's mess of dark Auburn curls. For some reason Luffy smelled like sea salt and mesquite smoke. It made Law smile.

He whispered into the top of Luffy's head.

"You just blow into my life with your ridiculous hat and your insatiable appetite. You're're gonna be the death of me Captain Strawhat"

Luffy grumbled sleepily, nuzzling further into Law's chest.

"Torao worries to much. It'll be so much fun, like breakfast. I'm right. Fight me."

Somehow reassured Law grumbled some sort of acknowledgement and was shockingly, soon, fast asleep.

Luffy made such a cuddly weighted blanket. He could get used this

[zallanimana]

Modern au

Zoro : So how about you guys later, my father will pick me soon

Nami : This is my funeral, my sister will never forget this day

Usopp : My mom just cried on the phone

Chopper : Good thing I'm not one of you, look at your faces in the mirror

Sanji : Son don't use your age as a weapon, one day it won't work anymore

Chopper : And I don't care, you guys don't want to hear me

Zoro : It's up to Luffy when he finishes, he has to solve this problem immediately

Robin : Come on it's not that bad, Brook, Franky, and Jinbei will still help us later

Nami : They have to

5 minutes later

Luffy : Hey guys I talked to my dad and he said we can go home

Robin : Didn't he say he couldn't come here a few days ago?

Luffy : Don't worry he just got home this morning because his schedule was changed. We Will get out

Everyone : ...

Crocodile : You kids better go quickly because your parents are waiting, and i really expected better from you Robin the others i can already smell them from other countries they will be arrested

Luffy : RIGHT, you guys should hurry home I'll explain everything tomorrow.

[kacievvbbbb]

Watching Dressrosa and seeing Zoro watch Luffy's colosseum battle on the screen I was suddenly hit by the fact that in a Modern AU he'd probably be the most obnoxious kind of soccer fan.

You know the one that probably picks a new favorite team every match and is only a soccer fan when they are actively watching soccer. I can honestly just imagine him screaming at the screen and being all dramatic at the team talking about honor and shit. No actual practical knowledge of soccer though.

I just think he and Mihawk would just be the kind of people that like sport in a Modern AU they are athletes themselves but they also just like competition and adrenaline and so sports. Except Mihawk atleast attempts to possess a basic knowledge of the rules and plays of sports he watches while Zoro will watch a sport he's never heard of in his life, chooses a random dude that's "got guts" and root for them so wholeheartedly you'd think he's supported them all his life.

All this to say that goth family watches the World Cup as part of "family bonding time" and

-Mihawk is rooting for 3 separate countries, the 2 that his data says are statically most probably going to win and his home country cause he has some "patriotic pride". He watches intensely but never actually reacts to anything.

-Zoro is rooting for whichever team is playing against whatever team Mihawk is repping at the moment. He has no stakes in this longterm whatsoever exceot that he gets his fill of trolling Mihawk, sports adrenaline and on the rare occasion his team wins he gets to be a smug asshole to the man who raised him 😌. He screams at the T.V so much you'd think he had money on the line.

-Perona liked the idea of styling cute matching jerseys so much so that she forgot how much she hates watching sport. She is very bored and unhappy and hopes that somehow both of them lose. She judges the outfits (the jerseys) of different countries and their coaches on a scale that only she really understands but all must suffer through.

-Shanks is there because this is the only time Mihawk will hold his hand even though he is squeezing so hard his bones might be ground to dust. (the only indicator that Mihaw is affected at all by what is happening). He's bar hopper he's used to seeing random sports he doesn't understand played on green fields running in the background of his mild buzz to drunken fool binge. He's just glad to be included.

[mtfbaseball]

Assorted messy strawhat baseball au sketches from today

[blackholesun321]

Okay but an idea has struck me from above.

Dressrosa arc with Ancient Weapon Zoro. Doflamingo would probably clock Zoro has special because he noticed these things and he was a former CD. He knows.

So what if, during Punk Hazard, Zoro was captured by Doflamingo's forces and brought to Dressrosa to be used as the ancient weapon Ares. :D

So, Luffy teams up with Law to take down Doffy and save Zoro who is being tortured and forced to become a weapon to wipe out anyone who stands in Doflamingo's way.

Ah! Agnst that good good Agnst mmmm yes 👍!

You know Zoro isn’t making this easy for anyone not Dolflamingo not his kidnappers the fact they managed to kidnap him is a miracle in and of it’s self. And not any torturers, guards or any other person in a five foot diameter of him. Mans has conquerors haki, the knowledge (vaguely) of a primordial weapon. And enough spite to make you think he was the second coming with the amount of times he pops back to life from shit that should have in all right killed him.

When Dolffy isn’t cackling his weird monologues of world domination and vagrantly spraying his ‘yay! I am evil’ all over the wall like a Pomeranian who got a little too excited. He’s regretting his life choices also Zoro would have to be highly sedated due to aforementioned Conquerors Haki. So like a lot of potential for hallucinations as well as unlocking his past memories as the weapon Aries. Sucks that this is what Doffy wants so yeah.

But you know you know when Mihawk ‘I’ve had this feral weapon of mass destruction for one day and if anything happens to him I’ll kill everyone everywhere and then myself!’ That Mihawk hears the news? It’s all over.

Perona calls to bitch to the moss ball once again about Mihawk and his old man weirdness but instead gets Nami or Ussop who inform her Zoro can’t make it to the phone right now he’s too busy being kidnapped and more they likely tortured.

She tells Mihawk of course she’s practically screaming it so he would have heard it anyways— but he’s whole body just goes still no breathing no thought aside from the thought he needs to go pay his fellow war lord a visit. Kidnappings one thing, but torturing his favorite student? (cough son cough.) is a little something called signing your own suicide note.

[blacklegsanjiii]

GoldenASL where Ace dies, but is resuscitated and pieced back together by law and left with Marco. Ace losing his fruit because he died and everyone thinks he's dead. Mihawk coming back from the war having failed two of his children and not knowing where the third is to Zoro and Perona. He hides his grief well but Zoro keeps asking why he betrayed the government and Mihawk always hits hits him harder after that.

Law not telling Luffy what he's done and leaving him with Rayleigh so that Ace's recovery is easier to handle. Luffy screaming and crying and not being able to get a hold of his family so he's alone. Even with Rayleigh he's alone and he wasn't able to save anyone.

Sanji sobbing and heaving bile to the point the Okama is concerned and stop chasing him. Sanji refusing to eat from his grief and his failure to make it to his family he doesn't know what to do. Sanji also unable to call his family and has to live with this grief of losing his second family.

Ace waking up to Marco sleeping next to him with his fire healing Ace. His body is full of pins and needles and he no longer has his fruit. He doesn't have his fire and vows to find it and teach and screams as he recovers. Marco explains why everyone thinks he's dead and hAce understands it but his brothers and dad, their pain that he's the cause of breaks him.

Ace, Sabo, and Luffy converge in Dressrosa. Luffy doesn't know it's Ace who's matching him so well in the colosseum and Luffy finds Sabo is alive. Ace has a back up, he has White Beard's fruit if he doesn't get his back but fuck that, that fruit is his and it's calling to him. Sabo loses and screams in pain as Ace eats it immediately and sets himself on fire and burns his disguise off to shock the world and Sabo who is screaming louder. Ace grabs him and flies out and grabs his bag along the way while laughing that the world now has to deal with Fire Fist being alive and back. He gives Sabo the tremor-tremor fruit and smiles and apologizes for everything, mostly hiding him living and getting his fruit back.

They find Luffy sans half his crew after the battle. Everyone is shocked and Law is like "good to see you're back to normal" and Ace bows to thank him. Ace then explains he's there to join the Strawhat crew and see them all and it's weird that half the crew is gone and Law tells him what happened and Ace is like 'i should probably tell Dad I'm alive' and everyone is like 'both your dads are dead? And have been?' like even Law is confused and then the bounties come out.

Mihawk on Kuraigana reeling because okay Luffy's bounty makes sense, why does Sanji's say only alive?, ACE?????? The man is reeling and looking for the denden number for the Sunny he got from Zoro and Perona is watching him show emotion for seemingly the first time as no one answers the Sunny's snail. Mihawk is trying to figure out what to do and then the next set of bounties come out and there's no Ace but Sanji's surname is Vinsmoke? As in the warmongering kingdom obsessed with genetic modification? It explains a lot but fucking hell. Also why is no one answering the damn snail?!

Whenever they all meet up again on Karai Bari, Sabo, the Strawhats, Croc, and Buggy watch Mihawk rip Ace, Luffy and Sanji to him and demand WHAT THE FUCK is going on. Ace especially because he died, in front of them! Ace is explaining what Law told Marco who told him and he got his fruit back in Dressrosa. Mihawk looks to Sanji for his explanation and Sanji is like 'this has to explain so much' and Mihawk agrees it does but what the fuck. Luffy, feeling left out, is like 'Hey Dad watch this!' and does his gear 5 form and Mihawk groans and pinches the bridge of his nose. Ace tells him that it's his fault for adopting them.

Sabo and the Strawhats lose it. Even Robin is caught off guard by them naming Mihawk as their father and everyone is trying to wrap their minds around that. Luffy is excitedly tell Mihawk about how he crashed Sanji's wedding to Big Mom's daughter and how is heart stopped fighting Kaido and he is climbing Mihawk who is doing his best to support his youngest child as he tells him everything and Ace is also pitching in about how it was good to go back to Wano. Mihawk thinks he's going to have a heart attack because Sabo is also alive and Zoro is talking about Sanji asking him to kill him and fire legs and flying.

"Okay, maybe we should stop before he has a heart attack?" Sanji suggests.

"Okay, but he had us three on an island alone with him for years because we all thought Sabo died." Ace points out.

"But I'm not!" Sabo yells. "You went to Kuraigana over me?!"

"Yeah, it was really fun! I became the leader of the humandrills!" Luffy proclaims proudly. "Dad, your heart is really fast are you okay?"

"Why did none of you call me? I'm dealing with two people I thought were dead suddenly not being dead, Sabo is the Chief of Staff for the revolutionary army, Sanji was a Vinsmoke, and you are a god." Mihawk says with exasperation. "I'm not okay, to answer the question."

"We were really busy, sorry." Sanji answers.

"Clearly." Mihawk sighs as Luffy laughs and wraps around Mihawk and lets his dad hold him.

[one-idea]

I finally have a computer again!!

Meaning I can start posting on AO3

I’m going to start with my Shanks raises ASL (since it has the most written) I need to clean up the beginning of the story. So it will take some time.

But the question is?

My friend wants to rewatch one piece (she hasn’t watched in years) so we are going to start from episode 1 this summer. Meaning I will probably start my reverse strawhats au and maybe my Wado Ichimonji POV at that time.

I do want to write my Spades idea in full as well. It’s got good bones but it needs to be fleshed out (ironic wording since I’m in thriller bark right now.)

[sleepingsongbird]

Alrighty so I’m finally getting around to writing some modern au One Piece fic so I figured I should probably share some background for it!

Everything is set in one giant city and I have put way too much thought into this

City is roughly split up between the “four emperors”

The Grand Line(NE-SW) is the main commercial street that runs through the center of the city where every large group has a front. It intersects Red Street(NW-SE) which divides the territories. The Hospital sits at the East corner of where the Grand line and red street intersect.

Big mom’s pastries

The Red Force bar - cocktail bar

Kids repair shop

The Amazon Lily - Boa Hancock’s strip club

Rayleigh is a legal consultant and the only piece of neutral territory on the grand line

Marinefold- the Town hall sits dead center of Red street

Lodge square - located in the center in front of city hall

Pacifista church - run by Kuma, large mega church

Etc.

The Heart territory is a couple blocks in the East side that spans from Law’s apartment to the employee entrance of the hospital

All of the Hearts work either at the hospital or the Heart Club

Hearts are highly territorial despite being in Red Hairs area

The Hearts have tattoos but no markings on their medical uniforms

The large hospital where Law works is neutral territory and pretty much every doctor/surgeon there is affiliated with a group

The white coats of the doctors each have the symbol of their affiliated group embroidered with white thread. Each major group has at least one doctor that is deemed safe to go to

Kaido is a Yakuza group and Kin'emon’s group is the remnants of the Kozuki clan that are trying to retake the territory

East side is Red Hair

Locations-

Baratie- restaurant Sanji works at and common meeting place of the Straw Hats

Water 7- Large mechanic shop, Franky uses one of the workshops there for personal projects and to repair their Van(The Sunny)

The Heart Club- A below ground nightclub owned by Law

Patty’s bar- Run by Makino and frequented by Shanks

Mihawk’s Dojo- Zoro frequently trains there

Elegia recordings - Run by Shanks and started to Publish his daughter’s music

Uta started as a streamer then starting doing live performances once her popularity grew, she is often out of the city on tour

She is a very active protester and has been arrested multiple times

Soul KIng - Music supply shop owned by brook

Brook who was a famous musician who faked his death and moved into town to avoid the publicity (still very recognizable)

The straw hats live friends style with 3 apartments on the same floor. They are the local menaces and are constant up in everyone’s business

North Side is Kaido

Locations

Onigashima- Formally called the Kozuki theater was taken over by Kaido and turned into a club. Run by Orochi but paid for by Kaido. The daughter of Oden works undercover as a dancer.

Oden restaurant - Named after the late boss of the Kozuki family is run by his friends and son, current front to the Kozuki Yakuza group

DonQuixote Inc. headquarters- Center of Doffy’s operations and front for the family

Dressrosa Casino - run by Doflamingo. Hosts fights at its arena. Formerly run by the Riku family, Viola Riku currently sits on the board.

Punk Labs- Caesar’s lab, Donquixote is their parent company. Was formally run by Vegapunk.

Cipher pol - Government intelligence. Has agents stationed in every region

-Local occult shop run by Hawkins. Perona works part time doing seances

West side is Big Mom

Locations

Germa 66 publishing company- a well known action comic publishing company owned and run by Sanji’s family

Thriller Bark - Haunted house run by Gecko Moria

Zoo - Run by a wildlife conservation group called Zou

Drum University Campus - known for its medical programs ​

South side is Whitebeard

Locations

Local Police station

Alabasta Gallery - an upscale art gallery. Formerly run by the Nefertari family has recently become a front for the Baroque Works gang run by Crocodile selling counterfeit art

The family heir Vivi is a curator trying to gain evidence to take down Crocodile and restore the Gallery to its former glory.

Museum - has previously bought works from the prestigious Alabasta gallery. Robin works as a curator and researcher there.

The yami - dive bar run by Blackbeard

The coast(East Coast)

Impel Down- High security prison located on an island off the coast

Enies Lobby- an old mansion island now used for major celebrity and political events

The big top - an amusement park and circus located on the boardwalk. Run by Buggy. Alvida runs the big top in his absence.

Buggy is the primary informant in the city and also works as a clown at the local hospital to cheer up the patients and gather information.

The Barto Club - a bar and exclusive club dedicated to the strawhats gang. Run by Bartolomeo. Invitation only.

The Polar Tang- Luxury Yacht that Is outfitted with a full medical infirmary owned by the Hearts

Outskirts

Cocoyasi orchards - citrus farm owned by Nami’s family run by Nojiko

Baltago Cafe - front for the revolutionary army, an anarchistic group opposing the government. Koala is their head barista. Militia operations run by Dragon. Sabo is a member.

Feel free to use this as inspiration or setting for any fanfic or art just tag me so I can check it out!

[spock-smokes-weed]

Some random ideas I'm having about my One Piece Sound AU, that I wanna put on paper

While the main ship is ZoSan, I do want to make some side comics about the other straw hats and what they're getting up to while Sanji and Zoro have their soap opera slow burn. I don't know what they'll be yet but I'm thinking about them. I want them to be just as involved in the plot as Zoro and Sanji are, cus the straw hats never do anything solo.

I'm also thinking about the world-building of this town that my AU takes place in, and how I can fit other one piece characters into other residents in town. I've also been thinking about what the vibe would be around town during the on and off seasons tourism-wise. and what the town's geography would look like. The town is built around a sound that leads out into the greater ocean, so that would affect things like layout and coastline.

Baratie is deff on the water still and probably at the heart of the more expensive tourist eateries.

More character-focused stuff, I keep thinking about how Sanji is a workaholic, as well as a self-proclaimed gentleman, so I think he would slowly start to increase his work hours as Zoro's pregnancy gets farther along. He really gets it in his head that he needs to be able to take care of Zoro and the baby, so he throws more of himself into work. It starts reasonably, and Zoro figures if Sanji wants to do shit for him for free (like make extra lunches and work extra hours) he can knock himself out cus Zoro doesn't care either way (and sorta gets that Sanji has a complex about this stuff and does not want to get in the middle of that.) However, once Zoro loses his job, Sanji goes a little overboard with the whole situation. He doubles his hours at Baratie, and Zoro rarely sees him anymore. And as he and Sanji are growing closer (cus they're now living together and being low key domestic) Zoro is actually really miffed that Sanji is grinding himself into dust on his behalf.

Then one day Zoro says enough is enough and goes to Zeff behind Sanji's back to plead his case. He's like "look man, we both know Sanji. We both know he's going to work himself into an early grave unless someone screws his head back on right. You have to stop Sanji from working all these insane hours."

And for Zeff, he's been seeing all the scrambling that Sanji has been doing and seen how tired Sanji is, and is really touched by Zoro coming to him to lend his concern. He's met Zoro ofc, but he's seeing the guy that Sanji is doing all this extra work for, the guy he's trying to do right by, and instantly sees him as family. He says he'll crack some sense into Sanji's head, and that if Zoro ever needs anything, come to Zeff.

I really like the idea of Zeff and Zoro bonding over their relationship with Sanji, and Zoro growing close to Zeff cus that's who is baby's grander father is going to be.

Also it was apparently Zeff who raised Sanji to respect women, so after this Zoro and the strawhats quickly learned that Zeff would do just about anything Zoro asks cus he's carrying Sanji's child. Like Sanji asks for something he'll be like "never in a million years, little eggplant." but if Zoro asks he's like "ofc anything for my son-in-law and grandbaby eggplant." This drives Sanji insane. The straw hats abuse this for any time they want to hang out with Sanji when he's at work or want to borrow the Baratie truck.

[ghost-maya]

surprising absolutely no one by asking for straw hat vampires BUT ALSO the ghost hunting au!

Posted about Straw Hat Vampires here 🧛 vehehe | (WIP List Ask Game | My Asks)

Ghost Hunting AU is one I really want to get back to but oml I put so much lore into it. I don't have any prose rn so I'll just infodump-

The premise is that Sanji, raised mostly by the Vinsmokes until he was 18, finally manages to escape (with the help of Luffy - that's a whole other thing), bumming it out in the Vinsmoke summer estate they abandoned years ago. Hilariously, people start to think the place is haunted, and call in the local ghost hunters (Goth Fam) to investigate.

One thing leads to another and, because of Sanji's unique abilities, he ends up becoming Zoro's new ghost-hunting partner. Mihawk wants him to help them bring down the Vinsmoke empire because of their terrible experiments on both ghosts and humans, which Sanji is more than happy to agree to.

(My favourite part of the AU so far is that Sanji has to wear iron boots from the castle armoury until they get him fitted with something better to fight ghosts with, so he's like clunkily walking around for a good 2 weeks.)

This is lore I came up with for an original story which I'm self-plagiarizing, but the way to gain "powers" is to have a near-death experience. Judge has been experimenting with this, and has essentially killed and brought his children back to life over and over to the point that 124ji lost their humanity and heavily traumatizing Sanji. Fun stuff!

This AU got way out of hand and there's like several other pirate crews involved so if I do get around to it it'll be a BIG project and have other characters and lots of logistics. We shall see if I have the stamina for it one day 🥲

[purplepenntapus]

Im sorry I love the Zoro Mihawk Perona dynamic but the fandom trend of turning it into “Mihawk adopts Zoro and Perona as children and raises them” makes me want to die

[abominable-space-they]

Alabasta Hold 'Em

One Piece Ace Fix It

Part 1

26k words

4 ch

Complete

OT3 Mishuggy Focus

Established relationship

Side Zosan

Mentioned Croc-o-dad

Cross Guild

In a world where Garp & Roger raised both their kids & crews together before the Marines caught and executed The King of the pirates, things turned out a little different.

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Mihawk, Buggy, and Shanks find out about Blackbeard's betrayal and Ace's subsequent pursuit.

Concerned about their nephew and adopted son's well-being, they decide to try and talk to Ace before he gets himself killed or captured.

They catch up with Ace and The Strawhats in Alabasta.

This should be fun right?

Ch 1 Ch 2 CH 3 Ch 4

[eridanisanenby]

More zs au

- Sanji still acts the same with women and it’s because they were the only people who have ever cared about him in a kind way. Zeff was still harsh on Sanji knowing that he’s to scare to go into the kitchen thinking that his brothers will know and come around the corner.

- The wedding was going to happen because Mihawk had adopted Zoro when he was young. Zoro wants to be the world’s greatest swordsman in a long bit of teenaged anger that Mihawk  encourage wanting to see his son do something great and in someway it’s Zoro trying to be like his dad.

- Because Zoro is Mihawk’s son the Vinsmoke’s want him in the family(to kill him and Mihawk). They tell Mihawk and Perona that Zoro was getting married not telling them that it was  against his will

- The Straw hat’s where there to fight Big Mom falling into the Vinsmoke’s plan. Zoro only does it because he can’t leave and has to wait for the others to get him

- At first Zoro hated Sanji thinking he was in on it. But Sanji tells Zoro that he’s also being made to do this so Zoro  decides to help him. In the end Zoro starts to care about Sanji and catch feelings for him. After Judge and Big mom are down Zoro says that if he had  met Sanji on his own he would had liked to marry him

- At the end of WCI Luffy decides to have Sanji join seeing as he has no where to go and seeing him cook they take Sanji on not knowing that he was the one Zoro was going to marry. But there was no awkwardness as they had already said they have feelings for each other