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Jason “my family doesn’t know im alive” Todd and Danny “my family doesn’t know I’m dead” Fenton going alongside each of their plans my beloved. like Danny will absolutely go head-to-head with all of Gotham to support his new best friend on all his crime lord endeavors while he drags Jason to also attend collage with him. They are roommates and there never seems to a mention of family from either side. It’s an unspoken understanding they have. They met because Crime alley as a ghost lair thrummed with so much loneliness, it was at first the perfect place for Danny to hide his ecto signature in. But then he saw the dumbass whose lair it was lean his motorcycle just a tad too much when making a sharp turn to an alley, he sweeped the floor through a lifted chain link that passed his body but not his helmet. Yep that’s right the red thing got stuck. Danny who at the moment happened to be watching through his window snorted. Much to his horror because if not a ghost that dude could’ve gotten his head flung off.
Still, the scene was ridiculous.
On a whim he irrationally sees the police closing in on the guy and panicked at the thought of the guy using intangibility to free himself so Danny phased them both through his apartment wall and left the guy sprawled in his couch. Jason didn’t freak out but that’s normal when one’s got a concussion, one the guy immediately denied having as Danny laid out the medical supplies. The idiot proceeded to almost flatten four steps to the door with his stubbornness. He also said “I’m asexual” in the most deadpan voice as Danny dropped him back in the couch.
Danny sighed. Clearly though, he’d done so too early in the night because the guy kept trying to go, kept trying to knock Danny out, kept trying to slash him with knifes Danny didn’t know he had stashed. He’d only disarmed the guy from his guns. The visible ones apparently, cause at one point the guy did take out a gun and shoot until the ammo ran out and then teetered the thing like it was an art prop and hit his moon lamp.
Danny "yeah you aren’t officially my friend until you’ve tried to kill me" fenton my guys.
Anyways both keep having the same argument over if Danny technically kidnapped Jason or not. Danny holds the fact that the police at least didn’t see the guy make the ridicule. Jason argued that happened cause he was sporting a concussion. Danny argued he got that after.
Jason at first thinks the guy's a meta, but no. Danny introduces himself, sheepily now that he recognizes this is who the lair he invaded is from. He bandages him and tries to cook for him. If Danny didn’t have ice powers he most certainly would’ve burned the apartment. Jason then proceeds to kick him out of his own kitchen and make them both enchiladas. It’s the most normal both had in a while with another person and the air seems oddly settled. From then on, Jason constantly invited himself over, under the pretense that this was his territory and therefore he could drop in unannounced. Danny who has actual powers says he only allows this because Jason cooks very well.
Danny stays away from the crime fighting business unless his buddy is in deep shit he can’t get himself out. Also it’s Danny’s turn to cover for his vigilante friend which Sam and Tucker give him so much shit for. (but also advice)
And they were roommates. (omg) Danny effectively derails Jason’s big comeback plans by casually dropping ghost lore every two days. Like,
Jason, talking about how he doesn’t want Bats snooping on his territory:
Danny: Just don’t let them in
Jason: ??
Danny: yeah!! Hasn’t Batman died and got revived??? You can totally kick out death touched people you don’t want entering on your lair.
Jason: …I can?
Danny: Yep dude, your lair’s supposed to feel safe.
Jason: wait does that mean I can kick you out?
Danny: First this is my apartment. Second, im dead, not dead touched. Third, it’s too late to get rid of me. bitch.
Anyways Jason is super excited. You mean to tell him he can actually deny people over to his territory haunt?? (Yes it’s only to people who have died and came back but still!! The sample size is exactly the type of people he doesn’t want to see—!)
Joker my beloathed can’t step foot in Crime Alley.
(Jason’d feel a lot safer if the clown was dead but the possibility of his murderer turning into a ghost and their little loophole not applying on the clown is too scary to contemplate.)
Anyways, Jason loves experimenting with the power. It can go from simply making people shudder and not want to enter crime Alley to straight up not letting them enter like there’s an invisible wall blocking the way.
Jason because he’s hurt that Bruce never even patrols Crime Alley and also because he’s petty put B under the category of “invisible wall” blacklist. His reasoning is that the man doesn’t even attempt to enter Crime Alley. To him it’s surely just a place shadowed in tragedy. (anyways that’s it’s the place he met Jason)
Ironically, Jason totally forgets that Batman does venture into Crime Alley one day in the whole year. The day he met Jason.
Okay. He didn’t forget at first. The first year Jason remembers cause it was only a few months till then but then the next— Jason forgets that today’s the anniversary of the day’s Bruce’s parents died. He forgets to allow B in when he feels a slight tug and dismiss the feeling that prompts Bruce to investigate because he literally can’t enter Crime Alley. He starts the trialsTM, he scouts on the very edge and sees people the whole day enter and get out and cross with no problem but Bruce can’t.
It’s literally just Bruce.
Time to call Constantine, i guess.
#bat shenanigans ensue#JSJSJS okay so i dont have a well versed timeline of events but two years after utrh who HASNT died of the batfam#cause those are the ones who are gonna go undercover to find what shady shit is this: )#im going with timmy cass and duke#sorry steph i KNOW you have died#the others have plausible deniability from my part#the trio is gonna come down hard on this unsuspecting pair#let's just say constantine just had one spare magical rune for each of them so they'll be able to identify who was powerful enough to do it#and duke found civvie jason. cass found civvie danny and tim also found jason a la squared. in his red hood get up later that night#the only useful photos are from tim's side but anyways since they got three suspects (one suspected to be the other. so really-- two)#they decide to split each other up and tag one each (whoever doesn't get the correct guy loses)#tim calls dibs on the twink. cass rolls her eyes and narrows her eyes at the red hood and duke smirks when he gets to keep his guy#he's not cheating if he didn't protest to getting to have the guy he already saw the aura of. he's sure he is IT#coincidentally duke happens to be the only bat jason doesn't recognize (and vice versa)#meanwhile cass is gonna be the one shadowing red hood which at this point he doesn't kill that much since he has his rules verymuch enforce#he does kill tho#so at some point they're gonna clash but at the start of the investigation no#let them be siblings your honor#big sis cass and her little brother 6'4 jay#and tim finally is gonna be the one to smoothly get himself in the conversation with cryptid roommate civilian danny fenton#genius dumbasses protection club#their first meeting is of course arranged but no less meet cute coffee shop au#anyways jason wants to know why the fuck hes got a bat tagging along with him so out of the blue and also why can't he fucking chase her of#cass is curious about how the red hood's mood constantly changes within her range yet he never attacks her despite his hurt-longing-anger#the boy who doesn't make noise fucking screeches when she sneaks up to him#and duke fucking brings his hands to block the chernobyl reject glow stick sun that's stands next to tim#while tim looks like his whole system is rebooting cause that's jason todd#dp x dc#danny phantom#jason todd
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the most important distinction between boba fett and jango fett is that jango fett grew up on a farm and then in a traveling mandalorian merc clan and boba fett grew up in a city sized lab and then juvie and then every gutter in the galaxy from here to nar shaddaa
#and both of them have seen way too much shit they can't unsee#jango fett#boba fett#txt#I feel like people gloss over boba's coming of age era cause it's a content void but I do think it's important to his character#gestures vaguely Something(s) happened there#teenage to early 20s boba is very fun to think about cause he's like the exoskeleton of the adult boba we see#by which I mean he's very troubled kid archetype very antagonistic hasnt really nailed down much about who he is besides the main stuff he's#already known forever#so he's basically being dragged through the alleys of the galaxy learning all these very hard lessons#and at the same time developing all these ideas about what he can be what he's going to be what he wants#there's a lot of kids floating through the gutters and a lot of them dont make it out#and boba has a lot of big advantages but there's also an explosiveness to him that is necessary to power him through all the#Trials and Tribulations and Associated Bullshit to the position that he holds comfortably later#22 year old fuck it we ball ruthless boba is the reason 37 year old still ruthless boba gets to say he's just a simple man making his way#through the galaxy#and likewise while I think most of his idealism burns off early#I think there's a lot more social self-positioning inner turmoil that burns off like a comet tail over the years#my beautiful meta characterization using like 30% of total boba fett media#I need to become a true scholar of boba fett#etc etc
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Freshly coronated Prophecy Prince meets Homeless Vagabond.
Alef is excited to have a friend his age that isn't dead in a cave somewhere under Isle of Dawn.
Steward on the other hand thinks he's a freak.
#this is SO OOC#but i think it would be REALLY funny if they both met when they were around the same age#I imagine that steward is the gentlest politest kid ever#until Alef shows up and then all of a sudden he's acting like any normal 15 year old boy#i just know they'd throw stuff at each other and wrestle in the wastelands#TGC GIVE THESE CHARACTERS A HAPPY ENDING PLEASEEEEE#anyways#its not happening#and this isnt canon compliant#but its funny to imagine#sky cotl#sky children of the light#hopeful steward#dusk ember#prince alef#king resh#dawn ember#two embers#doodle#fanart#my art#be nice to alef guys he hasnt had a friend since the cave of prophecy#and all of them are dead now#hes still learning lol#steward learns this by alef going “all my friends are dead”#no context#11/10 ways to introduce yourself to someone alef#A+ social behavior#steward probably thinks hes a mass murder
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END OF TETRO PINK COUNTDOWNNN !!
God Bless Mai Masa….two of my faves…..beloved reds…..no one talk to me im gonna miss them so bad it hurts actually😭😭they are so near and dear to my heart i love them
i loved wada hayashi scenes every one of them was for me specifically i am a big fan of how sweet they are ):
#tetro danganronpa pink#tetro danganronpa#hayashi mai#wada masanari#points offscreen also shigeki#my art#artlying#guys actually this made me so sad i love these two so much this is a lovely pair#i am so glad theyre number neighbors thank u#next one is also a fun one im looking forward teehee but itll have to wait#tetro spoilers in upcoming tags if ur not caught up um#the morning announcements were so nice i loved them#joyous wada full of drive#what happened;;;; guys my wada#ohhhghhg#mai……mai…..):#it hasnt sunk in fully but sometimes i Remember and i am struck by unfathomable pain#uaaggggh im so sad i really wanted her to make it#her of all people ):#HE DIDNT DO IT GUYS#HE DIDNT KILL HER#THIS POST WILL NOT AGE BADLY#WADAS MAKING IT OUT OF THIS ALIVE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLE#im sorry you couldnt too hayashi ): man#ok byebye back to studying
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ACEYUU WOKE ME FROM THE DEAD
book 7 spoilers <3 very long rant im sorry!!
it was never meant to be this way. when he was such an ass to us in the prologue, when he laid those pesky remarks upon us and immediately assuming that we got into NRC as a janitor because we weren't good enough without any prior knowledge of how we were brought here against our will and having to adapt to such an unfamiliar environment where everything - trends, names, history, and even the currency - were different. he didn't know about the throbbing headache we had while the headmage was explaining the school's curriculum and suddenly bringing up the word "magic" into the conversation like it was foreign language.
he thinks he's above us just because we're a clueless student who couldnt cast any spells and took up the miserable job just for the sake of money and to live. he had this one-way "not my problem!!" mindset about us that he dipped the moment after because he never would have suspected that we would grow to be something more important, something more irreplaceable in his life.
he never meant to test the waters, and he's drowning by mistake.
his concern for you gets more obvious as each book advances (or was it always obvious??). you're just an otherworlder oblivious to the dangers that lurk in twisted wonderland, so it's only casual for him to fret about when you've been taken into scarabia with minimal escape routes, to be the first one to notice that you were missing among the entourage of people that have been kidnapped, to be the only one to point out that you weren't in the best condition AND suggesting to bring you back home in case the party was all too much. he knows how vulnerable you are, and he jumps into action as quick as possible because that's basically his brand. nothing deeper!!! (unknown dangers lurk around you on the daily, but you lurk in his mind so much more than he lets on. you're probably more used to the dangers of magic than he's used to the thought of you occupying his mind 24/7. isnt that ironic)
and he didn't consider the complications of how dangerous it could be for the headmage to send us back to our original world, possibly damaging the very fabrics of time and space and ceasing to exist while transporting - he just instantly goes to the part where the news was positive and that we could travel between Twisted Wonderland and earth in one piece, blocking out his surroundings just to see your smile, as that was possibly the happiest you could have ever been in front of him.
imagine each time he hangs out with someone new, or if someone has gained a romantic interest in him once you've left, he tries to find a part of "you" in them in his peripheral vision. whether they have an ounce of bravery that you had, whether they're as understanding as you are to know that he isn't just a human built of jokes and pranks, whether they won't doubt him like the rest did - as you were the only one who truly believed in his capability to truly lead the rest out of danger.
he could beg for other people to believe in him, to see that his skills could draw out much more if he really wanted to, but he didn't have to do that with you. in a flashing moment of possible failure, he turned to you in a heartbeat, uncharacteristically, desperately calling out for you to save him because he had no idea what was happening. he almost started to lose himself and quickly realises that the power he was wielding so suddenly wasn't some lousy spell, that it could possibly cause someone's life, and you were there to steady him when he needed it the most. a rarity of a scene he entrusted his entire body to you with. you believed in him. you ARE the betterment of him.
you held his hand like a vow, to protect each other and strengthen through every obstacle and turmoil that drives you one step closer to becoming a better version of yourself. your hand, tightly coiled around his, radiated the warmth and comfort he needed in his times of darkness and inner conflict.
it should've been you. you're perfect.
and that's why his dream still has you in it. it doesn't have to be one way or the other, you can simply go back and forth to his world and your own in just a snap! he could never dream of you leaving his sight and grasp, hindering him from ever telling you how much you actually meant. he has all the time in the world.
and that's what he wants, but his heart says otherwise, and that's fine. he just wants you to be safe and see him for who he is. you inspired him to take pride in his name, as an ace can do anything!!
#IM LOSING MY MIND THIS IS#IS THIS REAL#I CAN FINALLY REST IN PIECES?????#UNLESS THEY GIVE MORE ACEYUU XCRUMBS IN BOOK 8 (THEY WILL TRUST)#Good Night everyone! Aceyuu is officially Canon#on a more serious note: seeing all the attention aceyuu is finally starting to gain has been beyond gratifying#the entire world is spinning rapidly in aceyuu nation's favour THIS IS LEGIT#im still trying to think about yuu's possible aftermath reaction to ace's dream consisting of them being able to go back to THEIR WORLD.#almost every character acknowledges the fact that they aren't from here and dont really dwell on it any further (save deuce and grim maybe)#but ACE is already jumping to the part where they're overjoyed about them being able to go home in his dreams which hasnt even#happened in reality yet.#like wow...you care about us that much to the point where you just want us to see our home world's family and friends again and not be in#any sort of danger just as magic surrounds us literally everywhere??? CRYING.#“you don't have to stay up every night crazed about this world's education that you didn't have the chance to study in kindergarten”#“you don't have to be living in a state of constant foreboding if someone's magic starts getting out of control or if they overblot”#“just rest easy bro” ASS FUCKER ARE U KIDDING ME#seriously my otp <33333 i love them tons#IM SO EXCITED FOR WHAT THEY HAVE IN STORE ONCE BOOK 8 COMES OUTTTTTTT#aceyuu#ace x yuu#book 7 spoilers#twst book 7
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Do yall think sometimes Siffrin does normal human things that make sense but are deeply unsettling when you remember they dont remember their childhood. Like do you think Siffrin once woke up startled and shouted "Oh SHIT MY HOMEWORK" and scared Mirabelle who went to wake him up? Or they complained about not wanting to eat certain things cause it made them sick and their parents were upset about it when they were a child? Or they see a stuffed animal and buy it for Bonnie cause they wished they still had their stuffed animals when they were Bonnie's age? Or he sings a lullaby to himself when trying to fall asleep and Isa asks for its name and Siffrin just kind of shrugs and says it was what his mom used to sing for him? Just so normal and deeply ingrained but forgotten? Like I think that would be fucked up, yall think its fucked up? Also it would be mainly childish things cause ya fella ran away when they were a kid </3
#isat#in stars and time#isat spoilers#isat siffrin#I am THINKING!!!!!#Just the homework one really got me#maybe one time someone woke them up and they were disoriented and said something abotu being late for school#and they kind of laugh and ask home about it#and still half asleep he mutters something about how hes gonna be in soooo much trouble he hasnt been to school for years hes so late#and they kind of laugh about it but Siffrin keeps going and it gets increasingly clear something Happened to make him not able to go#And then they forget. They forget and suddenly the party knows more than they should.#YALL THINK ABOUT THIS???? I THINK ABOUT THIS!!!!
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More weird cowboy au
#fanart#sth#sonic fanart#sonic the hedgehog#shadow the hedgehog#sonadow#sonic x shadow#silver the hedgehog#blaze the cat#ignore that sonics hand is backward in that one drawing#that hasnt happened to me in years BAHASHAVDHSVDJ#thats kind of embarassing lmao#but do i actually care enough to fix it???#not really!!#amy rose#miles tails prower#tangle the lemur#whisper the wolf#sonic au#The Most Wanted Au
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Our fate...is already decided.
#my art#deltarune#ralsei#deltarune chapter 4#deltarune spoilers#deltarune chapter 4 spoilers#Very rare my drawing with a caption that's just a quote from the game in italics This hasnt happened since 2021#This looked really good in my head but I have no willpower to render things at all so it's just random airbrushing#the background is like almost nothing but i still phoned it in somehow. Whatever#dt
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silly thing ive had in my mind for a while :>
vampires are cool but...
#my art#bjorn dimorgard#ex and bee#ex and bee oc#ex and bee art#oc art#oc: sidra#giving sidra my death anxiety because i can#also obviously this is assuming that turning people into vampires isnt a thing in ex and bee-verse#not that we've been given a reason to think it cant happen but it hasnt been mentioned yet so#it would be really funny if season 2 dropped and someone gets turned. but whatever thatd be good news for sidra#ive learnt to have an appreciation for pre-reveal headcanons i think its like a lil time capsule of what things were like before the reveal#so itd be like that i guess#also i managed to finish all 6 pages in the span of abouuuuut 24 hours so this gives me hope for my oc comic...#i will not be making 6 pages per day for that. absolutely not BUT i can get shit done apparently#as long is its screentone only and no colours
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I know that we got plenty of options as to how everything with the Ender King is going to go down, but a thought that has not left my mind was the idea of the Ender King downing qPhil in some way and taking him away. Which means there would be a chat message for all to see :)
For example :)
#qsmp#qsmp philza#this could be better or worse depending on how many people qPhil tells about the whole mess (itll probably be 0 tbh)#cause if he tells no one#not even his kids#then it will be a gut punch#like pov you are chayanne and tallulah#you just lost your godfather in Tubbo#you may have just lost someone who really cares for you in Bad#and you gotta hold onto your dad right? if something was wrong he would have told you right? he promised to not keep secrets right?#and now hes gone without a word#was the Ender King that much of a threat that he could take your dad without any hint that it could happen? or were there just signs#that you missed. that you could have seen and stopped. you could have saved your dad but you didnt. why didnt you notice him change?#and to a lesser extent there is also the gut punch to fitmc#pov you are fitmc#phil promised to keep you updated on all the hallucination stuff and hasnt said anything to you about it in a long time#thats a good sign right? itd be bad if the Ender King was real and came to help phil anyway#he had some crying obsidian appear in his inventory? clearly the admins are messing with him it couldnt be anything#and now hes gone#and you find out that he was hiding things from you from his children#there were more messages more hallucinations#why didnt he tell you?#did he not trust you? hes right to do it but you thought he trusted you with this at the very least#and now#what do you do?#you dont even know where to start in looking for him#did he really trust you that little?
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Thinking of vlr Akane is so conflicting cuz on one hand I’m so upset that she doesn’t ever get a moment to just rest and enjoy being alive again I’m upset that she just gets deeper and deeper into this role she’s built for herself and she loses her humanity and will never ever be that girl who died in the incinerator. But on the other hand, I need her to get so, so much worse I need her to be so obsessed with perfection she has this unique ability to change the course of history and she will burn everything and everyone to the ground in the blink of an eye if it means she can "reset" and get a perfect timeline and I desperately need her to never be satisfied with anything because really, is there anything that’s worth all the damage she’s caused?
#zero escape#akane kurashiki#virtues last reward#yeahhhhh just having so many thoughts about akane and sigma and junpei and yeah im screaming eyes bloodshot#i want akane to just like post 999 just do silly shit with aoi get a cat be a gamer try to heal the best she can#and i want her to be so evil i think theres still some crimes she hasnt committed yet she should do those#i really really really want her and junpei to just beat the shit out of each other in a boxing ring. specifically post vlr#need them being old as shit throwing chairs everyone is cheering#and damn like vlr akane just cant agree with junpei on his philosophy that a life with pain is still a life worth living cuz then thatd mean#everything she did in 999 was all for naught like to accept even the bad timelines where she died as valuable...#thats a kick to the dick especially when she fought so hard to live and how her death was so unfair#except she was just a scared kid with no choice then. now whats her excuse#i just want it to be possible you know? possible that akane didnt need to do this and she couldve been happy#cuz yeah the trauma would be horrible but surely itd be better than the trauma she has now since she took that dive#i wonder if she knows that no matter what she does she’ll never erase her trauma and eventually she will have to face it#or if she actually believes she can figure it all out and win the perfect timeline and magical mental stability will happen#basically akane is avoiding therapy soooooo hard but then again who would even be her therapist#no one can possibly understand her...right?
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who cares what happens on 911 tomorrow. theres kingdon fanfic to read.
#said by girl who kinda cares whats gonna happen on 911 tomorrow#and hasnt opened a fic to read in like a week#at least my backlog of kingdon fic to read is really good.
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zolu agenda thoughts (a loose attempt at analysis and interpretation)
i am not very versed with tumblr posting AND instead of relying on analysis as i try to do most of the time i got a little interpretational in there this time around.
-> the word count is loosely around 3,300 words for those interested!
-> the content discussed covers events of pre-timeskip.
-> a lot of focus here will be on zoro because i must defend him on the internet from people who don't understand him (hopefully doing a good job at understanding him myself)
alright so. i was pondering luffy's perception of zoro, what caused it, and then started wondering what people in general perceive zoro as. the way the crew talks about him or what they seem to think of him is similar to what the outside world seems to think, but only on the surface level. what his relationship with luffy is like.
zoro's reputation in the world is of a "bloodthirsty hound, a demon in human skin, a merciless killer single-minded in his pursuit". that's also the first thing luffy hears about him. he decides to seek out zoro knowing him by name only and see for himself who zoro is, and if he is a good person enough, he would allow the other to join his crew. it's not as if luffy extended the invitation at the sight of zoro, hanging around him a bit to see what he will do and what he's like. the conclusion he comes to is similar to the people who put zoro in the situation, only that it lined up right with luffy's morals. it wasn't zoro's reputation or even skills (since luffy didnt get to see them before recruiting zoro) that got him on luffy's crew but simplicity and kindness.
luffy saw a man who stood up for what he thought was right, protected the weak and was willing to his life on the line in the hands of the enemy. he was going to pay for his life with it, the marines seeing zoro's decisions and convictions as stupid and planning to use them to simply kill zoro for going against the corrupt law enforcement. luffy understood how it wasn't a smart decision but he simply respected the gall others seem to lack (especially the marines who used power and dirty tricks to get their way). thus he decided to prevent zoro's untimely death and grind the opponents into dust, having found zoro worthy enough of considering a crewmate.
anyway, so to sum up luffy's initial perception of zoro that doesn't change a lot for the rest of the manga as i know it, zoro is a simple person to a fault. it's a fault luffy can excuse because he himself is a similar type of simple, hence the natural understanding between them two that appears as early as in orange town where they meet nami. the part that luffy does consider just dumb is also the part that makes zoro more similar to an "average" person. that awareness zoro has of things that luffy thinks needlessly complicated and unnecessary.
one thing that stands out to me here is that in the very first moment zoro was the one who stood trial in front of luffy openly, even though one of them had reputation all across the east blue sea and the other was quite literally unheard of.
luffy's initial impression of zoro and his unwavering confidence that what he sees in zoro is the truth, whatever other thing someone may see, is what also influences the view the rest of the strawhats have. zoro is somewhat an amiable person when you don't know who he is (aka don't view him as the demon pirate hunter and instead as a human person in front of you), relaxed and levelheaded, and so with time, luffy's louder and way more noticeable personality overshines zoro and leaves his reputation as a demon in the dust as zoro's just considered one of the crew. since the outsiders don't get to perceive zoro as one of the crew, their perception stays similar to the initial reputation zoro gained, and well… given the way zoro seems to behave and doesn't go out of his way to change people's perception of him ("i don't care what people say, i know i haven't done anything i regret"), only following what he thinks is right, many people are only proven wrong when they take a close look at the difference between what zoro looks and sounds like (his friendly midspar smile) and what he actually does.
which brings me to my seconds point: despite the easy understanding between luffy and zoro concerning their mindset and preferred method of action, the way they both treat relationships and distance is as different as night and day.
the strawhats themselves often tease and talk about zoro as if they view him similarly to outsiders; calling him heartless, a monster, ruthless and such. however, the difference is that they know what zoro is like. if they didn't know, sanji wouldn't be defending zoro when someone thinks him heartless, telling them that he is actually softer of a person that they think, nami wouldn't be capable of exploiting zoro's honor to get him to run errands for her and add to his debt, usopp wouldn't be absolutely relaxed and easy around zoro capable of chattering his ear off as zoro trains, the only response being a grunt or an "uh huh", they wouldn't be able to point out the moments when zoro's saying or doing something because he is worried. they love him, and in return, zoro loves them. he allows usopp to hide behind his back even though it is arguably the most carefully guarded part of his body, while he grumbles and complains he does what nami tells him to, he worries when sanji rushes off on his own where no one can follow, he hopes for the well-being of everyone when separated.
i am partial to believe that the strawhats learn about zoro's "real" personality, as much as he's willing to be learn of what's hidden underneath their exterior, is because there is someone zoro is following instead of drifting on his own, trying to honor the person that is no longer here and won't speak for him. without the knowledge of kuina, luffy or mihawk, zoro's choices are donned in air of mystery and unfathomable. with them in sight, zoro becomes less of an urban legend and more of a person. somewhat like "oh so he's not just chasing people like crazy and bringing them in bloodied bags for the fun of it, he's just making money 'cause he got lost looking for a guy".
still, he kept the metaphorical warmth it gave and kept training to be capable of fulfilling said promise he's made.
zoro spends his life chasing people. there are 3 people, three suns that zoro orbits his entire life around. we don't know about zoro's family much other than the fact that he lost his parents at young age and kuina was a distant cousin of zoro's.
the first of zoro's sun was her, but not because of any familial connection (not that he was/is aware of it). kuina was strong and always ahead of everyone else, and zoro who was a good fighter even as a child, constantly praised by people around him and capable of even beating adults in a fight, couldn't win against kuina. that was what put distance between them. and that distance is what makes someone a sun in zoro's eyes and worth chasing. so he joined the dojo after challenging and losing to kuina, and kept on challenging her over and over again. that was the way he grew close to her, seeing her as a worthy opponent and an idol. that was the type of person kuina needed in her life, torn between her passion, dreams and what the world told her life looked like. even though she was respected for her skill, she wasn't allowed to forget that her time would run out soon because she was born a daughter and not a son, boys she'd beat in the dojo eventually besting her not because of their level of skill but pure physical prowess she would be left out of gaining.
that's why i think someone considered strong, nonstop following kuina and seeing her as their goal without any care for the finer details, that's why zoro never winning against kuina is an important writing choice for me. he never quite managed to cross the distance between them both, and when he got close to (on the emotional scale, making the promise that one of them would become the world's best, not her because zoro isn't the type to give in to pity) that sun of his, he'd lost it.
the second sun of zoro's is mihawk. the distance between those two is more obvious seeing as mihawk has the very title zoro aims for. when zoro set out from the village he did so to find mihawk and defeat him. when he met the man on baratie, he was willing to welcome whatever fate had in store for him, be it win or death, and so he challenged mihawk to a duel. the distance between them was too great, and so mihawk dictated not only the pacing of the duel itself but also zoro's fate. zoro did not get to die like he was ready to; he was told to get stronger. we don't get to see as much of zoro's life centered around crossing that distance between mihawk because it mostly happens off-screen, and what we get on-screen is when the third sun of zoro's life enters the stage. the moment zoro loses, the moment he makes promise, the vow, he aims the words at luffy.
luffy; the third - of course the third because zoro is all about the number 3 in his life, isn't he? - sun. bringing me back to one my early points; when luffy first appears in front of zoro, he's not the one trying to appeal to zoro. instead, zoro is the one watched and scrutinized, judged on the basis of whether he's worthy to be a crewmember of luffy's or not. that puts a distance that zoro is familiar with with people he deems important in his life. it's always zoro giving chase and trying to prove himself to the world. later on, during the baratie duel with mihawk, zoro lives because mihawk sees potential in him and allows him to, but at that point of zoro's life, mihawk is slowly stopping to be the center of zoro's life and luffy slowly starts to take his place. that's why zoro's promise to never lose again, to become a swordsman worthy of someone like luffy (of someone like king of the pirates) happens after his loss. he doesn't clench his teeth and try to fight again and again like he did with kuina because zoro understands when the distance is too great, and he has found something closer by his side, someone whose dream he can support and believe in, instead of just being united for convienience and the deal made between them.
on the other hand, luffy's approach towards relationships with others is about crossing the distance. one of luffy's greatest and simplest fears is to be alone. having only his grandfather as his family, luffy had not even considered having a father before water 7, and garp - being the vice admiral - was busy enough to leave luffy in foosha village the responsibility of raising him first falling on the villagers of the town, and later on on dadan and a group of mountain bandits deeper into the island. when in foosha village, aside from the villagers, an unexpected third party that got involved into shaping luffy's worldview was shanks and his crew. shanks had become luffy's rolemodel and to shanks luffy has become His Kid, pride and joy, embodiment of his faith in the future. however, no matter how warm their bond was, given shanks status and occupation, his stay in the village was only a temporary affair, and soon enough he'd left only with a dream and a hat to symbolize the promise between them as proof that he was ever there.
sometime after, luffy was brought to be raised by mountain bandits. at dadan's place luffy first met ace. that fear of being alone was what drove him into months of repeated attempts to cross the distance between them two. not to win against ace and best him and move on, but to have someone close nearby because luffy is scared. he fears torture, he fears enemies, he cries out of fear, but most of all he needs someone by his side and is willing to face all those things as long as it means he's deemed worthy of having around. he eventually manages to prove himself to ace (and sabo at that point) and those times are one of luffy's happiest and most cherished. they become brothers, become family, something that was something luffy wasn't ever given for free, and earns his place alongside knowing that not only was he accepted, he was welcomed and an integral part of the trio.
sabo disappears from their life and ace sets on his own journey to become pirate 3 years before luffy does, and luffy, although knowing that ace is somewhere out there, is on his own again. we don't see desperation in luffy's actions in the very beginning of the series, though. he doesn't just pick anyone to be crew; because he's not looking for people to follow his orders.
that's why morgan and helmeppo are scum in luffy's eyes. that's why crocodile and many, many opponents who view crew as meat shields often face luffy's wrath. to control someone with fear, to leave someone alone even in a group is unforgivable. he wants the crew to be his, his to hold close, his to love and accept.
this also ties into the part of the discussion relating to nature of zoro's loyalty. the fact that it exists is widely known and rarely questioned (if so, mostly in bad faith) but there's some opinions out there that consider zoro's single-mindedness to be blind. "as long as luffy orders it, zoro will do it". zoro has a reputation and knows his worth, thus he won't follow someone with whose ideals he doesn't agree with. zoro needs to chase, and he needs the right person to chase. luffy's simplicity and unabashed, unapologetic way of existence, his pluck and drive are what keeps zoro by luffy's side, and what captures his heart enough to be willing to consider luffy's goals his own.
so, how do luffy and zoro meet halfway if one's goal is to have someone as close and theirs as possible, and the other is to have someone to chase? they manage, and the way they do also helps them balance each other out. luffy becomes part of zoro's dream, and the goal to become world's best swordsman shifts towards becoming luffy's best swordsman. it manifests in the moments where luffy's life or dream are jeopardized, zoro willing to go as far as sacrifice his life if it means luffy's dream is kept safe. zoro stays keeps close to luffy because that's the correct way to achieve his dream. since luffy does not only care, but also considers zoro strong, zoro's own ambitions and drive further motivate luffy towards becoming better. to become someone worthy on stepping on the path towards taking the throne of the king of the pirates, becoming someone worthy having his crewmates by his side.
in return, at times where the integrity of the crew is put to question, zoro is often the one to help hold everything together. i don't necessarily mean he's the one to take reigns or bark out commands, however in water 7 where luffy loses the going merry (that he also considers part of the crew), usopp, zoro reminds him of the burden of being captain. when chopper relies the new about robin, zoro is the one to make his speech about how judgement will slow the the reaction time. when the crew is emotional and panicked, zoro is the one to remind them their priorities, no matter how harsh it may sound. the steady presence helps luffy focus on rescuing what he can. after the events of enies lobby, luffy's fear and priorities get to him, choosing usopp over his influence as captain, just for the sake of avoiding losing people he loves and wants close. it's a human response and i am certain many people pleasers can see themeselves in that choice. to pick a friend over being right. to allow someone back into your life because you love them.
zoro respects himself and thus won't follow someone who will bend too easily; he steps in to keep luffy from making a decision aiming to smooth things over rather than resolve the issue, and some people see it as proof that zoro would leave the crew, but i think it just shows how well zoro understand what drives luffy's actions to be able to hit the nail on the head.
he stops luffy from becoming someone not worth chasing - because zoro does want to still chase the chance of earning his place at luffy's side - by putting himself in the way of luffy's choice, instead of just allowing one crewmate to come back.
the nature of their relationship, of the way they see each other is incredibly sun and moon coded. luffy as the undeniable sun, always in the center of everything, always the brightest and the warmest in the room. loud, loving, and someone everyone else seems naturally drawn to and orbiting around. zoro as the moon who uses the light of the sun for his own glow, and to give chase to cut the distance. on an average day it manifests in the way luffy never sits still and constantly seeks out tasks and stimulation that paw at his attention to entertain himself while zoro either tries to snooze the day away or follows his carefully tended to workout routine. in a fight it's in the way luffy beelines for the enemy standing behind the cruel events, the strongest one, trying to remove the issue from its root, leaving everyone else - enemies to defeat to his crew, and the crew to protect to zoro - behind. in the dreams it's hidden in the way luffy's goal of becoming king is achieving is freedom, and zoro's willingness to tie his person, his own dream, his hopes and his priorities to one crew and allow luffy to guarantee it.
#roronoa zoro#one piece#zoro#monkey d. luffy#luffy#zolu#or maybe#luzo#one piece meta#one piece analysis#author in the middle of hazard punk writing this so sorry everyone if theres something more that could fit in here#i am not writing this as specifically romantic interpretation of their relationship#i am the no1 believer of the “third secret thing” of luffy and zoro#its about the distance and how they close it more than anything#do they know what romantic attraction is? who knows#does it matter? not really. theyre still doing their thing#also i physically had to stop myself from talking all abt the other strawhats. theyre there. theyre important.#this however is about luffy and zoro specifically#usually im scared of posting online cuz irdk what im talking abt#but my beloved friend (who hasnt seen one piece) listened to me so. iam emboldened#this is what happenes when i get my hands on the first 3 volumes of the manga#just learned its “marimo day” apparently (while procrastinating on hitting post)#thank you zoro for being cool and also very kind and the funniest asshole ive ever seen#thank you luffyf or being born#misdemeanorposting
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My parents bought their 4 bed 3.5 bath house 32 years ago for $145,000 (originally $200,000). This summer a similar house a block away (similar age, 4 bed 3.5 bath, slightly smaller lot) went up for $800,000. It's since been reduced to $650,000 and they put some more work into it, but it's still on the market. I know interest and investment and overall cost of living raise prices, but that just seems like highway robbery to me.
#stupid rant is stupid#one day i'll own a house#maybe next year#still trying to get my health figured out first#one major stressor at a time lmfao#i do go have my food allergy testing today so maybe i'll learn something#i'll keep my hopes low lol#might have to call my surgeons nurse again#i needed one more quiet day at home to do nothing#but yeah the neighborhood i'd really like to buy in has older smaller houses#and theyre all going for 300 or 400 k i think#where they went for 100 k#the math aint mathing and im not good at math but i know that much#at least groceries were surprisingly cheaper yesterday#i got broccoli for 1.45 a lb#that hasnt happened in YEARS
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ummmmmm. something something normal being the only one to actually empathize with the doodler before they were dood and teenshaped and being the only one to empathize with hermie when hermie was alive. that's it that's the thought.
#i have no conclusions other than how fast im spinning normal in my head#dndads#dndads spoilers#i think . it's like. something about normal being so heavily ostracized for so long#he doesn't really consider himself part of the group and he doesn't really think anyone takes HIM seriously#so he connects with the doodler and he connects with hermie and he tries so hard to connect with scary#and all of it comes to nothing because now everyone wants to be friends with the doodler now that they're approachable#and hermie is dead and scary is doing better for herself and no one seems to be long-term mad at her#so where does that leave him who still is this weird extra piece#he's an extra piece in his family(he was an accident) hes an extra piece to the school(no one really wanted teeny)#and he hasnt really gotten the attention or the care he needs from anyone else so. what happens to the extra pieces no one wants#they either die or are otherwise discarded#anyway im really ordinary about him
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sir????? Wdym me aren't even at the climax of Kid Leo yet???? How far ahead did you plan???? Hats off to you man, I could not.
Oh I've planned it to the end, plus a bit more, and then I ended up rewriting the ending just recently :D
I don't like fully committing to an au or a fic or anything without a full plot/idea cause then I won't finish it :3 I actually did go into Kid Leo without that originally but then it got big enough I wanted to be able to finish it one day! So an actual plot happened!
Also yeah we're still about halfway through, even with all the cuts I've made, but not quite to the climax yet!
#asks#kid leo asks#this is why its taking me a bit longer to work on L330-N or Lil Hater or the Rural ay#they do techncally have complete plits#but im having trouble with some of the endings and middle bits#esp with L330-N#i have two endings i really like :/#as for Kid Leo i recently rewrote a big big chunk of it which filled in some plot holes#i was kinda worried the next couple arcs were too boring and realized that i actually dont have to do those arcs anymore?#if that makes sense#im still working on it!#mostly just typing it up from my notes :3#also the reason tmnt:hme hasnt really happened is cause it has no linear plot#it was just a mishmash of ideas from my childhood :D#sooooo yeah
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