#and I've watched 600+ episodes of one piece because of their works

[badninken]

am also a big fan of delving in a fandom via fic before even finishing the canon material if I enjoy the characters and worldbuilding enough. Curious to see which fics convinced you to read more if you feel luke sharing any! 💛 loving your one piece posting and hope you are doing well!

Fic rec time! They're all from the same author (Ossicle) I love them. Just very, very good writing. All of these are 18+ and the pairing is Kid/Law.

First one is Selkie Skin. It's dark fantasy set by a cold coast in an undefined past. Law is a leopard seal selkie in deep trouble. Kid is a miserable village misfit who finds him injured on the beach and decides to take his Skin. They're both teens in this one, 15-16. It's a very sweet love story in a rather brutal setting and a great mix of hurt and comfort. There are horrors but nothing too explicitly awful. Still mind the tags and chapter warnings. Rated E.

Then there's Pit Town Strays. The apt summary goes: "Kidlaw softness and redneck shenanigans in a northern mining town. Everything's fucked but whatever." Law is a struggling med student with a messed up family. He takes a random job as babysitter and meets lovably messy mechanic Kid and his toddler sister Nami. Cute and wholesome at points but everything really is fucked and Law is not ok. It's rated M so they're not super fucked though.

Halogen Heart is a modern AU soulmates fic where all the straw hats + Law and Kid live in a giant rickety house full of mismatched queer punks. Law is haunted by a creepy destructive relationship from his past and Kid is concerned while also dealing with chronic pain from losing his arm. There's dark magic stuff, angst, love and very creepy Doffy. Also fun descriptions of all the straw hats being various shades of queer punks! Rated M.

Ora Pro Nobis is where things get really fucked. Be very sure to read the tags and warnings on this one because it's dark and brutal and deals heavily with drugs, sexual abuse and just a bunch of really awful shit. It's so, so well written though. This was the first one I read and I could not make sense of how it's based on One Piece. Now I can see it, and it sort of makes some canon scenes feel much darker than they may have been intended to be. Anyway, it's a modern day mafia AU where Law is a heavily drug addicted assassin and Kid is the guy assigned to make sure he doesn't kill himself or his superiors. His superiors should definitely be killed though. So yeah, this is pitch black dark but the KidLaw pairing has it's own kind of sweetness and fun appearances of Law's crew members light things up.

Speaking of lighting things up:

I read Law and Chaos recently, since it's set in canon universe. It's got Kid and Law playing courtship mind games as captains, leaving bloody gifts to each other while their crew members are like "please stop". Just a bit of KidLaw smut with the fun and very enthusiastically consensual kind of violence. Nothing awful happens at all in this one.

[legitimateluffy]

I was going to touch on this in my overall thoughts of the OPLA, but then I realised I had a lot to say about it.

This, to me, might have been my favourite moment in the One Piece Live Action:

And here's why. OPLA spoilers under the cut.

Nami and her character arc are the things that got me really hooked to One Piece as a teen. I was 13 and at the time, I had no idea if I'd ever finish (at the time) a 600 episode anime. But Arlong Park cemented me in as an OP fan for the rest of my life.

Obviously the Help Me scene was the thing that really got me in for life. But as I grow, I think it was also the way Oda made each moment with each character feel small while also being grand. The small moments make this arc for me. It's complex, and purposefully so.

Throughout the arc, and even prior, Nami is built up with small throw away lines and actions. Questioning why people do things for others, her over generalisation of pirates, her belief that she has no freedom.

She's an exact opposing entity of Luffy. Luffy IS free. He's the concept of freedom. Nami, by default, is not. She not once ever felt free. Her original village was destroyed, her mother killed due to lack of money, having to work for Arlong to survive. She never had freedom.

There's cases like this all over the manga. She's materialistic due to her trauma of lacking freedom. She has to do what she has to to survive. She will put her desire for money (to save the village) FIRST. Because if she doesn't, she will never be free.

I remember this moment so clearly when I saw this for the first time, the thought ingrained into my mind. When I saw she left and abandoned the crew, I was so MAD. I couldn't express my anger. But when I saw this scene, all I could think about was "I feel so bad for her."

I didn't know what was coming, but this scene alone made me feel so sad. And I didn't even know WHY. I felt gut wrenched for her. Looking back, seeing her finally no longer have to do everything herself and allowing herself to break down and ask for help, it also struck me.

However, this moment, now as I've aged, doesn't hit just because it's a relatable feeling. Finally breaking down and getting hope after you've felt so helpless. So many people want that. I wanted that. And seeing it there in front of me hit me hard. The reason why I think this ultimately made this moment work for me was this theme of freedom. The strawhats made her feel like she was safe for even a short moment. She could forget. Nami, for the first time in her life, even for one second, WAS free. She was!

Nojiko highlights this. It's a small panel. It's less than 5 words but it highlights an important aspect of Nami's character. For one moment, she was free, and that's why leaving them hurt her so much.

Usopp describing something as normal as having fun is something we take for granted. But Nojiko knew that this was an important moment for Nami. She knows she's never been free. Remember, Nojiko & the rest of the village KNOW what Nami is doing. Her sacrifice. Her lack of freedom.

So this bring me back to OPLA. There are so many short scenes of Nami where Usopp and Luffy are just goofing around and bantering with each other. Hell, she's not even participating! She's just watching! And then the moment happens.

She laughs. She's free! This one small moment, this blink and you'll miss it scene. THAT, is pure and utter freedom. And to me, that's what One Piece is. It's freedom. Nami, for the first time in her life, is free.

This scene hit me hard, because immediately I thought to that scene with Usopp and Nojiko. Everyone behind the live action understood the core aspect and themes of One Piece. It's freedom. It's always been about freedom. That has never changed. And seeing freedom be portrayed as such a small and humane action such as LAUGHING, for all of a few seconds, really encompasses what this series is, not just to the characters, but the audience.

[thatmotleygirl]

Being a serial binger, I'm never really astounded by my ability to consume content or the fact that I sometimes watch an entire season or more in a day.

That being said, I FINISHED 9 EPISODES Y'ALL !!!!!

Suffice to say, Home WRECKED ME and I might need a tiny lil break. Just till I pick up the pieces of my shattered soul and piece it back together.

So I actually took a small break after Phantom traveller, solely because of the below scene

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It's just so.....Dean. My baby deserved more cool badass scenes like this one.

So. Here lie my thoughts (without the writing of which, I will go insane. So sorry y'all. Feel free to scroll on by😅).

1x05- Bloody Mary

Dean smashing the mirror. *Chef kiss*

Dean Winchester is the goodest brother

Dean says Sammy and my heart goes bloop

SIR STOP BREAKING MORE MIRRORS!

600 YEAS OF BAD LUCK? Boy you have no idea

Ohmygosh. Soft. Pillowy lips

😭😭😭😭😭😭

1x03- Skin

Shape shifter bby Dean. so hot

Tucumcari (he just looked so adorable saying that)

Sammy said "Big brother" 🥺

Dean can't say no to Sammy

That eye CGI tho

I've missed them doing research and detective work. Lil fetuses racking their Brains.

Grumpy sleep deprived Dean. But also, so smart 💙

Sammy is so smol

Dean saying "Son of a Bitch"🥺

I see a throwing star. I cry. Those be the rules from now on😭😭😭😭

"I know I'm a freak. And sooner or later everybody is gonna leave me" 💀

Okay Shapeshifter!Dean saying all that Dean want's is for someone to love him, is just 💔

See Dean! Shapeshifter framing you, Warrant out for your arrest, stepping on a puddle! I told you not to break the mirror!

Samuleett

You've been tangled up with the law since 2005. How'd you do anything boi?

😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

1x07- Hook Man

Baby looks so beautiful

Awwww Rock salt bullets. Bby boi so smart

Yes sweetie. You 👏🏼 are 👏🏼 a 👏🏼 genius 👏🏼

I miss foetus Dean

Dean so proud of himself for talking the Sheriff down

Dean honey, parking tickets are meant to be paid

Okay, please tell me that people acknowledge and appreciate Jensen's acting. Especially his facial expressions. Cause this man doesn't need to speak to show what he's thinking!!!

Our first on-screen salt and burn. *Cue nostalgia*

😭😭😭😭😭

Dean lookin out for Sammy and saying "We could stay"

Just stay. Be happy. Avoid old barns and rebars.

1x08- Bugs

Just need to get through this episode

Dean watches Oprah

Okay it's over

He also loves the shower. Such a smol bean

Dean's face when Sam tells the kid to be happy about leaving his family

1x09- Home

Oh no. This episode is gonna kill me (again)

Dean can never go back home...

Oh no. He made the call to John. Deeeeaannn nuuuuu. *Ugly sobbing*

Oh god that face was heartbreaking

"I carried you through the front door"

You can do this Dean. You're the strongest boi

Baby Sammy has the cutest smile

Hey Missouri! I always liked her!

Oh. My. Jack. Dean's face when he saw Mary. He was a 4 year old again 💔

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That "Mom?", when Mary disappear. Stab me in the gut a couple a times. It'll HURT LESS!!!

GODDAMNIT JOHN WINCHESTER!!! IT'S LIKE YOU DIDN'T EVEN HEAR THAT VOICEMAIL!!!!

😭😭😭😭😭

WHY IS THE WORLD NOT TALKING MORE ABOUT JENSEN ACKLES ?!?!?!? THIS EPISODE WAS 15 FUCKING YEARS AGO AND YOU SEE THE ACTING CHOPS ON THIS DUDE???? THE EXPRESSIONA ON HIS FACE WERE ENOUGH TO CONVEY THE AMOUNT OF PAIN THAT DEAN WAS GOING THROUGH!!!!! THIS MAN DESERVES ALL THE AWARDS!!!!

So, clearly ^^^THIS^^^ is how I'm coping. I fear for my future self, when she reaches season 3.