#The Afternoon's Hat

[lalaballa]

And when I'm in the confines of crawling walls You hold me in place

Gifs: darcystarlizzie

[cryingpariah]

Every time some [INSERT FILLER INSULT HERE] bastard says Vivi can’t be the final Strawhat because she’s not strong or implies Luffy picks his crewmates based on how useful they are I want to legally change my name to Kyle so I can go around punching holes in drywall without consequences.

Powerscalers have their heads so shoved up Akainu's ass I’m seriously questioning if they really watch the show at all. Luffy has not and will not EVER pick a crewmate based solely on usefulness to him when this exact line of thinking pissed him off so bad during Arlong Park and his fight with Arlong.

Luffy picked Nami without ever seeing her actually navigate, he wanted Sanji without trying his cooking, he chose Chopper simply for being a fellow monster, he wasnt even aware little dude was even a doctor. He didn’t know what a Poneglyph was when he accepted Robin as one of their own. The same Luffy who considers one of the most important aspects of pirate life to be music and consistently saying how badly they need a musician??

I just know we aren’t talking about the guy that wanted to recruit a tree in Thriller Bark like this. “Oh but that was just a gag.” Maybe to us but not to Luffy, he really wanted that tree.

Luffy picked the people on his crew because he likes them, he’s an insanely good judge of character with a high level for emotional intelligence and people willfully choosing to ignore that undermines his character a lot.

The character you’re looking for? The one that picks his crew based solely on power and what they can do for him is Blackbeard. You know, THE ANTI-LUFFY.

DPMO and hop off my goat please and thank you.

[lalaballa]

Alex sings:

You stood shirtless (!!!) and confident

Listening to the fools, tickling the rules

Their obsessions followed patterns

Sat upon their stools with their attitudes

(The Afternoon's Hat, Humbug b side -> The mocking of fools and their patterns also referenced in Secret Door and Fire and the Thud)

Years later, Miles replies:

It's a little matter of fact

I'm done with playing the fool

It's something in the way that I act

I'm tired of bending all the rules

(Tears are falling, CtS -> What was once considered power/non conformism has now become a burden)

And adds:

I used to think it was all a game

And all the rules were there to break

But now it seems the moves have changed

There's no one left but me to blame

(Scared of Love, OMB -> "I pushed you too far. I'm sorry" )

Hey! I remember reading a while back that you think The Afternoon’s Hat is about Miles. Why do you think so? It’s one of my favourite AM songs so I love this theory lol

oh boy idk, the whole song follows the humbug pattern of “i have a huge crush/hidden romance with someone I’m not supposed to”

Made me kiss ya with a whisperAnd violently you swung through unfamiliar tongueCouldn’t listen to traditionGrab me by the wrist to silently insist

unfamiliar/couldn’t listen to tradition/whisper, allo fthat alludes to something very clandestine, and something he is not used to feeling/doing in general, and I don’t see how it vibes with his relationship to Alexa, which wasn’t exactly hidden or breaking any stereotype?

You stood shirtless and confidentListening to the fools, tickling the rulesTheir obsessions followed patternsSat upon their stools with their attitudes

genius says this is about a stripper……..idk I can very much imagine a rowdy Miles with his shirt off  dancing and singing and having a blast disregarding rules/propriety and blowing Alex away

Plus

We’ll waste away the eveningThe afternoon and the afternoon’s hatTogether we’ll find something to direct some laughter at

Think of all those nights in that french studio in the countryside, Miles making silly jokes and making Alex laugh “from a place he didn’t even realize was there”…….

[starlightshore]

(WIP) Place Your Bets On Winning Hats music vid i worked on in all one sitting after being inspired by @octonerd's animatic which makes me go insane in the most positive way.

Winning Hat Au is a "what if Loop won the 2hats fight?" and that trainwreck derails from there

The song is People Eater by Sodikken!

content warnings: gore, body horror, murder, song lyrics imply cannibalism but its like, metaphorical

[ifindus]

since you seem to know a lot of history, I was wondering if you could tell us a little more about norway and his role during ww2, I feel like not a lot of people talk about his importance as an ally.

Let's pretend this wasn't sent back in November! Of course I can!!And "a little" turned into a decent amount 😳

Norway declared itself neutral when the war started in 1939, but became occupied by Germany in April 1940. Throughout the war Norway played an important role helping the allies win. Note that there is also a lot to be said about Norwegian collaboration with the occupiers during these years as well, but that is not the topic of this post.

During the war Norway had both a military and a civil resistance movement. The civil movement was directed towards NS (Nasjonal Samling, the Norwegian nazi party and the only party allowed during these years) attempts at converting people to nazism, while the military resistance were building an underground army who were prepared to step in for the liberation and who also organized sabotages during the last year.

Norway’s government went into exile in London, and was in large responsible for Norway’s war effort and resistance. They took control of the Norwegian merchant ships and put it at the allies disposal, probably Norway’s most important asset and contribution to the war effort. The Norwegian marine and air-force also partook in operations along the Allies, and a Norwegian brigade was organized in Scotland, who were to partake in the final liberation of Norway.

The exiled government had an extensive running contact with the growing resistance back home in Norway, and could gradually provide the resistance with supplies and other support. Soldiers from the Scottish base were sent on missions to aid the resistance in Norway and conduct sabotages.

There as also a base for Norwegian resistance established in Stockholm, who were eventually allowed by the Swedish government to form a military force of 14 500 people under disguise of being police. About 50 000 Norwegians fled to Sweden during the war, and many Norwegians in the border areas aided them as guides over the mountains through difficult and secret passages – they also smuggled goods and supplies through the same routes.

The civil resistance was not exclusively organized, but included everyone who was not a nazi and could be as simple as civil disobedience. Teachers, parents, and priests opposed the effort to convert the youth to nazism by the NS through forced nazi curriculums in schools and obligatory youth service. Other examples of civil resistance were Norwegian workers sabotaging or not even doing the bare minimum at the jobs in factories for the Germans, and the publishing of illegal news-papers which were spread by people handing them to the next person. The most famous illegal news-paper was London-Nytt (London News), and were just Norwegian translations of BBC broadcasts transcribed directly from illegal radios.

The military resistance was known as MILORG, and this secret group had its peak in the last year of the war. This was when they began receiving guns, military equipment and professionals. During the last year they carried out assassinations and sabotages to a much more effective and extensive degree. MILORG was taking orders from the Norwegian military in London and coordinating with them, passing vital information back and forth.

When the Second World War began, Norway was the world’s fourth largest shipping nation, after Great Britain, USA, and Japan, with the Norwegian fleet being the most modern. When Norway was occupied and the Germans demanded Norwegian ships return to Norwegian ports, all of the around 1 000 ships set sail for Allied ports. The Norwegian government in exile commanded all Norwegian ships sail for securing supplies for Norway and the Allies. The ships supplied Great Britain with invaluable wares such as food and oil, and kept up the transatlantic trade during the war. The Norwegian sailors were also present at evacuations and invasions of occupied France and fascist Italy, North-Africa, and Normandy in 1944. The Norwegian ships were under constant attack from the German fleet and many sailors lost their lives transporting for the Allies, most of them working continuously for the five years Norway was at war. Almost half of Norway’s fallen during the war were sailors killed at sea.

[chic-a-gigot]

Les Modes : revue mensuelle illustrée des arts décoratifs appliqués à la femme, no. 93, vol. 8, septembre 1908, Paris. Robe d'après-midi, par Drecoll. Photo Reutlinger. Bibliothèque nationale de France

ROBE D'APRÈS-MIDI. — DRECOLL. — Robe en voile bleu Nattier. Corsage et manches ouverts sur du tulle plissé. Jupe à grands panneaux brodés en camaïeu bleu; grand ourlet de liberty au bas.

AFTERNOON DRESS. — DRECOLL. — Dress in Nattier blue voile. Bodice and sleeves open on pleated tulle. Skirt with large embroidered panels in blue camaieu; large liberty hem at the bottom.

[uhbasicallyjustmilex]

okay but the milex vibes in stop the world i wanna get off with you are just. something else

[ruushes]

good afternoon to davrin dragonage only

[chronokepts]

Oh Luffy we're really in it now

[aretis]

Summer days ☀️🌞

[adam-trademark]

Beginning of the Pandemic

(March 11, 2020)

[acmeoop]

Pop Top “In The Bag” (1993)

[crocodilenjoyer]

what if you 🫵 wanted to take a nap 💤 but god said ☝️ asl dunmeshi au 💥

[bogkeep]

more pics from the road trip

[cannibalhellhound]

He's so round

I love him, his name is Winston

[mwarlyn]

scaralyn except it’s just violent gut wrenching angst