#but if shanks ever thought of buggy as his brother i don’t think he would ever stop

[the-obnoxious-sibling]

https://www.tumblr.com/the-obnoxious-sibling/733886299587674112/i-noticed-you-tag-op-post-with-ship-name-are-you

I don’t mean it in hateful way. I do enjoy some ship content of them. I keep wondering. It’s bad intel of marines is explanation in the world, but as narrative tool, why would Oda put it if not to hint that those two saw each other as brothers? Deep inside.

(the post linked in the ask, the first of three or four times now that i’ve been asked for my opinion on this subject, so you’ll forgive me if i’m a little snippy in my response)

i think it serves the same purpose in the narrative as it does in universe: it explains why the navy is suddenly taking buggy seriously.

why call them sworn brothers? well, what other turn of phrase would the navy use to describe a relationship where an enemy pirate (and, one might assume, enemy marines) never saw one without the other? the navy doesn’t respect the term nakama, they don’t think crew bonds or friendship are significant, so the relationship must be familial. i could get into the inherent heteronormativity and amatonormativity of the navy as an institution, but we both know that is not why you sent me this ask.

buggy doesn’t respond to the ‘sworn brothers’ claim, too busy freaking out about his secret past being revealed. you’re free to take that lack of reaction as a sign that it’s true and obvious and not worth commenting on, just as i’m free to take that lack of reaction as a sign that buggy had bigger things to worry about at the time. it’s very much open to interpretation.

but, honestly? i think if they saw each other as brothers they would call each other brother. chosen family in one piece are not afraid of calling each other words like father, son, or brother.

[wordy-little-witch]

Okay CoraBug hours where we look at canon, go HAH No, and carry on bc I Do Not See It

Buggy and Cora being absolutely the schmooziest, goofiest couple ever.

Cora and Buggy experimenting with makeup looks together.

They each have an Egg Each, but they have each other's eggs, or they both make two each so one can have the second egg on hand for long distance stints.

Long denden calls and writing letters to each other.

Sengoku having several attacks of just as many varieties because his son is dating a pirate and it's THAT pirate as well and he's So Fucking Angry bc Buggy isn't even all that bad, he HATES it-

Uncle Garp. The shenanigans there. Need I say more?

Shanks telling Buggy about Luffy and it goes "my brother adopted the grandson of my boyfriend's honorary uncle" and you can see the smoke coming from his ears.

Cora and Buggy were childhood sweethearts, and Shanks ABSOLUTELY gave Cora a shovel talk. Roger also gave Cora a shovel talk. Rayleigh played psychological warfare as a test (Cora passed).

They do shows together and their favorites are acrobatics and aerials.

Buggy has forbade Cora from fire stunts, so Cora simply watches Buggy do them and drools respectfully. (In his defense, Buggy is VERY skilled with batons and dragon staffs.)

Devil Fruits have something they need to Feed or things that Feed the fruits. For some, it's foods, some it can be abated with tobacco. Cora uses his cigarettes and Buggy runs on sugar.

Cora is actually a very clean person and prefers unscented soaps, he just has a skill for always looking freshly mugged in an alleyway. Buggy meanwhile is a neat freak who changes up his soaps frequently, but always within a certain brand/maker rotation bc he has sensitive skin.

Drawbacks Of Devil Fruits My Beloved - they're both more lethargic in highly humid weather, or in the rain. Cora's sleepier overall when stuff gets to that point, but Buggy runs a higher risk of getting sick as a result.

Buggy sometimes has Bad Brain Days, be it an episode or he's overstimulated. Regardless, when he needs Space, he'll shimmy under Cora's feathered coat and Cora will cast a bubble for them with just enough muted input to calm Buggy down but not trigger his intrusive thoughts.

Likewise, when Cora is in Cover And Perform Mode, Buggy will gently lead him away and pull the other down to his chest, ear over his heart, and will just... talk. Random, unimportant things like "Oh I heard dinner will be this tonight" or "I've been thinking of getting x, y, z tools for the ring". Just stuff to ground him, she he isn't alone, that things are okay and fine and safe.

They have prank wars. Ritchie always wins. Nobody knows how.

Cora will straight up scruff Buggy like a cat when he gets angry and stabby.

Buggy will climb Cora like a tree when he feels playful.

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Buggy: They call it committing murder because it's a commitment. It's stronger than marriage.

Cora:

Buggy:

Cora: babe, no-

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Cora: I could kill you if I wanted.

Buggy: Yeah? So could any other human being. So could a dog. So could a dedicated duck. You aren't special

Cora:

Buggy:

Cora: I love you-

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Buggy: *banging a pen on the table out of frustration*

Cora: Stop that. How would YOU feel if I banged you on the table?

Buggy: I—

Buggy: I don’t know the correct answer to that question.

Cabaji, who just wanted to eat his lunch in peace:

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Buggy: BE A BETTER PERSON!

Cora: WHY?!

Buggy: BECAUSE SOMEONE NEEDS TO HAVE MORALS IN THIS RELATIONSHIP, AND IT SURE AS FUCK AIN'T GONNA BE ME, SWEETHEART!

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Cora: *sighs*

Buggy: You bored?

Cora: Yeah.

Buggy: Wanna start drama for no reason?

Cora: I thought you’d never ask.

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Cora: I truly go into housewife mode when I'm someone's soulmate- like, I'll make you pancakes and bacon every morning.

Buggy: This is a lie.

Buggy: I'm literally dating them. This is a lie.

Buggy: THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO COOK A PANCAKE, WHAT IS THIS.

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Buggy: What’s your favorite color?

Cora: Stop asking stupid questions. Ask me something logical and mature.

Buggy: How many moles of sodium bicarbonate are needed to neutralize 0.8ml of sulfuric acid at STP?

Cora: My favorite color is pink.

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Context: Roger and Garp having a play date, Shanks and Mihawk are sitting to the side while Buggy is doing smth mundane across the beach when Cora descends on the swordmen

Cora: Wait, what's going on? Are we all talking about how hot Buggy is? Because Buggy is a straight up sexual fox riding a red-hot nuclear bombshell right toward the yowza plaza in the heart of Babe City, Assachusetts, U S A. The last A just stands for more ass.

Mihawk:

Shanks:

Cora:

Mihawk: wh-

Shanks: YEAH!

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Buggy: I'm very scary.

Cora: You're about as scary as a wet kitten.

Buggy: Wet kittens are cute, at least I've got that going for me.

Cora: And small.

Buggy:

Buggy: ...Yeah, yeah. I guess.

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Buggy: Live fast, die young, leave behind a pretty corpse! That’s what I always say!

Cora: You should say something else.

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Cora: What’s your body count?

Buggy: Do you mean sex or murder?

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Cora, carrying a box: What would you say if- if I, hypothetically, came home with several kids one day?

Buggy: …

Buggy: What’s in the box?

Cora: What woul-

Buggy: Cora, what’s in the box?

Cora: I think you know.

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Buggy: Hey, wanna take a shower with me?

Cora: I have a gun in that nightstand beside the bed. If I ever say no to that question, I want you to take it out and shot me because I’ve obviously gone crazy.

[rorywritesjunk]

Maul the world like a carnival bear set free

Buggy's kids end up in the past for a few days and it's a little surreal to see their dad as a dumb teenager.

Rating: PG.

Warning: None! No one is upset, no angst, just kids being kids. Buggy is 14 in this, his son is 13 and daughter 10. Shanks gets punched once. Sunny makes an appearance! At what point do I just make it so that Sunny has something about her that causes people to time jump? Alos this fic got long.

A/N: So I tied this into my Sunny x Buggy fics because I thought it would be fun. I figure you don't remember every person you ever meet in your life, you know? So if you meet them again at a later point it makes sense if you don't remember them. Also, Back to the Future is some of my favorite films so meeting your parents when they are your age?? How weird is that. This was a request from @chochotorianime10 ! Thank you. I always enjoy your Buggy and kid requests <3

Title comes from "The Kids Aren't Alright" by Fall Out Boy.

The fabric masks they wore over their mouth and nose were uncomfortable, but they had to play it safe. The crew didn’t question why the newcomer kids wore them, figuring there was something underneath they didn’t want revealed, so they left them alone, giving them their space while they ate, letting them have cots in a far corner away from the rest of the crew. The two blonde haired siblings seemed at ease on the ship already though they were quiet compared to Shanks and Buggy.

The two gave their names, Gold and Silver, names similar to the Captain and First Mate. Just a coincidence. Shanks tried to befriend them while Buggy ignored them. He didn’t care about newcomers at all, figuring he’d end up picking up the slack, but he hated seeing how well they performed the tasks they were given, like they were raised on a ship like the boys.

The first two days were fine. The two would get their breakfast and sneak off somewhere to eat it and well, Buggy got curious why they were so secretive. Shanks told him to let them be, even though he was curious himself, but Rayleigh told them specifically to leave those two alone or the boys would regret it.

The third day, however, curiosity got the best of Buggy. It wouldn’t hurt to just see what they were hiding as long as he didn’t say anything, right? Buggy grabbed his own food before sneaking away after the two blondes.

The youngest sat down behind a cask, taking off her mask before she started eating. She had a big smile on her face as she ate, beaming up at her brother as he looked around before taking off his own mask to eat. 

“How long do you think we’ll be there?” Silver asked her brother with a mouthful of bacon. He shrugged as he set the mask down and started eating.

“I’unno. Mom said when it happened to dad it was just a few days for him in her time, but in his time it was about twenty minutes.” Gold replied, rubbing his bright red nose as he glanced down at his sister. “Who do you think is freaking out more, mom or dad?”

“Daddy for sure.” The ten year old told him as she looked up at him. “He panics about stuff more than mommy.”

“Agreed.” Gold nodded. “Y’know, dad is obnoxious as a teenager. He keeps trying to get in my way. I wanna punch him.”

“I don’t think that’s nice.” Silver said with a frown. “He hasn’t done anything.”

“I know, which is why I haven’t punched him.” Gold shrugged. “He knows he’s being a dick, I just have to wait until the right moment.”

“What did you say about my nose?!” Buggy shrieked, startling the two of them. They didn’t realize he had followed them, managing to keep just out of sight to hear their conversation and catch a glimpse of them maskless.  When he came into view, glaring at the two of them and finally seeing them face to face, he had to pause for a moment when he saw what they looked like. He pointed at them accusingly. “What's the big idea?! Are-are you making fun of my nose looking like that?!”

Gold stepped between Buggy and his sister. His dad as a teenager could be unpredictable, he didn't know who they were so Gold wasn't sure what to expect. 

“We aren't making fun of you, these… are our real noses.” Gold told him. “Honest.”

“Oh really?!” Buggy lunged forward, grabbing the front of Gold’s shirt. “Who are you?! Why do your noses look like mine then?!”

“Will you calm down?!” Gold snapped as he grabbed Buggy’s wrists and tried to push him off. “I'll explain if you let go!”

“You're probably kelpies, ready to steal me away!”

“We aren't kelpies!” Silver huffed. “Daddy said the same thing when this happened to him.”

“Oh yea?! Who's your daddy then?!” Buggy demanded as he gave Gold a shake. “You from some other crew, kelpie?!”

“No, get off me, you dumbass!” Gold finally shoved him back, keeping his sister behind him. No one else was around. He told Rayleigh the situation but asked it not be talked about. If he didn't tell Buggy now, when they were alone, then he might not have another chance. “We're your kids from the future, you idiot! Don't you remember this happening to yourself?!”

Buggy took a step back. Future? What was this punk talking about? Buggy had heard of this sort of thing happening but he never experienced it himself. “No? What are you talking about?!”

“You came to the future when you were a kid! You really don't remember it?” Gold asked. Buggy shook his head. “Huh. So… are you gonna forget this then?”

“How should I know?” Buggy snapped. “You're talking crazy anyway!”

“He doesn't remember, Goldie!” Silver chimed in from behind. “That's what Mommy told us.”

“Who are you two, really?! I should bring you to the Captain because you could be spies for all I know!” Buggy demanded. He felt uneasy talking about the future and not remembering things. Why did he? It wasn't like he actually experienced this sort of thing.

Right?

“Your captain knows, dumbass!” Gold told him. “And Rayleigh, we talked to both of them already!”

“So… so why are you on the ship then?” Buggy frowned. 

“Because we had nowhere else to go.” Silver said. “And we knew we'd be safe here ‘cause daddy did when he was a kid.”

Buggy crossed his arms and looked away. “Yea, well… I don't trust you two even if we have the same nose! Talkin’ about future crap. I don't believe in that stuff.”

The two siblings shared a look before shrugging. They probably couldn't convince him no matter how hard they tried.

~

Rayleigh put Silver to work with Crocus, rolling bandages and helping him organize some things while Gold and Buggy cleaned out one of the cannons. Buggy was going to tell him how to do it but Gold already started. 

“How do you know how to do this?!” Buggy demanded. “I'm supposed to be teaching you!”

Gold just shrugged. “Learned from my dad.”

Buggy went quiet and started to help him clean. The conversation from breakfast was weighing on his mind. These brats claimed they were from Buggy’s future, that they were his kids, which… was never something that crossed his mind. Was he married then or did he just somehow end up with kids that had his nose? He scratched the back of his head and looked over at the boy. Was he allowed to ask questions? Or was the kid pulling his leg?

“So, you said you two are my kids from the future. How the hell does that happen?” Buggy asked as he leaned on the cannon as Gold cleaned it. “Am I married to some hot babe or something?”

Gold looked up at him, wondering how to answer that. His dad had no memory of his time jump as a kid, would he remember it as a teenager or would Gold and Silver forget when they returned? Maybe it was okay to talk about it, maybe Buggy would stop being an asshole.

“I'm not gonna agree if my mom is…a hot babe. That's just weird.” Gold replied with a frown. “But uh, she's pretty and the nicest person in the entire world.”

“Yea, yea, nice, whatever, I just wanna know if she's a looker! That's all, kid!”

“I don't know, she's my mom!” 

“Aw, come on! How do we meet so I know to keep my eye out for her?” Buggy asked with a grin. “Hey, is Shanks married? I bet my wife is hotter than his.”

Gold went silent at the mention of Shanks. This he knew not to talk about considering his own dad never mentioned Shanks unless it was to curse his name. So Gold just shrugged.

“Shanks never married. He never found the right woman, I guess.” Gold told him. “Only you married.”

“To a sexy lady!” Buggy laughed. “Must be a blonde, yea, since you and that girl are both blonde. I do love blondes! Ha! I bet she fell in love with my winning personality and how amazing I am, right?”

“Uh…” Gold shrugged. “Sure? Yea, you charmed mom for sure, I just don't know how.”

“What?! I am very charming!”

“Yea, yea, I'm not disagreeing with you!” Gold said. “Geez, just relax. I don't want to spoil it for you. You gotta be able to meet her on your own, that's how it has to happen.”

“What's her name? Where do I meet her? I wanna know!”

“I'm not gonna spoil it! It takes the fun out of it!” 

“You brat, just give me something!”

Gold huffed and rolled his eyes. “Fine, fine! You… two meet when you're in your twenties. That's all I'm saying.”

“Ha! Kind of young, I can deal with that.” Buggy grinned. “I must be a famous pirate at that age, right? How could she not fall in love with me?”

“Right, yea, famous.” Gold agreed. “Hey, is it lunchtime? I need food.” He got up and wiped his hands on his pants. “Let's go. I'm hungry.”

He hurried off, not wanting to answer any more questions. He didn't know what could happen if he said anymore, and it was possible just saying when his parents met could mean trouble.

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Silver looked quite proud of herself for the amount of bandages she rolled for Crocus and the doctor was impressed the 10 year old stuck with the tasks he had given her. It took a few hours to get everything done but it kept her busy and out of trouble. He let her go find her brother once he was satisfied with the work she'd done.

She skipped out of the infirmary and went to go find Gold, but she hadn't the faintest where he would be. The ship was huge and she was certain it was bigger than home. It could be easy to get lost, but if she could get to the main deck then she'd be fine. 

Rubbing her nose, she sighed and went to find her brother, passing crew members, some who did a double take when they saw the little girl without her mask. She heard some of them start to whisper about it but it didn't bother her, not like it did her dad. She strolled along with her head up high, looking proud as she kept an eye out for her brother.

Except someone stepped out of a room in front of her and she crashed right into him, falling to the ground.

“Oh! It's the little Miss!” A booming voice chuckled; she looked up, startled to see Captain Roger standing there. He held his hand out, helping her back to her feet as he smiled down at her. “Hope you're okay!”

“I'm… I'm okay.” She couldn't believe she was talking to him. Her dad spoke of him, saying he was one of the greatest pirates Buggy ever knew, that he was the fiercest and scariest pirate, and Silver would have believed him were she not standing in front of him right now, his.large hand holding hers.

“Looking for your brother I imagine? I have to meet someone on the deck, we can go out there together.” He said as he started walking, Silver taking quick steps to keep up with his stride. She couldn't believe she got to walk alongside the King of the Pirates. Her dad would be so impressed his kids got to meet his Captain.

“Yea! I didn't know where he was.” Silver replied as she tried to keep up with him. “I helped Crocus with his tasks. He said I did a good job!”

“Ha! Did he?” Roger laughed. “He doesn't just hand out compliments. ‘course the boys drive him crazy, I imagine you actually listened to what he told you.”

“I did!” Silver beamed. “I did everything he asked.”

“Should keep you around. It's nice to have a kid who listens.” He grinned as they stepped out on deck. Rayleigh was there with an older woman, making small talk as she inspected one of the cuffs on his jacket, pulling at a button. Silver followed along, wondering who she was.

“Ah! Captain Pins, wonderful to see you as always!” Roger greeted. She looked up at him with a frown, dropping Rayleigh’s hand before crossing her arms.

“Not Captain anymore, you fool.” She retorted. “What is it you need done now? I can't linger, I have a new apprentice arriving today and I need to meet her.”

“I was hoping to get you to repair my jacket, it's starting to get threadbare in a few places.” Roger grinned. “I don't trust anyone else to do it but you.”

Miss Pins looked him over again and nodded. “It will be good work for the new girl. It will take a week, understand? And you'll pay extra for the short notice.”

Silver looked between the adults. This was the Miss Pins, the one who trained her mom. She suddenly felt excited, a big grin on her face as she took a step forward, catching the old woman’s attention.

“Hey, hey, what's the name of your apprentice?”

“Why?” Miss Pins demanded. “I'm not losing an apprentice to you lot.”

“Don't mind her! She's new to our crew.” Roger said, patting Silver on the head. “She likes making friends “

Miss Pins narrowed her eyes at Silver, looking the girl up and down for a moment, studying her face before she looked back at Roger. “Is she related to that obnoxious cabin boy of yours?”

“No, no, not at all. She’s not even obnoxious!” Roger chuckled as Silver smiled up at him. “She’s just curious.”

“Very well.” Miss Pins sniffed. “The new girl’s name is Sunny, that’s all I know. As you know, Captain, I am very picky about new apprentices. I only know of this girl from mutual acquaintances so we will see how she does.”

“I bet she’ll be amazing!” Silver exclaimed. “I bet she’ll be your favorite!”

“I don’t have favorites.” Miss Pins retorted. “Anyway, I need to get going. Have your jacket delivered to my shop some time today and we’ll get working on it, Captain.” She gave Rayleigh a polite nod before she walked off the ship. Silver went over to the side of the ship to watch her depart, wondering if maybe she could see her mom as a teenager. When would she arrive? Does she look the same as she does now? It was so exciting to Silver.

~

Shanks grumbled as he held the cold compress to his eye. Gold and Buggy were snickering while Silver acted like nothing happened. It would teach the red haired boy not to sneak up on her like that. He was just trying to make friends with her and thought it would be funny to sneak up behind her and grab her sides. He didn’t expect a ten year old to land a hit on him like that. She was so much shorter than him!

The four were out on the deck; Silver was still watching to see if she could see her mom while the boys were hanging out. Gold kept an eye out as well but not as much as Silver. Every time a blonde girl walked by, she would tug on his sleeve and point her out, but when they caught a glimpse of her face they would be disappointed. Silver hadn’t left her spot since Miss Pins left the ship. 

“They could have gone a different way.” Gold whispered to her after the twentieth time. “Or maybe she didn’t show up today.”

“Shush, I know we’ll see her.” Silver insisted as she kept looking, head swiveling every which way as she hoped to catch just a glimpse of her. Gold shook his head and returned to his conversation with the boys when Silver suddenly let out a gasp, tugging on his sleeve once more before she started to hurry off the ship. Gold swore and took off after her, not wanting her to get lost or sent back without him. Buggy and Shanks looked confused before they went after the two. 

Silver caught up to them first, touching the teenager girl’s arm as Miss Pins spoke to her. She turned to look at Silver, a smile on her face that the little girl knew all too well. Oh, her mom was so pretty. 

“Hi! What can I do for you?” Sunny asked as Silver smiled up at her. “Are you lost?”

“No, um, just… just wanted to say hi!” Silver told her. “Sorry, you’re just so pretty. I wanted to say hi to you!”

Sunny smiled, her cheeks pink from the compliment. “Oh, um, thank you.” She glanced at her new boss who looked bothered that their walk was interrupted. “Everyone here is so nice!”

“Silver!” Gold caught up to her, grabbing his sister by the arm. He stopped when he saw who she was talking to. Oh, she was right. She did spot her in the crowd. It was a little weird to see his mom at the same age as him. His dad’s genes were pretty strong, Gold knew he looked a lot like his dad in some way but he could see where his mom came through in his sister and himself, and not just with their hair color. Same eyes and smile, that seemed to be it, but also in the way they talked, gestured, little things like that. It… it was weird but also nice to see her this young.

“Oh, you two must be siblings! You both look so much alike.” Sunny smiled. “Are you both pirates?”

“Yea!” Silver agreed as Gold nodded. “We just… we just wanted to say hi, that’s all.”

“Oh, okay! Hi.” Sunny chuckled as Miss Pins cleared her throat. “Well, I have to get going. It was nice saying hi! I’ll see you two later.”

“Yea, you will.” Gold muttered as the two waved at her as she walked off. 

~

Buggy and Shanks didn’t see where the two went. They had to give up looking after a point and when they returned to the ship, fearfully telling Rayleigh that the two kids ran off, he didn’t seem bothered. He just shrugged and assigned them some new chores.

“Probably headed home.” He told them, not bothering to explain further. “Get to work, boys.”

They did as they were told. Buggy didn’t really want to talk about it, finding the entire ordeal just too weird for him. He did his chores until dinner time, when Rayleigh gave him a parcel and told him where to deliver it. It needed to go to Miss Pins, the infamous tailor on the island. He needed to deliver the parcel and come right back to the ship. Buggy grumbled and did as he was told, though he may swing by the pub to get a quick drink if he had time. 

He had directions where to go, stopping at the purple store front that was a straight shot from the docks. Grumbling, he pounded on the door, not sure if he was supposed to walk in or not. He didn’t know how this worked.

The door opened and it wasn’t the old hag, but some girl around Buggy’s age with a smile on her face.

“Hi, can I help you?”

He stared at her for a moment before shoving the parcel into her arms and storming off. No, it wasn’t fair that there was a pretty girl answering the door. It was supposed to be the old hag. He didn’t want to talk to either of them honestly, but he never had luck talking to girls in the first place. Grumbling, he glanced back, seeing her standing in the doorway, but he kept on walking. 

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“My babies, where were you?!” Buggy cried as he hugged his two kids. “Don’t you ever take off like that again!”

Gold and Silver tried to free themselves from his grasp while Sunny looked on with an amused expression. The kids were out of her sight for thirty minutes after they were heading back to the ship. There had been a crowd that separated them for a moment, but when it was clear the kids were nowhere to be seen. Sunny had been worried but not like Buggy. He was ready to storm the town to find the kids.

“They’re fine, honey, let them breathe.” Sunny chuckled as she tried to free Gold first. “See, they’re safe, that’s all that matters.”

“Why did you brats run off?!” Buggy demanded. “You scared your mother half to death!”

“We didn’t run off, daddy!” Silver insisted as she hugged him back. “I got to meet Captain Roger! And I punched Shanks!”

“Of course - what?!” Buggy looked shocked. “What do you mean you punched him?! You met Roger, how?!”

“How about… we just go get lunch?” Sunny suggested as she finally freed Gold, letting Buggy hold his daughter instead. “I think they time jumped, honey, like you did before. And they’re home now, so that’s all that matters.”

Buggy turned his attention to Sunny. “Why does this keep happening?! I swear, you better not be next!”

“It’s not like I’m the one causing it, honey!” Sunny insisted. “Now, let’s get the kids fed and they can tell us all about it!”

He didn’t look happy, but Buggy allowed her to lead them all to the kitchen for lunch. It was weird, hearing Silver talk about punching Shanks, because he did remember the boy having a black eye once, saying he was punched by some little girl who didn’t like him, but it couldn’t have been Silver, right?

[victorie552onepiecespeedrun]

Reading One Piece pt 302: True Freedom

Chapter 549

Thoughts:

- Alright, I KNOW it’s the last chapter in the arc, those are always good. Wrap it up and show me what’s next, Oda!

- Fpos/cs: “The House where Dr. Vegapunk was born” THAT Vegapunk? Damn, Franky sure found a location

- Impel Down, Level 4. I already said goodbye to that prison, come on

- oh, It’s Blackbeard and his team, just after a dose of the anti-poison antidote. They’ll be fine. Yaaaay.

- No but what are they doing here

- “Luck may decide who lives and who dies but whoever get scared first loses!” …this is extremely correct. Blackbeard says smart things. I’m sitting and stewing in indignant rage at that fact

- oh, Shiryu is HELPING them? I didn’t even notice he vanished

- “I welcome you. Looks like you’ll be a great ally for us!” “It’s obvious what the future holds for me here. I’ve been waiting to meet someone like you!” wow, new crew. This is bad news for us but hey, great for you guys!

- on the ship with prisoners

- Inazuma is out for now but he’ll be fine :)

- why is Ivankov’s head still that big

- Luffy and others are still crying after Bon, bless

- Buggy isn’t feeling it

- and for once, Luffy remains serious! Friend sacrificing themselves is a serious business! Straw Hats try to do it all the time but this the first time it worked out and Luffy saw! Don’t start a party now, Buggy!

- while Luffy and Buggy are dunking it out, Crocodile and Jimbei are having a civilized discussion :)

- (does Buggy and other prisoners even know they’re going to Marineford to fight like the whole Navy? Like, did they agree to that? I know Jimbei, Ivankov, Crocodile and Daz Bonez are very much up for fighting here but other prisoners may be not)

- “I thought only mermaids could talk to fish.” “Is it so strange for a fish-man to be on friendly terms with sea creatures?” Trans Jimbei Alert, you heard it here first, folks :D Anyway, I think Jimbei is on friendly terms with everyone, he has the vibes

- “It’s unusual for a fish-man to be on friendly terms with anyone. You must be an exception to your barbaric race.” First of all, what did I just say. Second of all, Crocodile, come on

- “I’ll take that as a compliment. You’re right! Fish-men are barbaric!” …huh?

- niece, Luffy and Jimbei like each other

- …Jimbei knows Arlong? Small world, huh

- LOL

- “Forgive me for not introducing myself sooner” Both Luffy and Buggy didn’t know Jimbei was a Warlord of The Sea, that’s hilarious :D

- “What Navy Headquarters!!!???” ah, that answers my earlier question

- Crocodile explains situation to everyone. I love how he just hangs around now

- “NOBODY TOLD US THAT!!!” yeah :D well, it’s not like you would stay in Impel Down if you knew so tough luck

- “Get off if you want.” “How can I! I’ll drown!” haha :D

- snail phone?

- “This is Navy HQs” “Hi. This is Luffy.” “DON’T INTRODUCE YOURSELF!!” :D

- anyway, Navy thinks Luffy and Buggy were leaders of the prison break!!!!

- I mean, Buggy caused a riot and Luffy caused, well, everything, but leaders? …Oh well, the point is that their bounties will go up!!! Party time

- wait, what

- “We initially dismissed you as a upstart… but we’ve since discovered that you once sailed with the Pirate King, Gold Roger… isn’t that right, Buggy The Clown?” !!!!!

- …ok, no, I actually knew this. Practically I was spoiled because I saw gifs from anime but TECHNICALLY I could figure it from first few chapters with Buggy! I mean, Rayleigh was in Buggy’s flashback for god’s sake, and we all know Rayleigh was Roger’s first mate!!! Oh, how theorists must have rejoiced back in the day (in 2008 I think. That’s soooo long ago, I need to lay down just to comprehend it)

- “WHAT!!??” haha :D

- “It has also come to light that you are the blood brother of “Red-Haired” Shanks, One of the four Emperors.” “WHAT!!??” blood brother? That I didn’t know. But of course they know each other, Buggy doesn’t like Shanks, he vocal enough about it

- “After this incident, we won’t underestimate you again.” no, please do underestimate him

- Luffy hung up :D bless this boy

- and just like that, Buggy the Clown steal the spotlight :D normal prisoners are so impressed

- “He has an impressive past.” “And yet he’s so weak.” “…” “So why do you play so dirty!!?” “There are a few rotten apples on every ship.” But Big Shot’s opinion is as low as ever :D

- and now Luffy drops the bomb of Knowing Rayleigh The Dark King :D what a good chapter, I just keep smiling

- oh no, Buggy is overthinking this

- me:  Buggy no

  Buggy: BUGGY YES

- oh god, he wants to attack Whitebeard

- and… he’s convincing prisoners that’s a good idea?

- HE DID CONVINCE THEM!!! Buggy, you’re so helpful, wow

- “I guess that’s settled.” And Luffy didn’t have to say a single word :D

- “Buggy seems to have a talent for leadership.” You know what, Jimbei, he does

- damn, what a nice chapt… ACE!! WE’RE WITH ACE!!!!

- “3 hours until the execution” that’s not good

- mini flashback!

- “Listen, Luffy! We have to live our lives without regrets! Someday we’ll go to sea and live however we want!”

D:

rOP 301  rOP 303

[skygemspeaks]

Some questions about Fishy Dad AU!!! Did Jinbei take the kids back to the island for them to start their journeys? Also, are Luffy's clothes different from cannon in a way to hide his sun? Because Nami at that point would learn to associate a sun shaped burn with Arlong, and i don't think she would join someone with that mark willingly without some history lesson on the Sun Pirates first...

dad jinbei au

oh that’s a good question, i never thought of that!

i think the starting point of their journeys is different for each of the brothers.

ace, i think, would want to start off at reverse mountain, because he wants to go see crocus before he starts his journey. this ace isn’t bitter towards roger, because he grew up sheltered from the world’s hate, and he had a massive family who didn’t care who his birth father was. to anyone on fishman island, he’s jinbei’s oldest brat, and that’s all that matters. jinbei has told him a bit about the roger pirates, but he didn’t know them well, and crocus is the only one whose position ace knows for sure, so he goes to talk to the old man and learn more about his parents (later, when the spade pirates reach sabaody and ace finds out that rayleigh was there the entire time, ace facepalms because he was so fucking close. ace didn’t have to cross half the world to reach crocus. but at the same time he doesn’t regret it, because he got to meet the old man, and he got to meet each of his crewmates, so it was worth it)

Sabo knows from before he even starts his journey that he wants to join the revolutionary army. because he grew up on fishman island, and he saw firsthand the terrible effects of the slave trade, and he wants to help build a world where his loved ones don’t have to fear the possibility of being kidnapped as slaves. so he sets out from fishman island and heads straight into the new world, searching for some way to get in contact with the revolutionaries so he can join them. jinbei has full confidence that he raised his boys to be strong enough to handle any seas, but he still frets over sabo heading straight into the new world without any crew to back him up

in this au, the asl trio’s meeting would have to happen earlier in order to match up with them meeting koala (she’s a year older than sabo and ace, so around the time she was saved was when luffy met ace for the first time), so maybe luffy was given to dadan as a baby, instead of being raised in windmill village. so he knew sabo and ace from the beginning, and they were picked up by jinbei at ages 4 and 7 respectively. so how did luffy meet shanks in this au? i think it would have happened when they were passing through fishman island on their way back to the new world after the red hair pirates left dawn island. jinbei’s probably away on a voyage, leaving his sons in the care of the royal family, or some other friend, and when shanks and his crew pass through, the boys find out he’d been to dawn island. they get excited because that’s where they’re from, and that’s what causes luffy to imprint on shanks. he wants to know how his foster mother dadan is doing (too bad shanks never met dadan, but he does know makino, the nice lady from the village who used to come visit the bandits sometimes and bring clothes and treats for the boys). luffy ends up getting kidnapped by a passing pirate crew, which shanks saves him from, in the process losing his arm, and that’s how luffy gets the straw hat.

luffy thinks that starting his journey from fishman island would be cheating, so he asks his dad to take him back to dawn island (jinbei grumbles and huffs about having to take him so far, but it’s all in good fun). not only is it a good starting point, luffy also wants to take the chance to see dadan before he sets off, so he can tell her that he and his brothers grew up safe and loved and happy. and he can tell her that even though he was only with her for a few years, she’ll always be his mom (dadan starts sobbing and throwing things at him, telling him to get out, she’s not emotional, not at all)

as for luffy’s sun tattoo? his canon clothes would cover most of it (since he wore his vest buttoned at the beginning of his journey) except for a few rays at the top, but personally? i feel like he would be too proud of his sun to ever cover it up. he’d probably wear his vest open specifically to show off his sun.

when nami first sees it, she immediately distrusts it because, like you said, she associates it with arlong. it does make her more cautious in her approach to luffy though, and she doesn’t try and turn him in to buggy because if there’s a possibility he works for arlong, it could get her in lots of trouble. she puts on her persona as an officer of the arlong pirates when she deals with him, thinking it’ll be the best way to get his trust, since with his strength he’ll be able to help her out of the situation she’s in really easily. and then she can travel with him back to cocoyashi without much danger. the more time she spends with him though, the more she gets perplexed because she sees how different he is from arlong’s crew. and he’s definitely too stupid to be putting on an act.

she finally gets her answer when zoro asks luffy after they leave orange town “what does that sun mean anyways?” and luffy explains to him about the meaning of it, and how this sun is his pride, because it connects him to his family

[neverwatchedonepiece]

645-647: "Destruction Cannon Blasts! Lucy in Trouble!", "The Legendary Pirate! Don Chinjao!" and "Light and Darkness! The Shadow Behind Dressrosa!"

There is something rotten in the state of Dressrosa right now. Doflamingo has some seriously shady shenanigans on the go. Turning humans into toys? Letting them live alongside relatives who - it appears - have their memories wiped? Tossing them for scrap if they show any signs of rebellion? Yeah, this whole situation is totally messed up. Now I get why a Resistance is mounting against the Donquixote Family. 

I watched three episodes because I thought I might see the end of the Block C battles. No such luck, but Luffy vs Don Chinjao has been fun so far. 

Still, that freaky Toy Human transformation reveal was totally worth it. 

(Will catch up on replies this week too! It’s been a weirdly busy couple of weeks but next week won’t be as rammed. :D)

Electric Fist Bump

I am still not certain that Brutal Bull is, in fact, going to recover. Let’s just pretend he will. At least Luffy gently carried him to safety and thanked him for fighting with him. ;_;

A random called Ideo (way too much eyeliner, Shoulders McGee) finished the job by punching Hajrudin out the ring. After Ideo’s brag-fest, I thought Luffy would be the one to kick his ass too, but it was funnier than that.

A random competitor called Jean the Bounty Hunter (no relation to Dog) had seen through Luffy’s disguise. He knocked off Luffy’s helmet and slashed his beard. Instead of giving up his disguise, Luffy chased him (lmao) to get his helmet back. 

Once exposing Luffy, didn’t work, Jean picked up all the weapons dropped by competitors who fell to Don Chinjao’s conqueror’s haki. Jean seriously thought he could defeat Luffy by carrying around a giant blade ball. Okay, mate.

Jean, at least, was allowed a quick shit-talk. He’d made so much money recapturing all the criminals Luffy set free from Impel Down. Now, Jean was aiming to snare Buggy (I guess he doesn’t read the papers), Crocodile, Jimbei, Ivankov and Shiryu (good luck with those names, mate).

Meanwhile, Luffy was standing there, reminiscing over all the old names like it was old times. “I wonder how Jimbei and Iva are doing?”

Jean got mad, threw his dumb sword ball and... it did not go to plan.

Luffy dodged.

Instead, a rather large and intimidating man absorbed all the swords.

Staring down Don Chinjao was too much for poor Jean. He was so scared, he made moe eyes before Don Chinjao took him out. (Good luck chasing after Crocodile from your new job on Doflamingo’s Factory Assembly Line!)

The fight between Luffy and Don Chinjao was actually fun to watch. The moment when they both punched out Sai and Ideo “Get outta the way!” was funny. And the Conqueror’s Haki clash was stylish (still love that blue filter), powerful (that Whitebeard soundtrack) and also pretty interesting.

Diamante watched the whole thing from his private booth. He used it as a teaching moment for Bellamy. “See, that is what it takes to be a king.” Don Chinjao sort of backed this up later when he said to Luffy that loads of people in the New World could use Conqueror’s Haki. “Only battling it out amongst themselves will reveal who the Pirate King will be. A battle of conquerors. That’s what’ll decide.”

I thought Conqueror’s Haki was a much rarer type. Maybe it still is, but that all the big shots are now concentrated in a smaller area, so there’s more chance you’ll meet someone with it. I know Shanks has it, I know Whitebeard had it, but I’m wondering if Big Mom and Kaidou also have it? (The jury’s out on Teach. Is he too much of a coward, or will he awaken it too? Who knows?)

Don Chinjao also kept veering between wailing with rage and attacking with rage at what Garp had taken from him (treasure and strength, apparently).  He also kept demanding Luffy tell him what Garp had done. Luffy was like, “No, you walnut. I have no idea. How many times must I repeat myself?”

Luffy didn’t know whether Don Chinjao wanted to be sad or mad. Maybe Luffy should set himself up as a therapist because I think it’s a bit of both.

At the moment, Don Chinjao has transformed into an Upside Down Tornado of Large Man, so we’ll see how that pans out in the coming episodes.

Oh, and by the way, Bobby Funk wore his brother like a jacket during the fight. Don’t ask. It was deeply, hilariously weird and I’m glad they got their asses kicked because I felt wrong watching that.

He’s Not an Idiot. He’s Directionally Disadvantaged

On the way to Flower Field, Wicka was astonished to discover Zoro is the opposite of a homing pigeon. They yelled at each other the entire time. Wicka because Zoro veered away from Flower Field yet again, and Zoro because Wicka “sucked at leading the way.” Meanwhile, the concerned residents of Dressrosa wondered why the strange man was yelling at himself.

Wicka kept punching Zoro for not going the right way. Because the Tontatta people make up for their lack of stature with super strength, I actually cheered when Zoro had enough of Wicka smacking him. He set her down in a plant pot, was like, “I have friends I care about too. Stop complaining or ask some damned cat to carry you,” then walked off.

Damn straight, Zoro. Don’t put up with that crap.

Luckily for Wicka, Zoro has no sense of direction. He circled straight round, which gave her the opportunity to apologise.

I guess it’s for the best. Otherwise Zoro would end up stuck on Dressrosa forever. Or at least until Sanji turned up.

And speaking of Sanji, he has teamed up with Kinemon again. They are currently lurking outside the Colosseum. They have spotted something ominous. Lots of Marines gathered outside, including new Vice-Admiral Bastille, waiting to swoop and arrest any unsuspecting Block A and Block B fighters leaving the arena.

I laughed at Kinemon’s weird cognitive dissonance. “Yeah, well criminals should be caught!”

Sanji would not have it. He smacked Kinemon and was like, “You are working with pirates.” Lmao, Kinemon. Old habits die hard, I guess.

At least Sanji has returned to the Sanji I like best: sneaking about, trying to solve problems. He knows Luffy needs to know about the Marines lurking outside, but how to tell him?

Plus, what’s happened to all the Block A and Block B competitors who lost their fight? Vice-Admiral Bastille is on to something. None of them have left the Colosseum. Not a single one. That is strange. Something weird, and possibly sinister, is going on here. (I wonder if they’re being turned into toys?)

This is Why I Like Nami

This was only a short scene but I loved it.

In the last couple of episodes, I assumed Nami, Brook, Chopper and Momo were retreating to regroup with a master plan to win back Sunny.

Nope. As if they would ever leave Sunny in the hands of an enemy. What was I thinking?

Even though Nami sees herself as weak compared to the DF eaters and haki users of the crew, she is not helpless. One, she is smart, and two, Nami has freaking weather controlling powers! Nami used both of those qualities to her advantage. Chopper and Brook were a distraction. While Giolla’s attention was on them, Nami readied some thunder balls.

BOOM! Direct hit on Giolla’s submarine. Now, as a DF user, she has no means to return to Dressrosa and all her goons were smoked by thunderbolt.

Your move, Giolla! :D

How About Hide-and-Seek?

Like, with a four day head start? 

No?

I guess Law must be content with running like hell from the two Absolute Monsters chasing him. Fujitora was not making it easy. Every time he sheathes that sword, a jet of purple (no idea what it is. Let’s call it pure purple) rocketed into the clouds and, hello meteor shower!

Luckily, Law can Room those and slice them like bread rolls, but Doflamingo’s bullet strings were another matter. Law scarpered, dodged, hid and tried to call Nami. To no avail. Why wasn’t she picking up?

“I know what you’re trying to do. You’re trying to buy time,” Doflamingo said. “And I’m not gonna let you have it your way.”

No Burger King for you, Law.

Poor, beleaguered Law screeched to a halt when he realised that, somehow, Fujitora had overtaken him. My new favourite Admiral was sitting on a rock, as if he’d been politely waiting for Law to show for ages. Then it was meteor time.

Even Doflamingo was like, “Wow, you have no mercy.”

Fujitora just said, “I’m all thumbs.”

Lmao, mate. Yeah, those extreme overkill meteors? I’m just clumsy. Nah, no one believes you, Fujitora. You love smashing felons. Admit it.

Meanwhile, deep underground, Usopp was beginning to regret feigning descent from Noland. The ominous, earth-shattering rumbles from Fujitora’s onslaught were passed off as “just Usopp’s amazing haki!”

When he realised the Tontatta people kept going on about the Donquixote Family, he consulted Robin. “Um, what kind of relationship do they have with Doflamingo exactly?” he asked.

“Well, they’re serious about fighting him,” Robin replied.

Usopp had an uh-oh moment. He drew Leo (the battle hype man) aside and asked why they wanted to fight Doflaming. That’s my Usopp! Asking all the right plot questions.

Apparently, the Tontatta want to rescue five hundred friends forced to work at the “shady factory”. Moreover, Doflamingo also holds their “obnoxious, selfish, mean, moody and short-tempered Princess Mancherie” there too.

Good sell, Leo. Good sell.

“Um, she sounds horrible,” Usopp said (lmao).

“Yup!” Leo cheerfully agreed. But then he added, rather sweetly, “But she’s one of us too. Noland would save everyone who’s in trouble, right?”

Usopp looked a bit ill at that point. He did not have to answer that question, as Flapper, another Tontatta kid, hoofed it into frame. Apparently, the Donquixote Family at the palace were on the move. Rumour had it they were probably moving to the Colosseum basement. And why were they moving there?

Under the Colosseum is only where the Shady Factory is hidden! :D

I thought the Factory would be in Green Bit. This is even better! Now I’m very suspicious about all the defeated fighters. They are prime for processing. At least I got one thing right about people being forced to work at the Factory (though it wasn’t related to stealing stuff). 

This Really Makes You Re-Think Toy Story

I knew it! I knew there was something weird with the toys. At first I just went with it because, well, One Piece, right? There are giants, sentient fruit-eating swords, dudes stuck in barrels. Anything goes, right? I mean, who can explain the wonder of Gekko Moria?

Turns out this does not extend to talking toys. Talking toys are not normal. Unless they’ve been invented by Vegapunk, as Franky rightly thought.

Nope. These toys are not the work of Vegapunk.

They are the product of a twisted Devil Fruit user under the employ of Doflamingo, who transforms humans into toys.

Why? I have no idea.

But the reason has got to be some dodgy kind of punishment for something. 

There was a creepy scene when a toy desperately tried to convince the woman who was once his girlfriend that he was a human, that they once lived together, were once happy together. The trouble was, his girlfriend could not remember him! She looked at him in disgust, said, “This toy has human syndrome!” and he was dragged off to a ominous looking building with the word SCRAP emblazoned above a forbidding door.

It seems a lot of the toys remember being human. Sol spoke to a guy called Milo, who is currently masquerading as Onepoko-chan the dog. Turns out the boy who plays with him is actually his son, and the boy’s mother is his wife.

What. The. Actual?

Sol asked the boy if he had a dad. Nope, was the answer. What about the wife? Had she ever been married? Don’t be silly.

Something really, really weird is going on here. And I never even mentioned the midnight curfew. Anyone who is caught outside after then is arrested (and probably turned into a toy). Toys and humans are allowed to hang about during the day, but at night? They are segregated. Toys live in toy homes. Humans remain in their homes.

This is totally weird and cool and I cannot wait to see where this goes.

Every time questions are answered in Dressrosa, another ten rise to take their place. :D

[wordsdrippinginink]

Sooooo what’s ace &or the rest of The WBP up to at this point in time of the Lami lives au?

“You’re playing this close to the chest,” Marco states when the rest of the commanders have left them. He doesn’t move closer, adjusting his seat as he watches Pops. “And you involving Shanks in something as simple as raiding Impel Down for Ace seems like overkill.”

Pops looks tired as he leans back in his chair, “Son, there’s some answers that I can’t give you. That Ace wouldn’t like me to give you.”

“So it is about his family,” Marco snorts at the look that Pops directs at him. “I might not know about who his family is, but I know enough. I know that Ace hates his father and you knew him. I know that Ace worries that his mother would hate him for going to sea. That he wishes that he knew more about her.”

“I can’t give you anything, son. If Ace hasn’t told you-”

“Then the marines will. You aren’t planning a raid, are you?”

Pops doesn’t flinch, but Marco knows it’s close, he knows his father well, “We won’t arrive in time.”

“You think they’ll try to execute him that quickly? I don’t think they would risk your wrath. Our armada isn’t weak, why would you need Shanks to fight off something like this?”

“Ace told me his father’s name once,” Pops says after a moment. Marco can see the way the knowledge settles over his shoulders. “I knew him and he was a good man, you liked him as much as you like anyone, but I also know that the marines would have killed Ace for his father even if he had wanted to be a marine. I know that Shanks would never let him die. I know that this will be a declaration of war that we haven never even considered before.”

“Pops?”

Pops takes a moment before his eyes close and he asks something that isn’t tangentially related, “Do you remember, the last time we saw Roger?”

How can Marco forget? They had been lingering in Paradise because Roger had asked a favor of a meeting, even with his crew disbanded Pops hadn’t hesitated to meet him. The last time that Marco would see the Pirate King until his execution pictures had circled in the papers.

“He said that his future was secured, I think you assumed that he planned to be killed. But Roger would never have said that, not the way that you believed, not that I thought differently for a long time.”

“Pops?”

“My children secure my future. I told him that, once a very long time ago.”

“Roger had, he had a kid?”

“If one doesn’t count Shanks, but who remembers the brat who would sneak into battles. Buggy doesn’t count, he was more Rayleigh’s protege then Roger’s,” Pops taps his sake jug. “Roger had a child.”

“What does this have to do with-,” Marco cuts himself off, heart shuddering to a halt in his chest. Because he remembers Roger, he remembers the man and the way he had acted, his looks. “That’s, that’s why you’re calling in Shanks?”

“Even if Roger’s child refused to acknowledge their father because of what they grew up knowing of him, I don’t think that Roger’s allies would allow the child to die, do you?”

Marco nods slowly, “That’s why we’re going to Marineford, isn’t it? Because where else would they risk his execution? It’s a triumph and they will want to share it,” he doesn’t need confirmation. “We have to decide what will be done with Squard, as much as he cares for Ace, he would never forgive you for hiding this.”

“Mhm, I had hoped that he would understand that all are children of the sea,” he sighs. “What will you do with this knowledge, son?”

“I’m going to tell the commanders. They won’t care and it’s better if the shock of the announcement doesn’t put them out of commission. Do you think that Shanks will help us?”

Pops hums thoughtfully, “I think that he isn’t the man I thought he was if he decided not to. May I have the denden now?”

The snail feels like lead as Marco takes it from his pocket and sets it on the table, “I’ll take my leave now.”

“Good night son.”

Marco closes the door behind him and leans heavily against it for a long moment before shoving himself upright. Pops wasn’t as strong as he use to be, Marco didn’t think it was far fetched to think that he wouldn’t survive the battle or not make it long after, he needed to plan for that. He had to tell the others, he-

He wanted to go back. He wanted to stop Ace, save Thatch, to change what had happened, but most of all, Marco wanted to go back to that day that they had last seen Roger and get more from him. To make sure that Ace didn’t grow up thinking he was better of dead, because that was impossible to miss when the kid didn’t have an ounce of self preservation.

“We thought that would take less time,” Vista states lifting himself off the crate he had been on, in the hidden room deep in the ship that the commanders used for times like this. “Pops must have told you something.”

Marco glances at his siblings and hopes that he isn’t wrong to trust them, “he had to be less direct than he wanted, he had a promise to keep.”

“Why wouldn’t we go to Impel Down,” Haruta demands. “I can get us the building plans-”

“Ace won’t be kept there for long. Pops is certain he’s going to be executed in the next three days,” Marco sighs. “It seems that Ace’s parentage was more important than we assumed.”

It was a running joke in the lead up to Ace’s announcement that he would join them. Guess who put Ace up to killing Pops because that’s all he ever said on the subject, ‘that man couldn’t take him’. 

“A marine?” Izo asks, because there’s been a number of marines that had their pirate relations quickly and quietly executed.

“A noble?”

Marco takes a breath, a moment because he knows what Vista and Jozu will say, “A Pirate,” he wonders if they can tell it’s more title than normal. “King.”

“You’re joking,” Kingdew whispers almost falling from his seat. “You’re not, you can’t be-”

“Pops says that Ace told him his father’s name once and then spoke of the last time we saw Roger and how he said-”

“his future was secured,” Jozu finishes. “I see. This changes nothing, except my understanding of where he got his monstrous strength.”

“He’s still our brother,” Jiro agrees. “But it makes sense. Why he would want to take Pops. Roger never actually defeated, defeated him.”

Marco knows this is going to take hours, because they’re his siblings but they’re going to need time before they can go back to their divisions and pretend that they haven’t learned something like this. He wishes that it wouldn’t.

Marco closes his eyes for a fraction of a second, because he wants to go back to his room and hide himself away. He wants to make sure that he’s planned for everything, because he wants Ace to come home.

“Wasn’t expecting a call from you,” Shanks says and the denden mushi never does as good a job relaying the narrowed eyed look. “Not after how you reacted the last time we spoke.”

“Things have changed,” Whitebeard feels his age, feels the way his medication makes him tired and knows he’s not going to live through this fight. Either his body will give out or he will die for his family. “Tell me something Shanks, would would you do to protect Roger’s legacy?”

[firefistlaw]

alrighty! okay so I have bit of a weird 'request' but..... so like you're super cool & nice, I wanna be your friend etc etc. But I'm kinda interested in learning about you in a non-creepy way? Like how'd you get into OP, your fav & least fav characters, your favorite foods or other fandoms?? Idk you just seem like an interesting & cool person

This is honestly one of the nicest things ever, I’m so blessed that someone actually cares about this. Also, if you want to be my friend: MESSAGE ME!!! Seriously, just come talk to me, we can even skip the awkward smalltalk and go straight to best buddies. This got a bit longer btw, I put a cut in between it hehe

How I got into One Piece:


I’ve already mentioned a few times that I have a brother, I actually have two older brothers and both of them always used to watch animes when they came back from elementary school, I was in kindergarten around this time. We had a television for us kids and since my brothers were older, they could always decide what to watch and I had to silently sit next to them lol. So when One piece came on, I really liked it, especially because one of the character names sounds almost like mine (if you read one character name backwards, you have my name)… (I’m not saying which one lol)
Yeah, well, eventually we got older yadayada I forgot about One piece, till my brother and I sat down in the kitchen one day (that was like yeeeeears later) and just told me the whole story about One Piece and told me about every character and extremely interesting plots and secrets, so much, I started to become interested like crazy. (Luckily he didn’t spoil too much)
So I sat down one day and thought, yeah, I’m gonna watch it bc it sounds really nice…. almost four years later and I’m still in love. 🤷🏻‍♀️💗

Favorite character:

My absolute favorite character is Ace (surprise). I know he’s a bit “mainstream” and a lot of people love him, but I think my story is a bit different, lol. So, when I was younger, I always thought about how I would call my future children and somehow, I don’t know why, I always thought Ace is a really cool name. I couldn’t remember where I heard this name before, but I just liked it so much. (It’s because I used to watch One piece with my brothers, I didn’t realize that I caught his name, because I almost couldn’t remember anything) Well, when I started One piece years later and my fire baby had his first appearance, I stopped the video, turned to my sister and went: “Oh my god, there’s this one character, he’s so nice, oh my god, he is now my favorite!!” Two minutes later Luffy said his name and I stopped the episode again: “His name is Ace!!!! This is not a coincidence!!! This is fate!!!” So since then, I am absolutely and utterly swept away from my feet. 

My other absolute favorite character is my queen nico robin. 
I was and still am so deeply in love with this woman. When I was younger, I would always point at her and scream to my brothers: “This is me! I want to be her!” My one brother was always Luffy and the other Zoro (eh, fuck that). I even remember in kindergarten was this one boy and his name was robin, I hated him so much, because he had this cool name and didn’t even appreciate it! So yeah, when I watched One piece later on then, I just realized that she wasn’t just really beautiful and had a great name, she was such a badass. I’m sure she could kick everyone’s ass if she really wanted to. She doesn’t even need to be protected, she is one hell of a woman. I’m in love. 

Characters I would also die for: Marco, Law, Buggy, Izo, Thatch, Strawhats, Bartolomeo, Shanks, Rayleigh, Kidd, Killer, Makino, Hancock (yes, queen!) and many more…

Least favorite character:

Everyone get ready for the surprise; blackbeard. Lol. 
I really try to see into every character and even though they’re villains, I somehow still like a lot of them. (I love crocodile, doffy, hell, I even somehow like Akainu… that fucker.)
But then there’s this piece of trash and I just get so mad. It’s not only because of Ace, it’s rather because of the fact that he killed Thatch, simply because of this egoistic feeling of wanting the devilfruit. This really shocked me so much and it hurt so much, I got really sad around this time. Blackbeard has no potential for me to like him, ever. I’ve even been thinking about not doing requests for him, because I’m so bitter, but nah. I just really hate that pie eating ass. 

Other fandoms/facts about fandoms I guess:


Oh honey… I’m into HxH, I’m a slytherin and lowkey proud, I am in the fanbase of three K- pop groups who’s name shall not be spoken (lol), I love the walking dead and I’m not sure if they have a real fandom, but if so, then I’m in there. The same with game of thrones, even tho I have a huge hiatus for GoT atm. I don’t know, I just like a hella lot of stuff, most of them I didn’t even mention… I have no life I just obsess over things, lol!! 🤷🏻‍♀️

Favorite food: (what a cute question)


My favorite food is… seafood. Anything from the sea is good for me! Especially shrimp. Man, I love shrimp. 
Also, because why not, my favorite drink is ice tea, but only with lemon. Lemon ice tea is the best and whoever doesn’t agree can turn on their location, I just wanna talk. 👀

Now, this is a lot and I rambled, but I hope this is alright! If you have other questions or maybe want to tell me your own answers to those questions, hmu and sent me a message! Thank you for asking me those questions, you guys are seriously a dream for me. 🌺💗

[victorie552onepiecespeedrun]

Reading One Piece pt 304: Whitebeard Arrives

Chapter 551

Thoughts:

- Fpos/cs: “Fat Usopp” that’s… that’s exactly what we get, yes

- Ace’s parentage is now known to the whole world and everyone is LOSING THEIR SHIT

- “It still exists! The bloodline of the Pirate King!” …ok? Who cares about BLOODLINE, that’s ONE GENERATION

(me: ‘ignores title of my last recap’)

No, I really think you need more than father and son to create that feeling of glamour we give important families. Either ridiculously long family tree or a LOT of kids will suffice for a “bloodline’ to make sense but this here doesn’t really count in my book

- but yeah, Ace being Roger’s son is a BIG THING. Do they expect Ace to be a Pirate King too? I mean, it was just a title. AND we still don’t know what Roger actually DID that made him so cool. He didn’t even told anyone what’s on the end of Grand Line goddammit. Was he disrupting WG’s work like Luffy does?

- at Marineford, everyone is like “holy shit” but in a very quiet way

- “He isn’t Luffy’s… brother by blood?” no, Hancock, he isn’t. Smoker and Mihawk are singled out and I don’t know why

- “His son was alive all this time! It’s incredible! Everybody associated with Roger was executed!” shut up, Moria. This continues to be horrible. Why? Because Roger’s crewmembers we know are all fine: Rayleigh, Crocus, Shanks, even Buggy. What Moria means is that everyone too weak to fight WG was executed. Their association with Roger was probably brief at best. This is disgusting

- “I thought his father must be Dragon too, since he’s Luffy’s brother!” “So did I! What’s going on here? They aren’t really brothers?” Coby and Helmeppo are confused. I love the gossiping :D I should be more curious about Ace and Luffy’s brotherhood but I’m fully expecting a big flashback that will Explain Everything at some point

- GARP FLASHBACK EVERYONE QUIET

- …

- so Roger and Garp were friends? Or enemies who respected each other. And Garp really didn’t want an innocent child to suffer. I can deal with that

- …I can’t deal with that

- Garp DID help her!!! (Ace’s mother Rouge)

- “If you’re a girl, I’ll name you Anne. If you’re a boy…” poor woman

- “You’re going to raise them, Dadan.” I heard that name before! Looks like Garp took Ace to his friend to raise him after Rouge’s death

- mini Luffy!!!

- end of flashback

- …ok, Garp probably didn’t raise Ace in the same way he didn’t raise Luffy but at least he kept him safe for 17 years. Then Ace went to the sea and, well, Ace’s an adult now. It’s his business to become a pirate or to be captured and/or killed. Garp still could have done something but still. Innocent child was protected. Not-so-innocent adult should live in a better world but that’s what you get when you have a totalitarian government looming over everything

- the point is, Garp gets a “There was an Attempt” Gold Star for his troubles and I’ll continue to like him very much. He got depths to him I don’t associate with Monkey name (maybe I should)

- Sengoku is still speaking

- “We weren’t the only ones who learned the truth. Whitebeard took you, a son of his former rival, aboard his ship… so that he could raise you to be the next Pirate King!” I LOVE THE DRAMA HERE

- “No! I joined Pops to help him become the King Of Pirates!” “You’re the only one who believes that.” Oh shit

- “Don’t you know why we were never able to touch you? Because Whitebeard was protecting you!” OH SHIT ACE’S FACE

- while I believe everything Sengoku says is true, I wonder where and how did he learnt all of that. Cipher Pol is that good?

- “But you had to be stopped. In time your abilities would eventually allow you to lead a new generation of pirates on a reign of terror! For this reason, your execution today is necessary!” what abilities, his fire power is great but not exactly stronger than other powers we saw. Or did Roger had a superpower he passed on to his son? Maybe the hearing voices thing? …Why am I thinking of Ohara?

- “Even if it means an all-out war with Whitebeard!!!” …I both understand and I don’t. This is the most honest reasoning on starting a war I ever saw. But honestly, WG wants to hide things that much they start a (World) War?

- what?

- The Gates of Justice are opening! On their own! (???)

- It’s Luffy!!!

- AGHDJHDHGS BUGGY

- no but seriously, who opened it

- !!!!!!

- It’s a pirate fleet! It must be Whitebeard!!!

- “… …You guys are here too?” I’m sorry, too? Does Ace knows something? Or did he not expect Whitebeard to come? He knows about Luffy? What

- Warlords are excited. This will a FIGHT

- Admirals collectively woke up from their naps

- …underwater?

- YES, UNDERWATER!!! Whitebeard’s ships are in the harbor!

- Ga ha ha ha… How long has it been, Sengoku?”

- THERE HE IS! WHITEBEARD!

“I’m coming, Ace!” “POPS!”

rOP 303  rOP 305