#crew dragon endurance

[gemini-enthusiast]

Got to spend some unique moments today as part of the @nasa social event with the Falcon 9 and Crew Dragon Endurance that will be ferrying Crew 10 to the International Space Station. Named for the resilience of the NASA team and in honor of the ship at the heart of Shackleton's Antarctic expedition, Endurance will carry US astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, JAXA astronaut Takuya Onishi, and Russian Cosmonaut Kirill Peskov.

The first image shows the Falcon 9 on its side, before being lifted by the transporter erector, which will support the vehicle until launch.

[netmassimo]

A little while ago, SpaceX's Crew Dragon Endurance spacecraft blasted off atop a Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Center in its Crew-7 or SpaceX Crew-7 mission. After almost exactly twelve minutes, it successfully separated from the rocket's last stage and went en route to carry out its mission. This is the 7th crewed mission of the Crew Dragon spacecraft within the normal rotation of the International Space Station crew. This is also the third mission for the Endurance. The launch takes place a day late because it took longer than expected to check the status of some valves of the life support system carried out after some of those of another Crew Dragon started corroding.

[toutallyahoe]

━ hebrews 9:22 ,, mouthwashing

requested by: –

pairing(s): curly x male reader

word count: 1856

warnings: canon spoilers, cursing, character death(s), attempted murder, murder, deaths oh my god so many deaths help, j*mmy (ew 🤮)

a/n: yeah, im surprised it aint porn too

"Indeed, under the law almost everything is purified with blood..."

Pained laboured breaths left what was once a hopeful man's lips. Well, hopeful was far from what he had become over the years, crippled by the trials and tribulations of what life had put onto him— yet he persevered despite the doubts that ate him whole. Curly persevered despite it all...

But does he still want that?

Laying in the Medical Room's bed without any control of his own body— burnt body— without feeling any sort of pain that he wished he would just die was difficult. Even breathing was difficult but he was forced to do so. Forced to endure. But Curly wanted to die. More than he had wished in the past... but he can't. Forced to lay in bed, feeling helpless as he watched his crew... his friends... descend into madness.

If he could cry, Curly would. The pain of his entire body doesn't hurt as much as the pain and guilt in his chest. Well, Curly thinks so. He doesn't know if the pain in his chest is the guilt of eating him or just the normal pain of being burnt alive to the point his skin is gone. But Curly still felt sick and hopeless. So despaired by it all. Because despite being forced to lay in bed and watch helplessly as everyone descended into madness, Curly knew it was his fault. And it eats him up.

Anya had already said her good bye after she locked herself in the Medical Room with him. Saying how despite everything he had done (or lack there of), she forgave him. Curly tried to talk, to reach out but all it came was garbled mess of croaks and pained wheezes as his throat hurts from the pain. Curly had to watch helplessly as she finally decided to escape the nightmare that came to the Tuplar crew of the Pony Express... to them.

The pain in his chest worsened as Curly could hear a pained screaming echoing throughout the room and it took a second for him to realize who the screamer was. But once Curly realized, his heart dropped as he wanted to cry more. Daisuke showed up in his peripheral vision, looking worse for wear since he had last seen the younger man. Curly wants to cry harder seeing Daisuke all bloodied and hurt, with so many cuts and gashes as Curly realized that in order for Daisuke to come inside the Medical Room despite Anya locking it, it was through the vents that were connected to the Utility Room. The same vents Curly knew was dangerous... fuck.

Curly had believed in the past he was a good captain. The crew in Tuplar sang his praises after all to the point Jimmy always mentions how annoying it was. Curly would have brushed it off like all the times but he knew deep inside he did feel a sense of fulfillment to be called that. A good captain. Because it made him feel like he was actually doing something worthwhile with his life.

But he doesn't believe that anymore.

How can he? Failing Anya despite the trust she placed on him to confess what his friend— what Jimmy had done to her? Where did she have to take things in her own hands? Failing Daisuke from Jimmy's manipulation that the poor young man is now crying from the pain of his injuries as well as he was screaming at Anya to wake up? Failing Swansea where he had to watch the older man lose himself to the little bits of alcohol in the Dragon's Breath mouthwash they were delivering? And worst yet... failing you as he watches the happy man descend into despair along with the crew.

Curly felt useless as he laid there motionless and despaired in bed. He can hear Swansea cursing out as he and Jimmy dragging out Daisuke who was moaning and groaning in pain. He didn't hear Anya anymore... will never hear her voice ever again.

It all was a blur. Time passed by so quickly... not that Curly knows how long it had been. The pain made it hard to focus on his surroundings but he saw someone standing in front of the medical bed. Curly let out a pained croak when he saw it was you. The one who used to be a picture image of a calm and collected crew member of his who had bright eyes that looked at him with love and respect looked frantic yet oh so tired as your dull eyes are red and puffy from crying, tear stains on your sunken cheeks. Lips quivering as you looked down at Curly. There was panic and mania in your eyes. Curly dreaded it.

"Let's rest now," You said, your tone shaky and raspy. You bite your bottom lip to stop your lips from quivering until you tasted blood that grounded you a little bit. "We can rest now, right?" You asked as tears brimmed your vision on what you were about to do. You looked at Curly and gave a smile. A smile that Curly knew was far from genuine. It didn't reach your eyes. Not the same sweet smile you would send him when you two would wake up early in the morning, in bed together. Far from the one Curly is used too. It looks despaired, haunting...

Curly tried to talk, to reach out. But just like Anya, he failed. Like he always does.

"!!!"

Curly wanted to cry when he felt your hands wrapped around his throat. He wheezes in pain as his body thrashes automatically when you squeezed. It hurts! It hurts— but let him die! There were salty tears falling down his bandaged cheek, stinging him as he could see you finally breakdown. Losing it all.

"We can go together! Everyone is gone so let's go together like you said!" You said as a deranged laugh left your lips. "Aren't we in this together, captain? We can rest!" You put more pressure down Curly's throat.

"Please, just stop suffering already!" You wailed as your entire body was shaking. You desperately tried to tune out Curly's pained noises and thrashing as you sobbed. You didn't want to do this— but you had too. No one else was going to put Curly out of his misery. No one is giving your poor captain mercy.

Anya already died, her rotting corpse was beside you, slumped over the floor. Daisuke had his head split open by an axe by Swansea. You were there to witness Swansea put down the young man. You already knew Swansea was dead somewhere around the ship. Especially when you had heard two loud gun shots rang out eerily inside the Tulpar— Jimmy was fucking insane! You knew that oh too well as you watched that monster descend to madness.

You knew you only had so little time to do what you needed to do. To finally put Curly out of his misery because you knew Jimmy wouldn't. You can accept whatever responsibility is left when Curly is gone. Whether Jimmy kills you with a gun or you having time to get the axe and kill Jimmy yourself... it'll be fine as long as you take Curly out of his misery first. Because Curly deserves it.

"Please wait for me," You cried as you looked at Curly through your tears. "I'll be close behind, okay?" You say as you smiled. The blood from your bruised bottom lip stuck to your teeth as you smiled. You look deranged but Curly could only admire you. He wanted this. He wanted to die— to have the suffering end already. Curly just wished it didn't have to be you to put him down knowing how much you loved him.

"I love you," Curly heard you sobbed as black spots formed in his vision. Curly already had trouble breathing after the crash but he can barely gasp for air, not with your hands on his throat, trying so hard to kill him. Slowly, Curly's body stopped thrashing, too weak as the black spots continued on to fill his vision. He can barely see your broken face now.

He was going to die. Curly was going to die... and that's fine.

Curly just hoped you won't suffer painfully before you both are reunited once again in the after life. Hah, when did he even believe in an after life? Curly lost hope of a god existing so many years ago. But if there was a god, Curly hoped they would be kind enough to let him see you again after this. To see the others too. But mostly... Curly just wants to see you—

Bang

Thud

Curly let out a painful gasp as his lungs burned while greedily took a lot of air to fill it back up. His throat hurts so much. If he could tear up, Curly knows he would with his one singular eye left from the pain. Everything hurts. Fuck. It hurts...

Wait.

Pain... was pain part of death? Living was painful and Curly thought death would be more welcoming. Curly would have thought it would be peaceful like when the air was deprived from his lungs as you strangled him. When Curly knew he was dying as his vision darkened. You— where were you? Why was Curly's head ringing so loudly? Was... was he still alive?

Why... why was he still alive?

Why?

Why?

Why?!?

Didn't you promise to take him out of his misery? Was it all a lie? But the pain— the pain in his throat was real! Curly swore it! Where were you? Where were you?!? What happened?!?

Curly found his answer when he saw a shadowy figure where you once stood. Where you should be. And seeing the face of the figure, Curly wanted to cry and scream. Wanted to yell until his throat was raw and burned. Curly wanted to thrash his burnt body and cry.

But he can't. Curly can't...

"It's okay, I saved you," Curly heard Jimmy say. Curly wanted to bitterly laugh at his words. Jimmy didn't save him. Far from it. Jimmy depraved him from his peace! What more can Jimmy take away from him?!? Where were you?!?

Curly could only let the man whom he used to call a friend carry him without much of a fight as he was tired and still processing what everything just happened, wondering where you should have been. Did you chicken out on killing him? Was your love for him too much to kill him? Then where were you then?

Curly looked at Jimmy with dull eyes as he was carried away from the Medical Room. You were nowhere in sight— until Curly saw you... dead on the ground with a puddle of blood around your head... no. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. NO. NO. NO. NO. NO. NO. NO. NO. NO. NO. NO. NO. NO. NO. NO—

"Don't worry, Curly. I'll fix this..."

"And without the shedding of blood... there is no forgiveness of sin..."

[kotelok16]

I promised to start telling the lore of the pirate au, but I have a no idea how to do it carefully... Let me introduce you to the main pirate team for now! Let’s start with our main hero - Hinata Hajime!

Hinata Hajime is the second son of an aristocratic family. Unlike his older brother, he was not particularly successful in anything. When he stopped enduring the eternal bickering with his father, he went to another country to study at the university. Who knew that going to a bar with fellow students would lead him to a pirate ship?.. The drunk students did not begin to figure out who was in front of them, and came into conflict with the pirates, after which they were captured. However, the conditions are quite civil: the parents pay the ransom — the unfortunate child is landed safe and sound on land. But this option was not very suitable for Hajime…

Therefore, in the end, he is the only one left on the ship as a servant in order to buy his own life. Although later he will take the position of navigator on the ship! Hajime will have to get acquainted with the life of pirates, crew members, and at the same time be puzzled by some secrets

The captain of the pirate ship himself! The conqueror of the Six Great Seas, a one-eyed shooter and just a living legend!

Fuyuhiko has been sailing on the Star Dragon for 20 years. He lost almost his entire family, previous crew and ship in an incident involving Countess Enoshima herself. Cap dreams of putting a bullet in her forehead, while simultaneously trying to get information from Junko about whether his younger sister is still alive or not.

In fact, the Star Dragon is not just a bunch of sea bandits. They are mercenaries in the service of one of the states (in France they were called corsairs). So most often their target is warships. But others are not averse to profit.

The quartermaster of the ship is at your service🥰

Peko got on a pirate ship when she was very young, when the crew rescued her after a shipwreck. The girl belonged to a famous family of knights in the past. Kuzuryu's father left her on the ship and raised her as a warrior who would protect his children.

As a result, after the tragedy, Peko is the only survivor from Fuyuhiko's previous crew. He values her very much, and she is still ready to put her head in the defense of her captain.

Quartermaster is a significant position on the ship. At its core, he shares the duties of the captain, is responsible for the condition of the ship, is in the very center of the fighting during the attack, the distribution of loot and determines the punishment for guilty pirates. And also executes this punishment.

The gunner and just the main combat unit on the ship 🔥

Akane was one of the street children wandering around the port city, surviving by selling caught fish and stealing. And one day, hunger forced Owari to try to steal food from the sailors who had just arrived at the port. How could a little girl know that they were pirates?

But Fuyuhiko liked such arrogance and fighting spirit, so he took the girl on the ship. The promise to feed turned out to be more than enough for this. Thus, Akane spent a significant part of her life on the ship, she was actually raised by Fuyuhiko.

The gunner on the ship is responsible for the condition of the guns and gunpowder, that is, for combat capability. But Akane likes hand-to-hand combat much more. Akane dreams of a duel with the captain, but for this it is necessary to defeat Peko, which she has not yet succeeded

Boatswain, forward looking and sea rat (nickname from the captain)!

Nagito is another "foster child" on a pirate ship. He was born into an aristocratic family, but his parents tragically died. Having lost the influence of his name, Nagito became a servant to a rich man. The relationship between the servants in this house was extremely strained, so in order to survive, they had to be cunning and adapt to the situation. But in the end, everything turned out so that the man was killed one day, and Nagito was taken on board the ship as a servant. But the boy adapted extremely successfully to the new conditions, with the help of Peko he learned how to use daggers, and simply showed himself to be an extremely brainy and rather cruel pirate.

Nagito spends most of his time up there under sail, because he doesn't really like interacting with the team. He plays the role of a boatswain — monitors the condition of sails, cables, and gives signals to other ships. He can also play the role of an executioner, in case of a crew member's fault.

The ship's carpenter

Kazuichi was an ordinary country boy, lived with his grandfather and did woodwork. However, in his youth, the wind was walking in his head, so he drank a lot and was a rowdy. Which, in the end, his grandfather could not stand and died. Kazuichi took it all extremely painfully, went into an even heavier binge because of his worthlessness.

On one such day, pirates came into the bar. They were looking for new people to join the crew, including a carpenter. A drunken Kazuichi agreed to take such a job. He sobered up already on the ship, and it was… Not a very gentle awakening. He swore to himself never to drink like that again.

The ship's doctor

Mikan was the daughter of a doctor. Unfortunately, not a particularly beloved one. However, she liked to help people and study medicine, she had a dream to travel the world in search of medicinal herbs and various discoveries.

One day, on the street, she came across a wounded young man. Mikan brought him to her house and began to take care of him. It was only when he woke up that she found out that she had sheltered a pirate. However, it was more important for her to provide help, so she continued to nurse him. By the time of his correction, it turned out that Mikan was going to be married to a not particularly pleasant person. Fate smiled on her, because the young pirate whom she had saved returned for her and took her to the ship with him. The team needed a doctor anyway.

Teru

A randomly picked piggy during one of the crew's forays for supplies. He followed Peko, and she took him on board the ship. The team planned to make a dinner out of it, but it turned out that the piglet copes perfectly with the role of a cat and perfectly destroys rats. So he was given the name Teru and left as an important member of the crew guarding supplies.

[biscuitboba]

Ok but the way luffy and zoro are the only two strawhats who were sent to one of the seven warlords of the sea by kuma, and at some point they bowed before the warlord for the sake of other people??

Now that i think about it, the thing about luffy and zoro that i can't help but to notice, something about some of their 'memorable/big' moments??

For luffy, i'm thinking about how often luffy sacrifices himself for (usually) more than one person, for many people in fact. Heck, even for a whole COUNTRY! (him vs crocodile, him vs kaido, et cetera) And in the panel above, luffy literally bows before hancock for the sake of his 'new' friends.

And for zoro... well, there's thriller bark... (not gonna talk about thriller bark anymore i rEFUSE to succumb to my brain and talk about thriller bark AGAIN) I think that's self-explanatory enough. And then in the panel above, he bows down before mihawk, for luffy's sake.

Ok so, i'm not saying zoro would only die for luffy (he'd also die for his crew, earlier @hellfire-fist talked about this point too), but sometimes i can't help but to think of this dynamic when i think about zoro and luffy:

I think it's pretty obvious who is who.

Like idk, but it's the way oda frames them(?) about what he shows to the audience, his storytelling. It's about the way he emphasizes on how zoro will and has sacrificed so muchhh for his captain's sake (His pride, his ambition, his life), it's about him taking on his captain's pain (which is pretty intimate btw.. if u ask me). And also how luffy will and has sacrificed his whole being, enduring any kind of pain, for the sake of sooo many people.

Like can't stress this enough, but zoro really is the perfect balance for luffy?? Luffy is so reckless, he headbutts danger right in the face, and that's why he has zoro, because zoro will be there to keep him on track.

Luffy wants to save everyone. Well, zoro will make sure that his captain is safe. And once again, they are the top 2 most powerful people in the SHC, so if anyone can keep an eye on luffy, it's zoro. They have fought the same enemies (the dragon from punk hazard, kaido, big mama, lucci, pica, hyouzou, fujitora, etc). If there's someone the closest to being on par with luffy, it's zoro. If anyone can fight alongside luffy against strong opponents, it's zoro. Zoro will do anything in his power to make sure that luffy stays alive (thriller bark, wano), in this (not) essay i will-

[crexmpuffff]

LOVESICK

Veldora x Reader

summary ☆ bro is down bad!!

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Veldora was never one for subtlety. When he liked something—or in this case, someone—he made sure everyone knew. And lately, all of Tempest knew exactly how Veldora felt about you, except for one person: you.

It started innocently enough. Veldora’s usual loud greetings became extra loud whenever you entered the room.

“Ahahaha! (Y/N), you have arrived! What a joyous day it is, made even brighter by your presence!” he’d declare, flexing his muscles for no apparent reason. Everyone around would roll their eyes or sigh, having gotten used to the dragon’s enthusiasm for showing off.

But you? You just laughed, brushing it off like it was typical Veldora behavior. “You’re so funny, Veldora. Always so full of energy.”

Veldora blinked. Funny? That wasn’t what he was going for at all. Didn’t you notice the extra care he was putting into everything for you? When he crafted that massive stone statue in your honor (which definitely ruined Tempest’s main square for a while), you just thanked him like he’d made you a little trinket.

“Wow, Veldora! That’s... impressive! Thanks!” You smiled brightly, completely unaware of the chaos it had caused behind the scenes.

“Doesn’t (Y/N) see that Veldora’s really into them?” Shuna whispered to Rimuru one day as they watched Veldora trailing after you like a puppy, constantly offering to do things for you. “I’ve never seen him like this.”

Meanwhile, Rimuru, Shion, and the rest of the gang groaned as they tried to figure out how to fix the destruction. Even the construction crew had to halt all other work just to clean up the mess.

Rimuru sighed, crossing his arms. “Nope, completely oblivious. It’s painful to watch.”

It only got worse.

Whenever you visited, Veldora’s attempts at impressing you became more and more extreme. One time, he tried to cook for you, which resulted in half the kitchen exploding. Thankfully, Shuna managed to save the day, but the whole ordeal made the kitchen staff beg for mercy.

“I—It’s just that my love for (Y/N) burns so brightly!” Veldora exclaimed, arms dramatically thrown into the air as the kitchen staff threw panicked glances at each other.

“But it’s literally burning everything down!” Rimuru muttered, shaking his head.

To make matters even more awkward, Veldora began hovering around you at every opportunity. He’d pop up out of nowhere, ready to offer his “mighty dragon assistance” for even the simplest of tasks.

“Need help carrying that fruit? I can crush the orchard with one hand!” he’d say proudly, flexing again.

“That’s okay, I got it, Veldora,” you’d reply, giving him a light pat on the arm, completely missing the lovestruck look on his face.

Around him, the others weren’t so lucky. Everyone was forced to endure his constant bragging about how much he cared for you, with him going on for hours about how you were the most amazing person in all of Tempest.

“Did you know (Y/N) smiled at me today? Truly, I am blessed!” Veldora would shout, while poor Shion and Shuna exchanged tired glances, the other villagers barely able to get a word in.

Rimuru had had enough. “Veldora, I get that you have feelings, but the whole city doesn’t need to hear about it every five minutes!”

“But they must know how wonderful (Y/N) is!” Veldora declared. “They are my inspiration!”

Rimuru pinched the bridge of his nose. “For the love of all things peaceful, just tell (Y/N) already! We’re all suffering here!”

But Veldora was too shy to do that directly. Despite all his boasting, when it came to you, his heart raced too fast, and his usual boldness vanished.

So instead, the citizens of Tempest continued to bear the brunt of his lovesick antics.

One day, while the townsfolk were cleaning up after another of Veldora’s “grand gestures” (this time, a giant garden of roses planted right in front of the town hall, blocking the entrance), you walked up to him, smiling as always.

“Veldora, this garden is so beautiful! You really didn’t have to go through all this trouble for me,” you said, oblivious as ever to his true intentions.

Veldora blushed—an unusual sight for the mighty dragon. “O-Of course! Anything for you, (Y/N)! I—uh... I mean, it was no trouble at all! Just a small display of my greatness!”

Rimuru, watching from the sidelines, facepalmed. “How much longer are we going to have to deal with this?” he muttered, as Shuna giggled beside him.

And so, life in Tempest continued with Veldora’s over-the-top affections, while you remained blissfully unaware, leaving everyone else to suffer.

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𖦹 please do not translate, repost, steal, or copy my work.

[shuggymaniac]

Inspired by this Fic…

And loving the Latest OP spoilers, I decided to combine them and make an AU for it I will write it here until I have time to go back to my writing…

((Warning: this story will be a roller coaster and a lot of angst and on comfortable themes))

🔻Story Imagine🔻

Buggy was found as an infant in a war zone amongst dead bodies. Roger was touched because this baby was a survivor. So they decided to take him in and raise him. And ever since then the only thing Buggy knew is the life of a pirate, Oro Jackson as his home and the Roger pirates as his family.

They spoiled him and harnessed his talent since he was the only child and they wanted to protect him and show the best of him. They gave him books to read, taught him survival tricks, and how to endure any pain, etc.

they were very protective of him despite his early talents, so when they were under attack in some random island they decided to rest in Roger instructed everyone to keep Buggy safe. One of them hid him away in some tree or a cave but he was found. As they were too busy surviving it was Rayleigh who heard the distant familiar cries of fear of his boy.

He’s the one who saw Buggy being taken away by their enemy who locked him in a cage, Rayleigh ran not waiting to inform his crew of the kidnapping because there was no time!!

He ran towards the distant ship he threw himself in the sea and swam as fast as he can, he used his haki to harden his hand and make his hold in the bars of Buggy cage stronger. And as all that was happening their enemy and their men were beating him none stop. All while Buggy was holding Rayleigh’s hand which was holding the cage begging him to save him.

“Master Rayleigh, please don’t let me go!! I’m sorry for not doing my chores! I won’t complain ever again! I will eat my greens and I’ll go to bed early, I won’t curse at anyone!! But please don’t let me go!! Don’t let them take me away!!”

These words broke Rayleigh’s heart, because he and Buggy had a rocky relationship but that doesn’t mean he didn’t love his boy, for Jack’s sake, he was the one who did most of the raising, he bathed him, changed his diapers, lulled him to sleep, feed him, nursed him to health. They might not share blood but Buggy was his son damn it!!!!

But even with his determination and strong well he was cheated and forced to let go of the cage before he was thrown of the enemy’s ship before he lost consciousness he could hear Buggy’s voice crying for him. When he came to be he found himself in his room covered in bandages, the first thing he asked for was Buggy but when he saw his captain’s sad frown Rayleigh understood what had happened and he cried.

But they didn’t give up!

They found out that their enemy has a habit of capturing prisoners and sell them to slave market and so they started their journey, they would go to every slave market, and burn in to the ground to try and find Buggy their journey lasted for over a year not giving up on finding Buggy.

Until they came across a little girl who wore a familiar cat eared beanie hat, it was Buggy. They know that Because it was Rayleigh to made it by hand and even embroidered Buggy’s name inside. When they asked her where she got it it was her mother who said a little boy gave it to her to calm her down.

The Roger pirates were filled with hope and when they asked her where is that boy she told them with a sad frown that he died. How he defended her daughter against a celestial dragon and was taken away and killed for his insolence.

That day the Roger pirates burned the island to the ground. Leaving nothing but the now freed slaves alive and anyone else who had part in the slave trade to die. They were filled with depression. The for months the Oro Jackson was consumed by an uncanny silence, the only voices that were heard was either the sound of the waves crashing on their ship or Orders being told to keep the ship sailing other than that no one talked, no one partied, or joked, or played, or anything. They just sat in their usual spots and reminisced on times when a familiar blue haired and red nosed boy would come to them and demand attention.

Roger would look into the horizon and wonder if he was a bad captain, thinking of all the possibilities of how he could have prevented Buggy to be lost. And Rayleigh would hide away in his room, look down at the beanie which he took from that little girl and drink his sorrows away, it is so bad that sometimes one of the crew would find him in Buggy’s old room blacked out before they took him back to his room.

Slowly the crew went back to their dynamic but the shift was still there visible.

One day they bunker an island to gather some supplies and when they sail away they hear noises coming from below the deck and when they investigate they find a red haired boy who was stealing their food and drinks. The boy fought but never begged for mercy, ready to fight until death. And that made Roger laugh and decided to take him in, such decision didn’t make anyone excited, especially Rayleigh, since they were still recovering from losing their previous cabin boy.

Roger made the boy, whose name is Shanks, to earn his stay and food. They boy had to clean up and do chores around the ship. The crew avoided him at first but slowly they warmed up to the boy. Rayleigh was the longest to crack, Shanks avoided him like the plague remember how the man went crazy when the capri suggested that he take the room of someone named “Buggy” whom he asked about once but when he was met with silence and sad frowns he never asked again.

Rayleigh connected with Shanks after the boy was almost k*lled during a fight, he could still hear Buggy’s please and cries echoing in his head, which gave Jim’s the determination to not make the same mistake again. And after saving him he explained to Shanks who Buggy was and why everyone is acting differently around him. He was even shown pictures of Buggy and finally his room making Shanks catch glimpse of Buggy’s personality and understand the closeness that the crew had with him. How even after Shanks was welcomed into the Oro Jackson he can till that they still thought about Buggy and wished him back.

After Roger was declared “King of the pirates” and faked his execution Shanks decided to honor his crew and found family by destroying any slave market he find in his way.

And Rayleigh despite him saying he is moved in from Buggy’s death, he isn’t really, he would infiltrate slave market disguises himself as a slave to investigate more about Buggy’s time during his capture hoping that he could find some closure into knowing at least his Son’s last moments.

So imagine Rayleigh and Shanks’s shock when they see not only a holy knight who looks identical to Shanks but following behind him was a very familiar Blue haired man with a red nose dressed as a jester .

((I’ll make Buggy’s POV in a different post and edit the link here))

((Edit: here it is part 2))

[gatitties]

hello so can you do a reader who It's like really, really spicy food.At the point where it's really concerning. You know that restaurant where you have to sign a waiver because the food is spicy? I'm eating like it's nothing.

can it be strawhats, heart and kidd pirates?

thank you

─Strawhats, Heart Pirates, Kid Pirates x reader

─Summary: why it's spicy?

─Warnings: none

─ No one really questions your desire to make your taste buds burn, although some of them can't stand spicy food, sometimes they try your favorite foods just to see how much they can handle it.

─ Chopper and Jinbe are definitely not in that boat, the doctor can't stand spicy food because it makes his body overheat and he can't stand the heat either, it's a no-no for him, Jinbe prefers more refreshing things, being a fishman he doesn't like very spicy food although he can tolerate it.

─ Franky and Brook are the ones who can tolerate the most spicy things next to you, although one is a robot and the other a living corpse… you don't consider them real competition.

─ Nami and Robin will prefer to try less spicy things if you offer them, they prefer to watch you win extremely spicy food competitions, it's entertaining for Robin, you can eat things you like and Nami earns money if you win the competition, it's a win-win for all.

─ Usopp and Zoro underestimated you and ended up breathing fire after trying one of your favorite spicy treats, how the hell do you stand the spice? Are you a dragon or something? Usopp really thinks so.

─ Luffy has quite a tolerance for many things, although he is not a big fan of spicy food, he won't mind continuing to steal from your food if he has the opportunity, although if what you are eating is extremely spicy he will reconsider stealing or not.

─ Sanji is your favorite person on the ship, no matter what the food is, be it sweet, salty, sour… he always makes the dish he cooks for you have that spicy touch that you like so much, it doesn't matter if the spiciness doesn't match the food, he will do it and for your palate it will be a culinary marvel.

─ It's not bread so Law doesn't really care that you like making your mouth burn from eating that kind of stuff, as long as you don't hurt your mouth or stomatch, then if necessary he will cut you into pieces so you don't eat.

─ A little curious about your tolerance for spiciness, he will do some tests to see your limits and compare them with Bepo, the poor polar bear does not tolerate spiciness in the slightest, he doesn't even like to be near you when it's time to eat because just looking at your plate makes his eyes burn.

─ However, whenever it's his turn to go shopping and he sees a new spicy snack, Bepo will get it for you because he knows how much you like it.

─ They don't always let you in with spicy condiments to season your dishes because Ikkaku almost made everyone spit fire once by making a mistake and making all portions of food extra spicy.

─ Jean Bart your only real one, he will be the only one who accompanies you and has endurance competitions with you because the others don't dare, Shachi and Penguin tried it once but they ended up with their eyes and lips as if they had been injected with botox very badly.

─ And speaking of these two devils… they will encourage you to try super spicy things, like if they see a food stand on a random island that claims to sell the spiciest hot dogs and they pay for you to eat to see how spicy they are.

─ Probably the crew that best adapts to your taste for spicy, not because they especially like it too, but because they don't give a shit what you put in the kitchen, as long as it's edible.

─ This doesn't mean that everyone will eat that spicy food that you helped prepare, but they will be more tolerable, the positive side is that if they don't like the dish you prepare you will have more portions of food for yourself.

─ Heat your favorite boy, you are the perfect couple for meals, he can handle all kinds of spice perfectly, this boy breathes fire and is a great competitor for you.

─ Unlike Wire, he likes spicy food, but he is not so good at tolerating it, he will accompany you two when you go to eat in case the situation gets complicated (you love spicy food, but you are not made of steel, sometimes you need an emergency exit)

─ Killer at this point thinks that your taste buds don't exist due to the amount of spicy food you eat daily, seriously, he cares about your health, you need to eat other types of things or your taste will become obsolete.

─ On the other side is Kid, who encourages you to try all kinds of spicy garbage he finds out there, so don't be surprised if he ever asks you to open your mouth so he can spray you with pepper spray, this isn't the worst idea that he has had.

[fanaticsnail]

Oh shit the Yandere Doflamingo and that scene from Beauty & the Beast "If she doesn't eat with me, she doesn't eat at all." is so Doffy 🫠

Extra points if he calls her "princesa" which is Spanish (in OP world it would be Dressrosan I guess?) for princess. It has this very nice sound in Spanish.

Extra extra points if he never called any previous royalty by their title bcs why should a Celestial Dragon call anyone royalty? He's the only real royalty! (in his head) But then he calls reader princess (not putting the Reader's name after the title bcs it's still Doffy) It acts as an endearment mostly, but the servants & his crew are like "are we dreaming, did he actually call a princess princess, wtf is happening?"

Would be even better if he sometimes called her "mi princesa" (my princess) he'd be so comforting and such a KIND KING with her.

We need a scene where he gets on a bent knee and takes her hand and kisses her knuckles. Maybe when he saves her from an assassin from the enemy that ruined her country, assuring her nobody will hurt her in Dressrosa? He could cover her eyes with his hand so she doesn't see him decapitate the man after he gets all the information out of him.

Doffy can 100% pretend to be a nice guy the thing is how much patience does he have to endure it ie the time period, cus I think the mask falls of quick if he isn't careful. Though, he was called a charming devil... But yeah, he'll need to tone everything else down around Reader. It'd be so funny.

Not that he'll let his princess escape the gilded cage of strings he spent his time weaving around her even after she sees the reality of the King of Dressrosa...

Maybe she sees him decapitate one of the dukes that got on his nerves? Maybe she hears how he snaps at Violet when she suggests Reader is a "spoiled princess" in an attempt to save her and Doflamingo grabs her by the throat and squeezes her neck and nearly breaks it from absolute rage.

"Yes, but that's how princesses are supposed to be. They can be like that because they have a strong king to protect them. Weak kings can't protect anything."

And then his guards catch his princess trying to flee the next night. How can she be so ungrateful and try to leave? He gave her everything! He wasn't even cruel! He was good with her!

Well, he knows the solution to that little escape attempt...

After all, kings can marry princesses, can't they...

And Dressrosa needs a queen. If she wants to keep his cruelty in check in court, perhaps she should just marry him... having her sit on his lap on his throne as he listens to the rabble of the dukes and whatnot would probably stay his fingers from twitching... His fingers would be too busy cradling her to do anything cruel.

Ugh, and maybe he always brings her pink roses or things she likes just as he always scoured for food for his mom... 😭😭😭 What if he always bends his knees and slouches his spine or sometimes when she is sitting in an armchair he squats to talk to her? What if he gets to finally talk about all the books he reads because Reader is such a great listener and the excitement on her face as she listens to him talk about the recent book he read makes him talk about it more just so he can have her smile all to himself... And then she reads a book she likes to him and he nearly falls asleep on her lap. His mother always read him books in Mariejois while little Doflamingo sat on her lap.

He'd be so protective of her, he wouldn't let her out of the palace unless he is with her or one of his executives. Beause when his mother left Mariejois, she got sick beause his father could not take care of her. His princess and his mother are both flowers that can only survive in the best garden, where they are tended to and spoiled by all the luxuries the world can provide. It's where they bloom the brightest.

Only in the garden of a god can flowers like his mother and Reader be safe and live life.

"Silly little thing... You won't last a day out there in that cruel, ruthless world. Stay here with your king."

Excuse me while I squeal and clutch at my heart. Prior yandere Doffy ask here.

Any time I hear "My princess," in any given context, all I see is this absolutely beautiful scene from The Mummy:

It just needs to be a fic, doesn't it? At the rate I'm falling for Doflamingo, it needs to be its own fic. Your prompt is spectacular, thank you so much for adding to the great simpening for the King of Dressrosa. The head in the lap, the reading to him as he slowly falls asleep: my heart can simply not take such sweetness and softness from the king.

This is so incredibly romantic, thank you for steering me in a direction I need to go in for it. There's so many things I want to write for this lanky man: the marine doctor in impel down, yandere Doffy, his Sapsorrow spinoff with Rosinante, kissing booth kisses, I love him. Send help.

[bygonesigh]

🔥 Taash Week—Day 1 (Fire/Dragon)!! 🔥

First off, thank you @mageofquandrix for the screenshots!! Came in clutch <3 <3

For Day 1’s prompt, I wrote a oneshot!!

Fire/Dragon — AO3

Chapter rating: T

Length: 990 words

Summary: Teenage Taash meets a dragon for the very first time.

🔥

9:46 Dragon

Taash cringed to themselves as they swung their legs out of the hammock. The webbing of the hammock strained as Taash changed position and quietly slipped out of it. They were quickly betrayed by their initial attempts at stealth, as with each step the boat's wooden flooring creaked and croaked as Taash walked through their private cabin, and out into the passageway.

Isabela and Shathann had finally settled on a place for their group to settle permanently—the Rivaini Coast.

Not a very creative name. Rivaini Coast.

Taash stilled in the passageway, waiting for Isabela to come sauntering out of the captain's cabin complaining about the noise. Or worse—Shathann knowing what Taash was up to, and there went the rest of the night as Taash endured lecture after lecture.

After lecture.

And did Taash not have the patience for that. Ohhh, did they not. At all. When they were forced to listen to their mother go on and on…maybe if they really focused, could Taash melt themselves from the inside out? Yeah, that might work.

But nothing sounded off, and Taash continued through the passageways and eventually found their way off the ship. For once, it seemed like the whole crew was sleeping off their drunkenness, while the Tal-Vashoth adhered to a stricter schedule. Either way, didn't matter to Taash. As long as no one stopped them.

Taash wriggled their toes in the soft, damp sand in the middle of the night. Somewhere to always come back to. A home away from whatever what was happening with the earthquakes and the invading Antaam. Tama never really let the two of them stay in a single place for long, and even though Taash begged, Shathann wouldn't let them live on Isabela's ship. Truthfully, Taash didn't really like being on the ship, but it was better than packing up every few months.

But according to Isabela, this beach was an abandoned Grey Warden fort, and Antaam would never come here. A perfect spot for Tal-Vashoth and the new Lords of...Lords of...

Taash forgot the name Isabela was going to give the group. But they couldn't wait to join once Isabela figured it all out, and Shathann wouldn't be able to stop Taash; they were sixteen almost seventeen! They were more than capable of making their own decisions, despite what their tama thought.

Taash took off in a sprint, and sand kicked up behind them while they laughed into the air. It was a warm, perfect night. The air smelled so salty, Taash swore they could taste it.

Off and off they ran, and sand turned into loose gravel, and gravel turned into sandstone. And when they were leaning off the edge of a short cliff, they spat bits of lava—that's what Taash called it—and saw as the small bright spheres lit their entire fall before burning out in the sand. Taash did this several times, trying to burn a shape into the sand below.

But that grew boring sooner rather than not and Taash peered around the beach from their perch. And spotted a cave off to the east.

Would the Wardens have left treasure behind? Taash smirked to themselves. If they went now, they'd beat Isabela to the punch.

It took longer than Taash thought to reach the cave, but a glance to Thedas' moons told them they had more than enough time to explore and find some gold. Yeah, wouldn’t that be great…

Unlike the beach, the cave was damp and clammy with small pockets of moonlight. Taash shivered. That was not something they liked. And they couldn't forget to add wet; they should have worn shoes.

Halfway in, Taash was ready to give up before something glinted to the corner of their eye. They rushed toward it and seized the object.

Gold!

To double check, Taash bit it and examined their small bite marks with a breath of flame. Pure gold, but it wasn’t money. It was shaped like a ring though it couldn’t be one, as it had spikes and ridges along the sides.

When they went to light the area with more flame to take a better look, a deep grumble shook the cave. Taash tucked the gold thing into their waistband and rounded the rows and columns of stalagmites and stalactites that cleaved the cavern.

Illuminated by the moonlight the fractured cave ceiling gave, there sat a curled high dragon sleeping. Each long exhale caused a subtle rumble underneath Taash's feet. And beneath the dragon was a massive pile and hoard of...everything. Gold, furniture, weapons—anything the dragon wanted, it took.

Risky, but Taash went closer. She was a blend of red and gold; iridescent. Smoke floated out of her nostrils every other breath. Her ash-colored horns curled high, nearly touching the ceiling. Unknowingly, Taash lifted a hand and touched their own horns.

She was amazing. A dragon, a real one.

Taash's blood ran cold when her eyes dragged half-open and revealed unfocused, burning red slit-pupil eyes. She puffed a cloud of smoke through her snout at Taash. A warning. They didn't know everything about dragons yet, but her intention was plain and clear. The high dragon wanted them out and didn't want to break her nap.

"Uh, hi," Taash said while slowly making eye contact with her. A bad idea, but they couldn’t resist. Another plume of smoke waved and covered Taash. Smoky with hints of charcoal; a hint of raw meat was there as well.

The dragon blinked, slowly waking up. Her wings shifted slightly.

”I understand…I’ll leave,” Taash said while backing up. “Don’t attack.” They were able to clear the den without the dragon killing them. Talk about luck.

Taash booked it back to the ship but didn’t get to their cabin.

“Evataash,” Shathann said with barely constrained disapproval.

Shiiit….

“Tama…” Taash sheepishly smiled. “What you doing up?”

They’d been caught.

Worth it.

[starcurtain]

A Very Specific Blade Fic I Want to Read

Every once in a while I get an itch to read a gen fic and those gen fics just never exist, so hear me out:

I want to read a fic where the Stellaron Hunters specifically need Dan Heng for something. It's, I don't even know, some Xianzhou Fanghu Vidyadhara nonsense that only a High Elder can handle or whatever.

It's convenient that they've got the Express on speed dial, but putting Blade and Dan Heng in the same enclosed space for too long is a big no-go for Blade's mara, so Kafka calls up Himeko and is like "Hear me out--what if we trade. We'll take your dragon boy for a few short days, and in the meantime, you all can keep an eye on Bladie for us."

Everyone thinks this is a stupid idea, but somehow it happens anyway.

And weirdly, Blade is a complete non-issue on the Express. As far as most of the Express crew know, Blade is staying in the visitors' cabin with the door locked and not even coming out for food. He might be dead in there, actually. ("Maybe we should knock?" "Let's give him some space, March.")

But there is one person on the train who is having a very, very different experience with their erstwhile visitor, and that's Pom-Pom.

Because every night, when everyone else on the train is asleep, Blade is wandering out of his cabin to come sit in the parlor car. The phonograph is playing low, gentle music, and watching the stars passing outside through the windows is strangely relaxing to the normally barely suppressed monster that is Blade's mara. He feels... calm.

But Pom-Pom, who sort of lives in the parlor car, is terrified within an inch of their life.

No one else is around!! Who is going to help protect the poor conductor if this Stellaron Hunter decides Pom-Pom would be good for a midnight snack?! Why's this guy gotta carry around a sword all the time?!

But when nothing happens and Blade basically ignores Pom-Pom's existence, the conductor starts to go from panicked to... well, a little insulted, frankly! How dare anyone ignore the train's highest authority?! Being conductor is a serious responsibility that commands respect!

"Y-You should go to sleep!" Pom-Pom is very proud of themself for plucking up the courage to give Passenger Blade some important life advice.

But "Hm?" is all Blade says.

Why, the nerve of this guy!

Thus begins Pom-Pom the great and illustrious Astral Express conductor's grand plans to improve the attitude of one Passenger Stellaron Hunter Blade.

It goes slightly better than you'd imagine. Blade may be a mara-struck death-seeking unholy magical abomination but he does have manners, okay? The bunny isn't hurting anybody. Its wrath can be endured. (Maybe Sam and Silver Wolf would like a picture of its puffy tail?)

At some point, someone in the Express crew definitely catches Blade petting a passed out Pom-Pom in his lap. No one knows whether or not Pom-Pom passed out from fear or fatigue, and no one is going to stay long enough to ask.

Basically, tl;dr: Blade visits the Astral Express and bonds with Pom-Pom of all people.

After the Stellaron Hunters' mission is over, Blade is now registered as a guest of the Astral Express. But he only ever comes in the middle of the night, broods silently for an hour while Pom-Pom chats his ear off, and then leaves.

That's it. That's the fic.

[pineapple-cheese-bread]

Alright I'm excited I love these next three so much.

Deathwatch the first animus hivewing ever.

Born in Mantis hive Deathwatch lived with his older sister Orb Weaver and his Grandfather Goliath.

Deathwatch always loved his sister's golden scales and one day wished that a wound he had on his talon would heal golden, this resulted in the wound sealing itself up with molten gold.

This rightfully freaked him out. Every time he would get injured the crack of gold would expand and it was only a matter of time before someone found out and it got to the Queen and when that happened Wasp sent soldiers to bring him to her.

Orb Weaver and Goliath were killed in the fight and Deathwatchs crack grew.

Deathwatch was put in captivity, the dragons in charge of him would grow the cracks then try and harvest the gold, this never worked as the gold vanishes when not on Deathwatch.

He endured years of this untill and escaping Flame Silk drew attention away and he escaped too.

Unfortunately, because the gods where curious (no seriously Pyrriha, Pantala and Hurricane where curious that is the reason this next part happens) Deathwatch and the Silkwing Birdwing cross paths get tangled up in some of Birdwings silk fall into the ocean and end up on Pyrriha about 10-15 years before either of their tribes arrived.

They washed up close to where Seagull and the crew where camping out and to make along story short they end up joining.

Deathwatch also got an explanation on what he is and the stern warning not to use his powers too often if at all.

He doesn't like to rely on them too much but he has made a few more spells one was to enchante 4 pairs of earrings to keep him, Birdwing, Silver Birch and one other dragons appearances hidden to fit in better with the Pyrrihan tribes, this enchantment was undone when Pantala and Pyrriha started to merge.

With the earing Deathwatch appears as a Nightwing to everyone outside of the crew, his colours and name help with the facade.

Deathwatch also has a paralysing darts in the end of his tail.

[netmassimo]

Poco fa la navicella spaziale SpaceX Crew Dragon Endurance è partita su un razzo vettore Falcon 9 dal Kennedy Space Center nella missione Crew-7 o SpaceX Crew-7. Dopo quasi esattamente dodici minuti si è separata con successo dall'ultimo stadio del razzo e si è immessa sulla sua rotta per compiere la sua missione. Si tratta della settima missione della navicella spaziale Crew Dragon con astronauti a bordo all'interno della normale rotazione dell'equipaggio della Stazione Spaziale Internazionale. Si tratta della terza missione per la Endurance. Il lancio avviene con un giorno di ritardo perché ci è voluto più tempo del previsto per verificare lo stato di alcune valvole del sistema di supporto vitale effettuato dopo che alcune di quelle di un'altra Crew Dragon hanno cominciato a corrodersi.

[starfleetteddybear]

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It Will Come Back- Spite/Neve/Lucanis spinoff from An Enduring Affection ch6

You’re Too Sweet for Me- Antoine/Evka spinoff from The Flame Eternal ch3

An Enduring Affection (Lich Emmrich/MWRook) Rook needs to uncover her past and deal with her trauma after serving as counselor to her friends the entire game. Emmrich is there to offer her support and an enduring affection in their continuing adventure for their fledgling family.

The Flame Eternal (Human Emmrich/MWRook) The growing Volkarin family adjusts to a new normal in the Necropolis post-Veilguard. Their friends are there to support them along the way in their continuing epilogue.

Does this feeling go both ways? (Veilguard AU) Another Emmrich/Rook story featuring Varric/Hawke, Emmrich/Rook, Solas/Inky, and WardenAlistair!/Amell. In which the lighthouse fills up with the assorted cast and crew of the dragon age universe to fight the Elven gods. Solas and Varric must work together. Will feature rescuing Hawke from the fade, and an Anders redemption arc.

Here is an image of my Canon Mourn Watcher Rook with Emmrich drawn by my amazing sister @stawbearry ! And also a picture of Franny, Evie/Rook’s young ward.

[cienie-isengardu]

Iroh's "I looked away"

“The Storm” [s01e12] provided us a great insight into Zuko’s character, one that undoubtedly helps to understand his motives and anger but also how Ozai’s physical and psychological abuse influenced the banished prince. There are plenty of things to talk about, many little details that build layers of a complicated relationship between Zuko and his father, uncle, or even his crew and how perception of Zuko changes once we learn the truth behind the scar. But the episode also shows us a great deal of insight into Iroh’s character and though I do love how “The Storm” challenged our perception of those characters, rewatching ALTA makes Iroh’s “I looked away” much more devastating to me. 

Because it is not just about his guilt over abuse Zuko was forced to endure. A guilt that won’t disappear no matter if he could or couldn’t do anything to prevent it, but… Iroh truly looked away from Fire Nation as a whole, didn’t he? Understandably, he was grief-struck after Lu Ten’s death and he did not fight back Ozai for the throne, as I suspect he either did not care anymore for it or did not want a civil war to destroy Fire Nation from inside. But he still was The Dragon of West, a very respected general and powerful political figure that others weren’t willing to openly challenge, including Ozai himself.

And no, I’m not wondering why Iroh did not interference with Agni Kai before Zuko’s face was burned to “teach him respect” but about the fact that he did not say anything at all against using the division of new recruits as a bait - and from the episode alone, we know he agreed with Zuko on that matter. It wasn't the right strategy - even if it has merit from a military standpoint, it definitely wasn’t moral or good for Fire Nation’s wellbeing. Beside Zuko, who openly challenged the strategy and called it betrayal, the only person that questioned it at all was an old unnamed general (“But the 41st is entirely new recruits. How do you expect them to defeat a powerful Earth Kingdom battalion?) while Iroh simply kept quiet and this detail makes me think the “I looked away” is as much about Iroh looking away from Ozai’s cruel abuse toward Zuko as about Iroh’s passivity during the war meeting, and in greater scheme, Fire Nation’s politics. I doubt Iroh could change Ozai’s mind and sure, I do not have an idea how the relationship between Fire Lord and ex-Crown Prince looked like, but the point is, Iroh did not even try to question the strategy and choose to sit quietly and dunno, it makes me wonder, did Iroh give up at this point of his life? Was he so afraid of the consequences for speaking his mind that he allowed Ozai and Fire Lord’s court to subdue him so much? Because if he did, his words to Zuko “[...] But you must promise not to speak. Those old folks are a bit sensitive, you know?” is as much warning to Zuko as to himself. 

Iroh said to the crew that Zuko was right but it wasn’t his place to criticize the strategy, but who else was supposed to speak against this plan, if Iroh himself chose to stay quiet on the matter? If all generals - then and three years later - didn’t have any respect for life, whatever for their own subjects or civilians of other nations? And I think this is what truly kills me about this situation, that 13 years old boy had courage to speak against this dehumanization of Fire Nation’s citizens when Iroh, our good uncle Iroh, kept quiet and looked away again and again from what was happening until he couldn’t do that anymore because too great damage was already done.

(And isn’t it ironic that Iroh gave little Zuko a knife with the description never give up without a fight - words Zuko adapted as his life motto - but Iroh himself gave up? First at Ba Sing Sai, after Lu Ten’s death, now here during a war meeting and maybe, just maybe it is Zuko that unexpectedly pushed him back on the right track to actually do something, to make a choice and fight for what he believed was right instead of passively watching all the abuse done to an innocent child and young soldiers serving loyalty to their country. Was Iroh already a White Lotus then or did the travel with Zuko give him an opportunity to join it because he couldn’t anymore look away from how messed up Fire Nation became?)

[delighteddistractions555]

Nezha Head Canons

*Reads everyone else’s head canons.*

Me: ……MY TURN!!!!

Nezha Head canons

Met Peter Pan and highly disapproves of the boy’s spoiled and wild nature. They were going to be friends until the god discovered Pan’s skeleton closet when it comes to his former Lost Boys…..

Hates being distracted from whatever his main focus is. (LOOKING AT YOU SUN WUKONG!)

Addicted to coffee and sometimes Erlang has to place an anti-coffee enchantment on him to prevent him from depending on it too much.

At first when he was getting romantic attention. He was super shy & flustered, often running to Erlang and stammering polite refusals insisting he wasn’t good enough for his unexpected admirer. After centuries of enduring suitors-he has grown throughly sickened of the growing romantic attraction to him and has become an infamous heartbreaker. On Valentine’s Day he would place an enchantment on his temple to incinerate any valentine delivered to his place. Then go sulk with a highly amused Erlang for the rest of the wretched day.

Taiyi Zhenren is undeniably a grandfather to the Third Lotus Prince. Erlang is the older brother Nezha has always wanted-while Sun Wukong is the older brother he NEVER asked for. While Red Son, MK, & Mei are like little siblings he didn’t ask for BUT is happy to have and care for. 

Gets along best with kids and baby animals. 

When Nezha sacrificed himself he naturally bled of course. When he resurrected from lotuses the blood he spilled stained the white flowers. The resulting mixture eventually became pink, which became his signature color as Third Lotus Prince. The pink symbolizing his death & resurrection via lotuses. (Back then lotuses were only white, post 3519 years later, lotuses are now white AND pink.)

His soul fused itself to his new lotus body, which is why he can’t shape shift except for his alternate forms.

Since he’s a workaholic he gets dragged out for fun by the MK crew. He is often the “mom” friend of the group. Which he is ticked off about but doesn’t stop his maternal tendencies. 

Nezha’s domain concludes of children, war, courage, victory (see Nezha theory 1), troublemakers of society, delivery, drivers,  and filial piety (In the most screwed way possible but maybe just the positive aspect of it? Still screwed tho.)

Top fighter, botanist, pilot, hunter, general, worker, acrobat, skater, stylist, pryokinetic, bureaucrat, defense magic specialist, spell caster, child caretaker, consoler, gentleman, strategist, speedster,  and protector. 

Since becoming immortal he has largely gave up food which frustrates Sun Wukong to no end. When the MK crew discovers that every gift Nezha received INCLUDING food is used as decorations or other tools of practicality. Sun gifts Nezha cookies, they are turned into ornaments. Sun gifts Nezha bubble tea, the liquid becomes part of the god’s new lava lamps. Sun gifts Nezha a hotdog, it is transformed into a heating dog plushie, etc. Since Nezha hardly eats he has a lack of proper taste. One time eating a rice bowl MK made for him and declaring it good. Everyone else tried it only to realize the kid accidentally mixed sugar AND salt into the rice bowls. Nezha of course is not bothered because he literally has no taste and enjoys the rice bowl mainly for being warm and soft. More into temperature and texture than taste sadly…Pigsy, MK, Mei, & Red Son have made it their personal mission to teach the reluctant lotus prince on proper eating. 

If Nezha pushes himself too hard, or allows his divine energy reserve to go too low. He is forcibly reverted back to his child form in “energy saving mode”. He hates it whenever this happens because that means he will 101% end up as a victim of unwanted babysitting. Erlang, Taiyi Zhenren, the Ao Dragon Duo, and the LMK Crew always keep an eye out for these incidents…

Due to being chosen as the God of Children, he has four forms. His adult form is to exert his power and influence to the max, his teenage form is the middle ground between his all powerful form and his younger one, his child form is ultimately kept to connect with the little ones. Then there is his fourth form, the 

six-armed and three-headed monstrosity that has laid many great enemies to nothing but ashes. 

Has a weakness for flowers which is why spring is always his favorite season. He especially loves the warm-colored or white flowers. 

Secretly likes cute and cuddly things, owns a red panda plush named Chai.

After giving up evil, PIF reconciles with Nezha & Erlang thanks to encouragement from Red Son (with unwanted assistance from Mei & MK). 

Nezha possesses the dual elements of fire and wood. His weakness would be ice so he has resorted to “repercussive training”. As in fighting against ice masters and meditating in wintry environments to learn to endure and adapt to his elemental weakness. Eventually he becomes strong enough to melt ice attacks fast enough to convert into water that can be used to strengthen his wood element which boosts his fire element. It also helps that he takes inspiration from plants that survive during winter to increase the prowess of his wood element. Since his main source of power is the lotus, any nearby water sources including polluted sources can be used to aid his fighting ability. He also absorbs large amounts of chi after repercussive training to recover. 

Ao Bing was like the cool older friend to Nezha until the unfortunate incident where both parties ended up dead. After Ao Bing rejoined the living as a god, he sought to restore their lost friendship despite his father’s wishes. Nezha evaded him like the plague until he finally accepted his old friend’s forgiveness. (Becoming protective of the dragon prince in the process.) Longnu, Bing’s younger sister, even joins the two as close friends. (And maybe something more to Nezha if he gets over his skirmishes with romance lol.)

Nezha can tell when a female is bearing children or if any children are nearby. He also helps with child loss and guides deceased spirits of youth to the afterlife.

Since his body was created from the lotus, anytime his limbs managed to get cut off. He can regenerate them, the limbs can be used for medical or edible purposes….Sometimes he will cut off a limb to serve these purposes….Or prank someone that pissed him off like Muzha.

Jinzha has fabulous fashion sense and his favorite (unwilling) model is Nezha. His baby brother is just too CUTE not to doll up! Muzha likes to watch these sessions with a cup of matcha tea as he enjoys his bratty brother get wrangled into pretty outfits by Jinzha. 

Muzha and Nezha had millennia to reconcile. Both parties can confidently say they have no intent on murdering the other. Alas, they are still a bickering duo that Jinzha has to keep an eye on. 

Nezha babysat Red Son when the latter’s father was absent. Unfortunately, PIF cut him off after Red Son came of age. After Red Son helped them reconcile, the lotus prince and fire demon bull prince rediscovered their brotherly bond. 

NEZHA THEORIES

Nezha Theory 1: He’s the God of Victory, so what if he only pretends to be losing to trick the villains into thinking they are winning? With the bad guys off-guard, he blesses his companions with divine victory to ensure their success. He has been involved in the last three big confrontations. Gifting fire wheels to the Monkey Mech which leads to a victorious defeat of the LBD, sealing the Jade Emperor’s power to prevent immediate destruction, & convincing his Father to allow the MK Crew to take the Color Stones. Even if he himself doesn’t deliver victory, he always seems to GUARANTEE victory with his presence. 

SUS suspect = Jing-Ling

Did not show up during the battle against the Brotherhood despite possessing a pagoda powerful enough to trap Mystic Monkeys. He could have captured the Brotherhood while Nezha and his army distracted them.

Out of all the people that could have been made the Jade Emperor INCLUDING the Emperor’s own imminent family. Jing-Ling somehow snagged the crown despite all the other immortals potentially more worthy. Was it because his own son managed to contain the Jade Emperor’s power and thus it created a leeway for him to become top celestial god?

Jing-Ling became a god AFTER he supposedly resolved issues with Nezha. If he had not instigated most of the turning points that led to Nezha becoming a celestial god, he probably would not have become a god at all. Is it possible he is knowingly benefiting from having a son as a heavenly general, Third Lotus Prince, and God of Children?

He is quick to seize Nezha’s responsibility of guarding the Jade Emperor’s power, is attempting to control the entire situation with as little assistance or perspective outside his own as possible, is quick to make decisions without careful calculation, has not set out for the Five Color stones while instead relying on other questionable methods WHILE prohibiting anyone else from hunting for them either. Could gaining & maintaining control be a driving desire and factor of his psyche? Being Jade Emperor gives him more power AND control over his own son.

Nezha has been serving him faithfully, obediently, and loyally for almost forever. Yet it’s obvious he has yet to fully trust his son. A sign of his possible obsession with control, a deeper insecurity, paranoia over his son’s early years, an unwillingness to forgive & forget, or all four? It is also evident his style of parenting affects his son negatively. To the point where even Nezha’s old rival takes pity on him.