#and i am displeased

[wozzlehere]

... fuck, I just found out I can't search my saved drafts by tag

WHAT THE HELL HAVE I BEEN SAVING AND TAGGING STUFF FOR THEN?!

[invye]

Mihawk does not fly a Jolly Roger on Hitsugibune.

I don't know why I never noticed it before, but now that I did I can't stop thinking about it. I don't think we have seen the black sails unfurled before, so it might be hidden there, but that seems unlikely. The fact that Mihawk doesn't fly a Jolly Roger of his own results in a very different interesting thought:

What if Mihawk does not consider himself a pirate?

(extended ramblings under the cut)

He's not denying it of course, after all he's got a bounty, travels the seas and is the feared Marine Hunter. But he also doesn't bother flying a Jolly Roger, he doesn't want a crew nor a captain, his boat is barely a better raft that's not meant for any other than himself and probably only manages to brave the treacherous whims of the Grand Line due to its owner's sheer willpower and sailing skill.

So now I'm thinking we might have things the wrong way around. Maybe Mihawk is not an enemy of the Marines because he is a pirate. He is a pirate because he is an enemy of the Marines.

Whatever happened in his past that shaped him, I believe is also the reason he got the Marine Hunter epithet in the first place. He went on a literal hunt for the Marines, maybe for revenge, maybe for something else, leaving nothing behind but blood and death. The sailing is a natural consequence, after all, most of the Marines can be found at sea.

So the Marines brand him as a pirate, give him a title and a bounty. And Mihawk doesn't care to correct them. He doesn't care at all besides where to find his next fight, doesn't bother with a Jolly Roger or anything else. He's here to fight and kill and become the World's Strongest Swordsman.

Maybe things change a little over time, leading up to him attending Gold Roger's execution. He's there to pay his respect, not as a fellow pirate, but rather as a fellow fighter, a fellow enemy of the Marines. Mihawk doesn't care about the treasure or the One Piece, but he respects Roger for what he's done, for the challenge he had presented to their shared enemy for so long.

But that day he may for the first time begin to understand what it truly means to be a pirate, as he observes how all of the pirates around him scamper and run and yell and go forth to search for Roger's treasure. He observes the beginning of a new era from his position of being vaguely on the sidelines but not truly separate.

Later, when he meets and duels Shanks, being considered a pirate doesn't just not bother him, but he somewhat embraces it. Not fully, he will refuse to join Shanks' crew no matter how often he asks, and he still can't be bothered with the Jolly Roger, doesn't consider himself a captain either, but he has embraced the freedom to do as he pleases.

Mihawk joins the Warlords because he's getting tired of fighting not even mediocre Marines. He's stopped truly hunting them ages ago, ever since he has Shanks to give him a true challenge. But thanks to his title, now the Marines hunt him instead. Garp especially becomes annoying now that he hasn't got Roger to chase to occupy his time anymore. Mihawk doesn't understand why Garp decides to make him his next target, but it takes only so many deliberate near misses of canon balls lobbed at Hitsugibune until Mihawk answers Garp's yelling of "HAWKEYES!!! JOIN THE WARLORDS!!!" with a grumpy, near silent "Fine." (He had already planned to join just for his peace. It's definitely not because of Garp being annoying.)

If by some miracle anyone hadn't considered Mihawk to be a pirate before, joining the Seven Warlords of the Seas makes it official. Mihawk continues exactly the same way he's done before, goes where he pleases, duels Shanks, maybe occasionally shows up for a Warlord meeting to sip wine and observe the drama.

The world may have decided that he is a pirate for him, whether he considered himself as such or not, and honestly at this point? Sure. Why not. Pirate he is.

Mihawk still doesn't bother with a Jolly Roger.

[3-aem]

asking my cat why he always scratches my irreplaceable novelty tshirts but leaves my ugly corporate garb alone

[sergle]

alright so I am definitely some kind of Mystery Sick but it is very much not covid!!

[sillyabtmusic]

♡ Keonhee in Oneus MVs ♡

[fizzysgayassposting]

WHICH ONE OF YOU DID THIS … WHO MASSACRED MY BOY .

[subzeroparade]

Vanitas has me in a chokehold. I am OBSSESSED!!!!! What do you suppose Godwyn's relationship was with his father and mother? I am desperate for headcanons 🥺 It's so interesting because, after the revelation of Messmer potentially being the unwanted child, I wonder what it's like being the queen's favorite, Marika's most beloved child, the demigod everyone in the lands truly loved (aside from Miquella, of course), like holy shit.

Thank you!  If you’ve read Vanitas, then I think you have them all lol. Almost all the headcanons I think are worth sharing tend to make it into my writing. 

Since Vanitas includes flashbacks to Godwyn’s youth, his relationship with his parents varies as he ages. But most of the fic deals with Godwyn coming into his “prime”, or almost - though not as self-assured as he is in Narrow Porcelain Plinth of Flesh - so there’s a period of realisation/maturation he goes through based largely on 1) the recognition of one’s parents’ mortality/fragility (in the case of Godfrey) and 2) separation from and rejection of the ideals/values/notions imposed by parents (in the case of Marika) and being willing to, quite literally, disappoint a parent, and their idea of a legacy, to become fully oneself. Making peace with the dragons is the one big, consequential rebellion among all of Godwyn’s more meaningless little ones in the face of the future laid out for him. 

But as a young god I headcanon him as a mama’s boy lmao.

(And in a similar vein to Miquella, I think - who in my writing/headcanon is very close to Godwyn - in the sense that Miquella is driven to do what pleases his father, take up his interests and his mantle, only to later find himself fundamentally let down by it all. I like to imagine the Greater Will’s influence having a sort of depersonalising effect on Marika/Radagon - stripping them of their more recognisably human qualities - and even in that utmost expression of godhood, both Godwyn and Miquella looked at their respective mother/father/god, and decided they didn’t want that to be their legacy.)

To your point about Messmer - I am inclined to try and piece things together with the DLC only while playing it, so I haven’t really speculated or given much thought to Messmer’s place in the whole thing - but I am excited to see how that adds another layer of complexity to the melodrama of this fucked up family •ᴗ•

Ty for the ask! Here’s a (WIP stage) panel from an age-old unfinished thing of Godwyn’s tomb effigy. 

[quins-makeshift-menagerie]

My perception of their (in my interpretation) toxic behavior came from the fact that they never really stopped being demeaning and dehumanizing (de-personizing?) Towards the other cast members, especially Fuji and Calli. Their language hasn't really changed at all to show any sort of respect or dignity to the rest if the cast, not just in terms of being "polite" but in the fact that they've continued to be rude and cruel and verbally insensitive??

Like I might be reading this wrong, but if I was put into Fuji's shoes I'd NEVER want to speak to Janus again given they haven't really gotten "better" in how they actually seem to behave???

Also from my perspective, Janus' godlike status doesn't really. Give ANY justification. It makes their actions WORSE in my eyes.

But honestly that might just be from my own perspective, but in general Janus acts very... entitled and self-righteous, and doesn't seem to ever really accept their own responsibility in how others are affected by them. Knowing your intentions now makes me at least hopeful that you do plan to address this, and not just brush it off, but I don't know. I love the cast, I love the story, but I've been operating under the idea that Janus was going to be "revealed as a villain" to Fuji and Mnemosyne, to be a dramatic/upsetting moment later down the line, so I'm kinda thrown for a loop now?

I still like your comic I'm just... confused now, I guess.

I understand what you’re saying but as I said, they’re still learning. Their personality and mannerisms aren’t going to instantly change just because they’ve made peace with their family. They’re learning to consider other people’s feelings in their actions. Their status and age do not justify their actions. It’s an explanation, not justification or an excuse.

Again, apologies for how negatively you feel towards Janus and understand I’m not trying to change how you view them via my words, just explain them the best I’m capable. Unfortunately I can’t get into the deep of it due to spoilers, but I also can’t force you to stay and continue reading if you feel upset beyond enjoyment.

[eggy-tea]

Possible reasons my cat is screaming:

I’m in the wrong room

I’m in the right room but on the wrong furniture 

I’m not petting her

I am petting her

She hasn’t eaten in one thousand years and is literally starving to death

I am in the shower (not allowed!)

My spouse is at work (not allowed!!!)

She woke up and remembered I exist

I got home from work and stopped to put the groceries away before sitting down with her (not!! allowed!!!!!)

She just pooped and now everyone needs to know

As a way to wind down before going to bed

Ghost 👻

[candycatstuffs]

Log onto twitter and the first thing is see is that my art is being fed into AI, Ok!!!

[setacourse4home]

Look, I think it's gonna be okay but I just want this on the record:

I am still highly salty over Captain Shaw dying in Picard S3. So if Rayner doesn't make it through Discovery S5? I am gonna be annoyed.

[girlfriendsofthegalaxy]

reading buddies

[emberglowfox]

chatty

[the-muppet-joker]

You really need to get psychological help

Therpists keep rejecting me. But I see my current therapist tomorrow, and I will tell him that lowlife bitches on tumblr such as yourself seem to think he isn't doing a good enough job.

[erisenyo]

What a time to realize that when you track changes in Word even accepted edits don't carry over to AO3, just deletions...

I post tomorrow. This fic is 200K words of tracked changes...

[keeps-ache]

been saying 'i'm a monk' when i don't react so strongly to silly things. monk mode Activated