#crocodile buggy moria sure do

[bingus35]

A lot of people have pointed out this might be foreshadowing for future cross guild lineup. Seems like the theme here is “people with crushed dreams/people who grew stagnant rediscover their dreams once again”

Crocodile and Moria are classic examples for people with crushed dreams. Crocodile had somewhat rediscovered his dream in Marineford, but judging from the newest chapter he still hasn’t abandoned his old Utopia plan (lame)

Buggy gave up on his dream 20 years ago, and just now regained it and said it out loud while also calling Crocodile and Mihawk’s way of doing things lame (goated)

Mihawk is still unclear, but one clear thing is he used to be way more of a threat than he is now. Who was once called Marine hunter is now basically a perpetually bored grandpa who just wants to a quiet place to drink and sleep -> He grew stagnant

Doflamingo, despite being active in the underworld and keep saying shit about the new era, doesn’t really do anything to change it -> which is why Law rubbed it in his face with the “I broke the gear” speech

[moongothic]

I just

Where the fuck is the Cross Guild plotline going

Like Crocodile and Mihawk allowed Buggy to do his thing until now because getting rid of him wasn't nececary, but we've gotten to the point where Buggy has straight up riled up his men who are all behind him, not Crocodile and Mihawk, to go get One Piece, and while the two could easily wipe the floor with them, it just seems like it'd be a waste of everyone's time

I just can not imagine the two being at all willing to go along with Buggy on the quest for One Piece, not in a million years, since the other two's interests are literally the opposite, but with the way the men are riled up it's not like they'd be able to unconvince them to follow Crocodile instead

But also Buggy does have that ship ready

And didn't they imply the three remaining Seraphim have been sent to Empteebluffs???

What if the Seraphim do show up and it's up to the only two capable fighters in Cross Guild to deal with them and Buggy just flees with whatever crew he can muster while no one is looking because god knows it's his last chance???

But even if Crocodile and Mihawk abusing Buggy until he grew a spine was a required event to get Buggy to join the race for One Piece, it'd still be strange for Oda to make Cross Guild A Thing if it only gets disbanded soon after without anything else coming from it?? (Like if they get disbanded immidiately then why did they need to be established to begin with, if Crocodile and Mihawk have somewhere else to be/end up in some other situation then surely Oda could've skipped the Cross Guild-part)

So are Croco and Mihawk just going to go along with Buggy's plans because they can't be bothered to put up a fight (and if they're stuck on the ship with him and Buggy's crew it will be like two (three if you include Daz) against hundreds- again, the two could easily kill them all, but is it worth the effort???)

I just. Where the fuck is this plot thread going man

[count-alucard-tepes]

Heyy, could you do what would the op daddies social media profile pictures be?

Haha sure, I’ll do a description 😂

Kizaru ✨: it’s a photo of him at his desk while he’s doing paperwork, looking deep in thought. This was taken by his secretary.

Akainu🌋: he’s carrying his favorite plant in the photo and even gives a little smile.

Ryokugyu 🌱: it’s him butt naked with only his sunglasses and he’s surrounded by all his plants…very Adam and Eve inspired.

Fujitora 🐅: it’s of his favorite bowl of soba noodles.

Sir Crocodile 🐊: it’s a selfie of him and his bananawanis.

Doflamingo Donquixote 🦩: it’s a thirst trap of him in the mirror showing off his hot body.

Benn Beckman 🔫: it’s one of those dad selfies that are way too close to their face and he’s not smiling.

Katakuri Charlotte 🍡: it’s a side profile picture that was sneakily taken by one of his siblings.

Killer🔪: it’s a picture of him in an apron that says ‘kiss the killer’ while he’s cooking spaghetti.

Kaido🐉: it’s of him getting wasted.

King 👑 : it’s a photo of him without his mask while he reads a book.

Queen👑: it’s of him performing on stage looking cool af.

Izou🔫🔫: it’s a photo of him in his favorite kimono looking like a snack.

Dragon D Monkey 🐉🐒: it’s a picture of him when he was younger.

Oven Charlotte 🍞: it’s of him baking a loaf of bread.

Buggy🤡: it’s a picture of him with his hair down and looking sexy af.

Marco the Phoenix 🦅: it’s of him just chilling on an island with a drink in his hand.

Eustass Kidd🤘🎸: it’s a photo of him making a machine with his devil fruit abilities.

Rosinantè Donquixote aka Cora-San💕: it’s a selfie of him and Law.

Who’s-Who ❤️‍🔥👹: it’s a thirst trap picture of him biting his lip in the mirror and showing his sexy body.

Gecko Moria🦇: it’s a picture of him from 20 years ago when he was hot af.

Iceburg💜: it’s of him drawing a new ship, looking thoughtful but sexy.

Gild Tesoro⚜️🏅: it’s him looking out at his ship, looking all regal and shit.

Rob Lucci🐆: it’s him in his leopard form.

Karasu🐦‍⬛: it’s his wanted poster picture.

Koby🦸💘: it’s a selfie of him and Luffy.

Douglas Bullet🚅: it’s a picture of him at the gym in the mirror while he’s flexing his muscles.

[the-obnoxious-sibling]

do u think there is a possibility more characters will join up with cross guild? im manifesting the current amazon lily residents because it feeds into my remaining roger pirates reunion wish (and would also be a way for the narrative to force both Crocodile and Mihawk to be more civil to Buggy without either of them having to grow fond or tolerant of him. they just can't beat him up anymore cause his super strong pirate dad is here). Also Boa and Buggy together would be hilarious.

hmm. i don't know, i honestly hadn't thought about it! that group seems pretty crowded with strong personalities as it stands, adding more could make things kinda messy.

it would be funny if cross guild ended up collecting all of the former warlords who aren't, yknow. in jail, or already aligned with other factions, or what have you. and there's a simple enough way to pull one of them in: perona! if she manages to get moria away from blackbeard's island alive, i don't think either of them are gonna be in great shape, and who else would she go to for help but her old roommate?

the amazons, though… i don't know. buggy's crew is something like 90% male ex-felons, and the one woman we definitely know about (alvida) is very protective of her position as Most Beautiful Woman You've Ever Met. i don't think anyone comes out of an attempted union of these groups happy.

(except maybe rayleigh, since he gets to see buggy and is probably not super concerned about petty personality clashes after the life he's lived.)

…however.

if it's not a willing union, but more of the "needs must" chaos that's driven cross guild so far… i think that could be very, very funny. especially hancock and buggy! because one, yes, that's a man, grr argh; two, i would be very surprised if her petrification powers did anything to him; three, her second favorite man on the planet raised him! surely that counts for something!

& while i would love a roger pirates reunion at cross guild or literally anywhere, oda p l e a s e, i can't decide whether i think buggy would actually want rayleigh interfering on his behalf.

on one hand: i have my pride, damn it! 😤 i'm forty fucking years old, i can take care of myself! 😤

on the other: …no i can't 🥺 please make the mean boys stop hurting me mr rayleigh 🥺

i flip-flop on this, and tbh i think so would buggy.

[fipindustries]

huh, now that i think about it, one piece villains tend to get away with it scott free. like their plans get frustrated sure but they end up otherwise still free and trucking.

buggy and his crew escaped and he is a sea emperor

kuro escaped, we never saw him again, django joined the navy

all of baroque works, including mr crocodile is free and thriving

foxy is still sailing around

enel achieved his goal and is on the moon, seems his leutentant also escaped

all cypher pol 9 escaped and formed cypher pol 0, spandam survived and is presumably still in a position in the navy

gecko moria is still a pirate doing his own thing

magellan and his crew seem to still be in charge of impel down

most of the navy admirals are still in the navy or went their own way

black beard is a sea emperor, his crew is growing more powerful

caesar clown allied with germa 66

all germa 66 is still thriving

when you think about it the only villains who seemed to be put away for good are don krieg, arlong, moria's leutenants, hody, doflamingo and MAYBE big mom and kaido, although some speculate those actually survived.

[goingbuggy]

Thank you for answering my “how much did it impact mihawk” question. I kinda felt similar but wasn’t sure how to say it and you did so perfectly. I just never read mihawk as someone who would hide or be unable to understand his emotions/feelings? For me he always felt straight forward, not ambiguous. He has mystery around him with his past, but I think maybe it can easily be confused with him having the same mystery in his personality. I don’t know, it’s mine reading of this character, definitely bored and not hiding it. The same I don’t find confusing why he left marineford and didn’t fight shanks? I heard many theories, but I genuinely think it’s exactly the reason he said. Not part of the deal. I like him for being this blunt tbh, it could be easy to just make him speak in riddles but he’s not? Does that make sense? You would expect this type of character to have hidden motives or something going on but he seems too open about what he think for that?

I also wonder how his story in cross guild is going to end. For years everyone were expecting mihawk to either join RHP or be the past RHP swordsman, so that was unexpected to a lot of people. I do find it interesting how we saw entire cross guild in the execution, did it mean anything or just “oh it’s them bye” moment? Doflamingo I think was also there and people do think he will join cross guild, so it could be symbolic. I really don’t see another reason for mihawk to be in cross guild other than to get him to fight Zoro at the end but hey, maybe you have different ideas? Past rivalry with shanks seems to be a stretch rather than a reason, whatever you consider them true friends (not sure about that ) or still rivals (also not sure). I’m actually not really sure about this whole relationship there and whatever that rivalry meant in grand scheme of one piece things? Maybe just to make shanks seem cool idk. I have no idea why people are still so hang up on whoever is stronger, since we don’t see it going anywhere? But maybe you do and see the reason. First of all we would still need mihawk backstory which some parts got revealed in SBS so a lot of people got scared he will not be fully fleshed out.

Well it gotten long. Your thoughts just always make me think even more. Sorry for bothering you!

Not bothering me at all! Thanks for sharing. I agree 100%; Mihawk is reserved, sure -- he has his rocky past, things he keeps to himself -- but he's not the type of character to necessarily hide or lie. He just has trust issues.

About where Cross Guild is going: I think it would be so fun if Doflamingo or even Moria joined the fray, whether as members or just those with ties to the Cross Guild. Oda did tease Crocodile and Doflamingo's shared past and Doflamingo's desire to team up with him during Marineford, but I'm not sure if he would do that now knowing Buggy is the figurehead of the organization. In general, though, I think Oda's main intention with Cross Guild being at Roger's execution is to show how monumental of a moment in time it was. Many prominent characters in the story were present, too (Dragon, Shanks, Smoker, Doflamingo) -- not just them. It's a cool way to tease Cross Guild's future role, but I don't think the panels are there just for us to go, "Hey, look, those people I recognize!" Roger's execution was a world-changing event that set forth the journeys of all these characters, Luffy included, and having them present for it makes that feel real.

As for why Mihawk is still in Cross Guild... well, because he chose to be. Crocodile's plans spiraled out of control due to Buggy's influence, but Cross Guild was always intended to be a joint-endeavor between them both. I don't think Mihawk explicitly wants a "utopia" and a "strong military state," but the establishment of those things would provide him with the quiet, peaceful life he's always wanted.

And finally, your point about Mihawk and Shanks' rivalry. Honestly, I just think Oda is the kind of writer who likes multi-purpose exposition. He doesn't want to tell you information -- he wants to show it, in interesting ways which further build his world and interconnect the characters within it. Their rivalry is a perfect example. Through this moment and Mihawk's fight with Zoro, Oda organically shows us that Mihawk is an extremely powerful character looking for someone worthy of fighting him, and that he has ties to many other powerful forces in-universe. Not only that, it kicks off this recurring idea that Shanks follows Luffy's journey from a distance, only intervening where he sees fit. It also leaves the door open, adds intrigue -- will they fight again? If so, why? As you mentioned, though, people are hung up on who is stronger instead, which was certainly not his intention.

I mean, look at Oda's response to those sorts of questions. He doesn't care. He will troll you just for asking.

I don't think Oda is going to sideline Mihawk -- but then again, Law got an entire arc for his backstory, while Kidd's was relegated to an SBS response (although my fingers are crossed for Elbaf). Crocodile's backstory also really isn't at the forefront yet, but Oda exploring those two together would make a lot of sense, considering they're both disillusioned, cynical men with trust issues. Either way, Mihawk still has more to do.

[ask-the-shichibukai]

Ask Blog Rules

This list could change in the future, but the main rules are:

You can ask whatever you want to Crocodile, Mihawk, Boa Hancock, Doflamingo, Jimbei, Kuma, Moria (+ Buggy and Perona as guest stars): separately or together. Refrain from insulting or saying nasty things.

OPLA and Manga/Anime situations

There will be AUs and good prompts will be included in the series.

There will be cameos of other characters (I'm not sure about who yet, it'll depend on your questions and my whims)

No questions about s/o, x reader ecc ... But ships between existing characters are welcome in the questions.

This is an ask blog, not an imagine blog. Still, Crocodile said he will be gracious enough to share his headcanons with you (he's a gossip and thinks he's subtle about it while Mihawk snorts in the background).

Any infraction of these rules will make Buggy cry, so think about the person you want to be before doing it.

Mihawk would like to point out that he doesn't give a fuck about the clown's crying but then realized that the noise would be annoying, so now there could be a chat with Yoru involved for the culprits.

Now the main verses:

The Manga-verse

The Opla-verse (Mihawk and Buggy, mainly, because we weren't blessed with the one and only Crocodile nor the other Warlords yet)

the Perona-discovers-Crossguild-and-wants-to-embarass-her-second-father-figure verse

The Awkward truths are still truths Corner

There could be other verses but I don't know yet

English is not my first language, so I apologize in advance for my mistakes because I know that Sir Crocodile does not condone mistakes in his blog.

[chromatic-lamina]

shichibukai and double dealing dogs

I posted this earlier today:

Was wondering how much Law’s decision to become a shichibukai was influenced by seeing Boa Hancock well and truly make the system work for her. Of course he would have been aware of Doflamingo and co, but he was up close and personal with her. Will post a panel later that kinda kicked this thought into being.

and decided to make a whole new meta-post cos’ of time and effort and it got away from me. 

SO

Hancock sails right up beside the Polar Tang when it surfaces after having turned a bunch of marines into stone and having commandeered their warship.

Although Law is not fazed (Bepo might be another matter), the ship completely overshadows the sub, and the cannons are clearly on view. It’s a ballsy move for anyone, but one for which Hancock faces no consequences (unrevealed events after the Reverie/Levely aside), and not just because she’s beautiful.

Just to reinforce what she’s sailing, and more so, who she’s stolen it from (and from right under their noses) there’s this panel below where Ivankov first appears.

I kept the whole page just to show the sheer size of the ship, and Hancock’s words at the end about what type of vessel they’re sailing. Ivankov is 4.49 metres tall (14′8″).

And as seen in the panel below (and the one before it, not on display), it’s Hancock who gets the Polar Tang across the Calm Belt, and with a pirate ship in that case.

Like, maybe before this encounter, all that Law thought when he heard the word ‘shichibukai’ was this kind of bullshit:

Law and his crew are sitting right at the back of the Human Auctioning House, with a clear view of Doflamingo’s Jolly Rogers.

Seeing how Hancock used the role to also break the law—but in order to

help rather than harm (unlike the Human Auctioning House)—and to gain access to places that others usually couldn’t (Punk Hazard, anyone?), I could see Law taking stock and realising that the shichibukai role had possibilities beyond personal gain and inflicting misery.

 Even so, he’d be aware that many would view him as

a government dog.

Of course this dude, ex-shichibukai, was also on board (panel below):

So Law’s obviously aware that not all of them are arseholes (although, Jinbei becoming a warlord was why Arlong was released), and he’s also seen firsthand what the government does to warlords who won’t play their game when it comes down to the line.

Law’s a smart man. I’m sure he’d know about and weigh up the actions and words (and read between the lines) of all the shichibukai, but maybe Hancock’s actions did spur him on a bit. 

Like, she’s not altruistic that we’ve seen. She’s offering shelter because she’s smitten with Luffy. But she doesn’t have any love loss for the World Government, and it doesn’t seem that she’s obviously exploitative and oppressive in the ways that Moria, Doflamingo and Crocodile were/are. Same goes for Jinbei and what we’ve seen of Mihawk.

Luffy obviously wins for having encountered the most warlords or ex-warlords, but Law’s running a close second, even though the Kuma he encountered was an actual pacifista, I’ll include it, because it indicates his views and experiences of warlords (I guess Buggy was a pre-warlord).

So did Law feel he was following this guy’s footsteps/wishes

when he became a doctor AND a pirate AND a government dog? Rosi only wanted him to be a doctor, but he occupied and manipulated two worlds.

 Or maybe this guy below was Law’s role model for seeing the opportunities in shades of grey

Though Vergo only really wanted Law dead. But why not be a brown-noser, double-crosser, sycophant if everyone else is doing it for their own gain (or the gain of an institution, like the navy or the Family).

Or is the role model this guy?

Doflamingo’s pretty keen on him becoming a pirate, and Law becoming one and then gaining a shichibukai position must have appeared to Doflamingo as if Law was emulating him left, right and nicely off-centre. 

The Heart seat was still open for him at this stage of canon (and also the chance for Law to perform the eternal youth operation).

Doing the right thing and believing the nice words doesn’t always get you what you want after all.

[drheartstealer]

Chart from Which Anime Boy Would I Sleep With?

Which Seven Warlords Would I sleep with?

Let’s start with the Seven Warlords of the Sea. Which Shichibukai would I, personally, like to fuck, and are they top or bottom?

Dracule Mihawk

He looks pretty clean, he has a unique style and very distinguished facial features, as well as nice abs. Strongest swordsman or not, I would fuck him. That’s a solid yes. He looks like he’d be a top, so he’s going in that quadrant.

Bartholomeo Kuma

He’s not really my type. I’d theoretically fuck him, if say he wanted me to thank him for what he’s done for the Straw Hats and I didn’t know how else to repay him. I like how dedicated he is when it comes to protecting the Straw Hats, so sure, why not. I don’t know if he’d be a top or a bottom, though.

Boa Hancock

Given her track record of turning men into stone, I’m a bit hesitant to even look at her. Plus, the only person she’d like to fuck is probably Luffy. I’m going to go with No, Would Not Like To Fuck. She definitely tops, though.

Edward Weevil

I have no idea who this is. He’s listed in the wiki, so I put him in. Based on looks, I definitely would not want to fuck him. And since I know nothing about him, I don’t know if he’d be top or bottom.

Sir Crocodile

He doesn’t look that great, but he’s got this roguish charm to him. He looks like a mafia boss. There’s probably some kind of obscure kink for that. Would I fuck him? Hell, yeah, he’s got the kind of personality I’m attracted to, and he’s strong and powerful, which makes him sexy. He’s definitely a top, too. 

Gecko Moria

Imagine being around zombies all day long. Imagine the smell. Look at him, he’s one gigantic onion. I would not like to fuck him. And for some reason, he strikes me as the type who “tops” from the bottom.

Trafalgar Law

Dude. Would I fuck my second favourite character? You betcha! He’s one pretty looking lad, he’s got the sexy, sexy brains, and he’s got some serious backbone to stand up to Doflamingo and then go through with defeating Kaido. There’s absolutely no reason not to fuck him. He’s probably somewhat of a top, though I can see him power bottoming, too. I’m going to go with top, but just a bit.

Donquixote Doflamingo

Right now he’s my favourite character. He just does things to me, and by things I mean makes me horny af. He’s smart as hell, enough to figure out quickly what Law’s plans are, and he’s probably even more cunning than Law. He’s got the abs of gods, and he looks like he can do a lot of things with his hands and tongue. And he’s blond, like a Greek god. I would hop on his dick at lightning speed. And there’s not a shred of bottom in him. He’s such a top that he would be off the charts.

Jinbei

He’s a good man, so I would probably fuck him based off his personality, but his looks really aren’t my type. Plus he doesn’t really seem like a sexy kind of guy to me. I’m going to put him right there for his personality, and he seems like a top.

Marshall D. Teach

Okay, I hold a grudge to him for capturing Ace. And he looks... bad. Like he hasn’t showered for days. No, I won’t fuck him. For some reason, he looks like a bottom.

I forgot Buggy!

He’d probably go in the middle in between Jinbei and Kuma. Without his clown makeup, I would fuck him, but not as desperately as some of the hotter characters on here. I’m not really into clowns, but he’s more fuckable than Jinbei, so. He seems like a switch!

[ghosts-and-swords]

Before Romance Dawn

Mihawk has a crew but has been keeping away from them for more than a decade to hide them from the government's radar. 

Each crewmate had their own coffin boat they used for stealthy attacks.

He met Shanks some time before Roger's execution, but their friendly banters began almost right afterwards. Mihawk's goal had always been to become the strongest swordsman in the world, and Shanks became aware of how weak he was when his captain was executed, so he promised himself to become the very best as well.

At some point, the two of them were considered part of the “Supernovas” of their generation. (I compare them to Luffy and Law to some degree).

Shanks does know and is friendly with Mihawk's crew, just as the swordsman is with the Red Hair Pirates. He keeps their secret and supports Mihawk's play pretend to make everyone believe he's a one-man-crew.

Sometime before Shanks stayed for a year at Dawn Island and lost his arm, their fights became so stupidly dangerous their crews helped the locals evacuate the area for safety.

Eventually they both grew desperate there wasn't a clear winner and they decided to call it a truce, only to fight on a daily basis over the dumbest things.

Over the course of a single year, they had dance-offs, sing-offs, food wars, eating competitions and many many other dumb stuff Mihawk would rather not talk about ever again.

Shanks, on the other hand, won’t shut up about them.

Hawks is a very good cook and a terrific dancer because of that, tho.

Mihawk accepted the title as Shichibukai ten years ago, only because he was bored. Shanks had already lost his arm and mostly no one was able to stand against him in battle, so he took the position to be left alone.

The reason his crew managed to stay off the radar was because Mihawk alone became really famous thanks to his rivalry with Shanks. Though the crew was feared, most people never knew their captain was none other than Hawk Eye Mihawk. When they vanished from sight, most people believed they had been either captured or killed.

Before the timeskip

Mihawk is Shanks' son goth-father (lol. And yes, you know what child I'm talking about you cannot take that headcanon away from me). If Mihawk ever got a child, he'd pick Shanks as their godfather too.

He hasn't considered parenthood as a viable option, but if he did, he'd rather have a daughter (*coughcoughcough*).

His attendance ratio to meetings with the government is below 40%. He only attends when absolutely necessary mostly because he doesn't want to lose his privilege of being left alone.

He's not friendly with the other Warlords, specially Doflamingo, Crocodile and Moria, knowing of the abuse they make of their positions.

Mihawk was ok with Kuma, though he's often tired of his religious preaching. He knew of his alliance with the Revolutionaries before turning into a Pacifista, but doesn’t dwell on it. He’s kinda bitter he sent him Zoro and Perona, though, even if he grew to like the two of them.

He'd never met Hancock before Marineford, but had heard many things about the Snake Princess that made him want to fight against her at some point.

He was actually friendly towards Jinbei until he got imprisoned at Impel Down, but he always believed he was kinda foolish for risking too much in defying Big Mom and joining Luffy’s crew.

Law seemed a promising warlord and another interesting rival swordsman, but it was more than obvious he was just using the government as a stepping stone. He wishes he could also fight him at some point.

He doesn’t have Blackbeard in good regards for his underhanded methods. He didn’t like him because of his beef with Shanks, and he likes him even less afterwards what happened in Marineford. He’s intrigued by his Devil Fruits’ powers, but doesn’t wish to fight against him.

Mihawk knows Buggy is Shanks' friend but cannot believe he was appointed as a Shichibukai. He'd fought against him briefly at Marineford and he thinks Buggy is just one very, very lucky idiot with a bothersome Devil Fruit.

The moment Weevil was appointed as a warlord, Mihawk knew the government no longer needed them. 

Living with Zoro & Perona Pt. 1

Mihawk felt he had lost a spark until he met Zoro. When they clashed in East Blue, he took a liking to the young swordsman because he greatly reminded him of himself when he was younger.

We joke a lot about Mihawk’s chronic depression, but I hc that he actually suffers from it. He has a strict training regime and often follows a tight schedule and diet to keep it at bay. 

If he feels like his depression is hitting him hard, he stops drinking for a while. He doesn’t take medication.

It was getting really bad until Zoro defied him and later on he and Perona crashed into his home. Ever since the three of them had been living together, he has felt his depressive episodes are shorter and not as hard to overcome.

He has never told anyone about this, though he is sure Shanks and his former crewmates know.

At first he was really annoyed Kuma had sent him two children to take care, but as time went by, he began to enjoy their company a lot. Zoro was a good practice partner and Perona had similar tastes in decor, books and fashion.

He still thinks they are annoying, mostly when they fight, but he gets them to shut up real fast.

Mihawk kills bugs around the castle for Perona, after too much nagging.

He forbid Zoro from drinking while mastering haki because he knows that’s what works for him when he needs to focus.

You’d never hear him say it out loud, but he’s quite attached to the humandrills. When they became a bit more amicable, he’d usually talk to them and pat them.

Contrary to what Perona and Zoro initialy thought, Mihawk is a dog person. He doesn’t dislike cats, but he freaking loves dogs. 

He would never want to have one, since he believes he’d not be able to take care of another living being.

Perona considered giving him one, but decided it was better not to piss him off or she’d end up taking care of the pup.

In some timeline in which they keep living together (andmarryandhaveadaughter) they do adopt a dog and call him Cerberus. Mihawk likes crafting armor for him.

Mihawk is good at remembering important dates and very good at giving gifts. He once gave Zoro a silver flask and Perona a very beautiful sundress. In return, they try to give him cool gifts for his birthday, but they never manage to win against him lol

Mihawk pretends he doesn’t know where a certain cocoa tree came from. Perona knows.

TBC Other Headcanons 1 | 2 | 3 

[u-iona]

After seeing the last episode on the YouTube channel GrandLineReview, I wanted to comment about a thing I hate about One Piece, but it was too long (as all my writtings tend to be), so I’m posting it here.

I apologise for all gramatical mistakes that will inevitabely appear.

I hate how female characters either don’t appear as much as males or are left as background characters while the males duke it out.

Marines: I can remember about three female characters from the top of my head (Tashigi, Tsuru and Hina) and even though there are more (Tsuru’s crew) there is nowhere near enough to counter the males. Additionally, we know of two former Fleet Admirals (Sengoku and Kong), one current (Sakazuki), and five Admirals (Akainu [former], Aokiji [former], Kizaru, Fujitora and Ryokugyu). Notice a trend? All males.

Cipher Pol: While writting about the Marines, I thought that maybe the reason for the lack of females was that the society at large expected women to not fight and simply take care of the house. With that being the case, it would make sense for Marines to promote the idea, since it would fit with the world at large. It would also make sense for the lack of female characters in CP1-8, since those are known to public (maybe even CP0, since they work mainly for the World Nobles and need to keep up the appearances). But it would not explain CP9, which is an allegedly assassination organisation unknown to the world. In that case a female would be more inconspicuous and thus better at assassination. So, either my idea is wrong and the Marines and CP0-8 have no real explanation for their lack of females or CP9 has no good explanation for only having Kalifa out of at least 8 known characters.

Pirates: Even if theory of misogyny mentioned above is true, pirates, who rebel against the World Government should have a better track record.

Shichibukai (including former, but not Blackbeard, since he’ll be a bit down with the Yonko): Admitedly, Shichibukai work for the World Government, but they’re more of independant contractors than actual employees. So, from all the know Shichibukai Mihawk, Kuma and Weevil get a pass, since they don’t have a crew. Boa Hancock gets one as well, since she does have an all female crew, but her whole crew (present, past and future, since Kija Pirates just seem to pass from generation to generation) is made of Kuja women only and doesn’t seem inclined to recruit out of her island. Which kind of makes sense, but is also discriminatory of every non-Kuja woman. Now to the rest. Crocodile had a bounty hunter organisation that employed both males and females, most notably current Straw Hat Nico Robin, who, once they got up high enough on the ladder worked in male-female duos. That sounds good, but (while I am not going to go back to manga/anime) I remember that, when explaining the structure of Baroque Works to Straw Hats, Vivi said that the number agents are the strongest men in the organisation, who then get a female partner with complementary skill set. Enough said. Next, Moria. But, there’s not much to say, since he basically had 3 living crew members and with that number it’s either man-man-woman or man-woman-woman, so it’s good enough that he didn’t have three men. Jinbei and honestly Fisher Tiger (who I still love and cry when I see him die) did a terrible job at gender equality, since there are no fishwomen or mermaids on the crew of Sun Pirates (there’s Praline, but she’s Aladins wife and joins during time-skip as a part of alliance with Big Mom, so I’m not really counting her). And we have no evidence that fishwomen or mermaids would be any worse at fighting than mermen or fishmen. Trafalgar Law does a bit better, but with one woman out of 20 crew members it’s still not much. Buggy (a guy I totally forgot was a part of this group, sorry Buggy fans) has a huge crew, but out of the well known ones, I’m pretty sure that only Alvida is female, but I cannot be certain that he doesn’t have more. And lastly, Doflamingo. Here I only count the Donquixote Family, since counting every minion would take too long. Out of his Elite Officers (the guys that stood for heart, club, diamond and spade) there were five (Roscinante and Vergo both standing for heart) and all male. Each of them could have subordinates which were: Giolla, Sugar, Violet, Lao G, Senor Pink, Dellinger, Machvise, Gladius, Buffalo, Baby 5. Then there was Monet, who was part of the family, but neither as an elite officer or an official subordinate of one. In total, out of 16 there are 5 females. Like with Moria, it is roughly one third, but better than some other and Doflamingo could have had more females. My main concern nere were the Elite Officers, but they were in general much harder to defeat than the other. Those that jump out would be Sugar (as being hard to defeat, but we need to take into consideration that she was being actively protected by Trebol), Vergo (being easier to defeat than other Elite Officers [in my oppinion], but that took Laws genuinly OP Devil Fruit] and Roscinante (since he didn’t seem to do much and his Devil Fruit was kind of useless, so he either had hidden skill we didn’t see or nepotism).

Yonko: Since this is much lower on the list, I actually thought through the order of writting (from most women inclusive to least) and am not winging it like the rest. Firstly, Big Mom (Charlotte Linlin). She is a female and her crew is greatly inclusive to both genders and all races (species?), though the higher ups (Sweet Commanders, Ministers) seem to be ONLY her children. That means that unless a blood relative of hers a character has little to no chance of mattering. But that could be due to both her and her children, in general, being stronger than at least humans, as well as most of her crew being made up of Homies (if I remember correctly). Out of her three (formerly four) Sweet Commanders one, Smoothie, is female and, while she is weaker than Katakuri (like most of her family), her bounty is higher than Crackers, so she presents a bigger threat according to the World Government. Taking her and Crackers Devil Fruits into consideration, it is likely that Smoothie is more powerful than Cracker (without Devil Fruit), since Cracker can use his whenever he feels like but Smoothie seems to need to get close up, making her fruit harder to use against many enemies at once and thus needing to rely on other abilities. Like Big Mom, Kaido does employ many females, but not as much where it counts. For me, the characters from the Beast Pirates that I remember are Kaido, the All Stars and the Tobiroppo and from those 9, 2 are female (only Ulti and Black Maria). Not to say that those two aren’t awsome, I love both, especially Ulti, but I don’t think that it’s enough. On top of that, the All Stars (which are basically the Beast Pirates version of the Sweet Comanders) are all male, so not even the one third. Then we get onto Blackbeard, from who’s crew we know only the 10 Titanic Captains, where only one (Catarina Devon) is female. That could certainly be better and I will not comment much further, since the 10 Captains themselves show that Blackbeard has a gigant crew, most of who we don’t know, but having a few more females there would be better, since any Blackbeard female shown from now on will most likely be weaker than any of the captains. Next is Whitebeard, whose crew I genuinely hate. I honestly think that Whitebeard is cool and I support the idea of blood not making a family, but any and all females on his crew are nurses. No fighters, let alone a female being one of the 16 Divison Commanders (I checked and Haruta is male. I also heard some people mention Whity Bay, but she’s an ally and a captain of her own crew, not a Whitebeard pirate). So, while there are females, it showes them as damsels in distres rather than foghters. Nothing more to say. Lastly, the worst offender, Shanks. No females. That’s it. There is not a single female character that would be a known member of the Red Haired pirates, not even as a nurse. Grantes, we still don’t know much about Shanks or the Red Haired pirates, but we’ve seen them at Marinefort and I think that if at least one female from the crew was an important fighter, she would be there. So, there could be some, but either not strong or not a fighter at all.

Straw Hats: Let’s be honest, we all love Straw Hats, but they’ve got problems. There are females, but it’s still only two out of then, neither of the two is part of the three strongest (until the time skip Nami was actually seen as one of the weaker members and before Alabasta she didn’t even fight) and even their fighting styles show a problem. This is something I wanted to also point out (before this rant became longer than some of my essays [and I didn’t even research here, just checked to make sure some of the things I wrote were actually true and to check the names]), but another thing I don’t like is how even when female characters are shown, they are not fighters, not GOOD fighters (or in general tend to be weaker than men) or are long distance fighters. Nami and Robin are a great mple of the last. Both of them attack from a distance, which makes sense with their weapon/Devil Fruit, but all the other Straw Hats (excluding Usopp) fight at close or mid distance. That makes the Straw Hats balances, but it doesn’t make sense that neither of them are close combat (at least statistically), especially since Nami DIDN’T FIGHT until Alabasta (and even there her combat with Miss Doublefinger was pretty close range) so her fighting style could have been thought of for a long time. And Robin DOES have some close ranged attacks (shown in Alabasta and Skypiea arcs) but just doesn’t use them (especially post time-skip). And that’s not even talking about Haki. Logicaly speaking, it would make all sense in the world for Robin to have at least Arnament, since it would give her already OP (if used correctly) Devil Fruit a way to more effectively attack other Devil Fruit users and even normal enemies (since Arnament also seems to make attacks stronger, not only allow Devil Fruit users to be hurt) and, unlike basicaly all the other Straw Hats, who didn’t learn Haki during the time-skip, Robin was surrounded by people who knew Haki and could have taught her.

Thank you, for reading my rant. I hope you enjoyed. Additionally, I suck at tagging, so please let me know, if you can think of any.

[moongothic]

The more I think about it, the more fucking sus the exclusion of Crocodile in the "Luffy is Dragon's son" scene becomes in my mind

Because like. No look at it, look a the double-page spread again

(Chapter 558)

Now keep in mind, this is the entire scene, these are all the reactions we get to the revelation. Next page we're moving on to the next scene, and we don't come back to this subject aside from Akainu being like "grrrr Dragon's son >(" (but he already knew appearently)

And like, really, look at whose reactions to the news we get to see

There's Koby, Helmeppo and Garp reacting to the news being revealed to the whole world (makes sense; these are familiar characters to us and their reaction to this huge revelation going public is fair to show)

Smoker (makes sense; he must've been confused about what happened at Loguetown, so his reaction is interesting)

Random ass marines and Sabaody's news reporters (makes sense for plot reasons)

Random ass Whitebeard pirates ?????????

Buggy The Fucking Clown (arguably makes sense; Buggy has """hanged out""" with Luffy, so it is an interesting, shocking revelation to him too)

All of the original Shichibukai except Crocodile

And even with the Shichibukai, there's like. Levels of interest here. Like Kuma is interesting because we already knew that he knew Luffy was Dragon's son, and after what he did at Thriller Bark and Sabaody, and for the incoming "Kuma is Dead"-revelation, showing his non-reaction is interesting. Doflamingo has the most thoughtful reaction as he's putting things together out loud, Jinbei may not be adding much but he's taking the news in anyways, and Hancock's reaction is a wonderful reflection of her character. Moria and Mihawk have nothing to really add here, but they sure are there, reacting anyways.

But indeed. Considdering Oda went out of his fucking way to include all the other six of the OG Shichibukai, so the fact that he left Crocodile out and instead gave those Marines, Coby and Helmeppo such massive panels, AND preferred to include Buggy and Random Whitebeard Pirates over Sir Fucking Crocodile feels incredibly suspicious man

And just to re-iterate, although we have nothing to confirm Crocodile would personally have known/met Dragon at any point in his life, again, between: 1) Dragon being The Most Famous Criminal In The Whole World That Every Fucking One Knows About, and 2) Crocodile having Beef with one of the Revolutionary Army's Founding Members (in other words; if he knew one high ranking Rev Army Member, it is entirely plausible he could know more). Yeah, Crocodile should at least fucking KNOW who Dragon is, like that name should ring a fucking bell. And surely, finding out the little brat who beat his ass turned out to be that Dragon's son would be an interesting revelation, even to Sir "I don't give a fuck" Crocodile

And yet we don't get to see his reaction

And yeah, to be fair, we don't get to see the reactions from any of Whitebeard's other crew members either. But also, those crew members don't really know or care about Luffy, and neither do we the readers particularly care about them at this point in the story. Like sure seeing Marco's reaction over the smaller pirates would've been more interesting, but again, the relationship between us readers and Marco, as well as Marco and Luffy would not be much different if switched out for the random pirates. If anything, the random pirates are more probably there to counter balance the random marines

But then there's also the fact that we don't get to see Whitebeard's reaction either. Which also feels a tiny bit sus considdering how he just had a big ol' conversation with Luffy just moments before. And considdering how important of a character he would become in this arc, not including Whitebeard's reaction does feel a little odd.

But then I have to remind us all; Crocodile came to Marineford because he wanted to fight Whitebeard. With Luffy out of the way, he could be at this point trying to resume his attack on Whitebeard if he wanted to. And he does seem to do that at some point (after getting pushed off Moby Dick off-screen). But what is he doing, at this moment, when the revelation is happening? 'Cause, as you might notice, the Big Reveal Panel is cut off perfectly so even Whitebeard's partially cut off, and last we saw Croc he was behind Whitebeard Like for all we know Crocodile could've been in the middle of flinging himself at Whitebeard again, or in the middle of a spar with some of Whitebeard's commanders, or in a yelling match with Whitebeard

We're not allowed to see either of the two men, not what they were in the middle of doing, and not what they thought about the news. Despite how important the characters would become, despite how arguably either's opinion on the news could have been more insightful than like. What Moria had to say with his "!!!"

IDK man this shit is so sus

[count-alucard-tepes]

Op hotties get a sudden call from this estranged S/O…😅

S/O: “I’m pregnant and you’re the father…”

Kizaru ✨: he is surprised by the whole situation but he is civil about it and doesn’t question his S/O. He asks them how they feel and when he could come over to see them so they could talk more about it in person. He definitely would be involved now that he knows he has a child on the way.

Akainu🌋: he immediately takes time off to go and see his S/O, he tried to tell them to come to him…but they’re stubborn. He wants to know how his S/O and their baby is doing.

Ryokugyu 🌱:

Fujitora 🐅: he is relived to hear from them and even happier to hear that they would now have a child. He immediately wants to be with them.

Sir Crocodile 🐊: he’s like ‘look what the cat dragged in…and are you sure it’s mine…’. He’s gonna be an ass about it and get a paternity test because he doesn’t trust anyone really. Once he knows the baby is his, he makes sure his S/O gets whatever they need but he’s not gonna be the supportive partner…however, he’d be the best dad ever.

Doflamingo Donquixote 🦩: he doesn’t question his S/O at all and asks them to come back to him. I mean no one is gonna openly lie to Doffy about something serious like this. He cannot wait to be a dad.

Benn Beckman 🔫: it’s a lot for him to take in at first but he immediately sets off to see his S/O so they can talk in person and he can be there for them. It takes him some time to accept that he’s gonna be a dad.

Katakuri Charlotte 🍡: he’s beyond excited but he contains himself and asks them to come home soon so that they could reunite.

Killer🔪: he choked up the moment he heard their voice and the mention of a baby made him even more excited. He always wanted to be a dad.

Kaido🐉: he’s the happiest he’s been in days and demands that they come home immediately. He wants to pamper them and love on them.

King 👑 : he is shocked by the news and only says, “…I’m on my way, angel”. He just wants to be with them and rekindle the love they’ve had. He’s excited to be dad.

Queen👑: he cannot stop crying because all his freedom is gone, he knows he needs to be there for them though.

Izou🔫🔫: he’s concerned about where they are and wants to be with them, he needs to know they’re okay. He’s beyond excited to have a baby with them.

Dragon D Monkey 🐉🐒:

Oven Charlotte 🍞: he’s so happy and demands that they come home so that they can be a family.

Buggy🤡: he’s literally is crying happy and concerned tears, he doesn’t know how to keep it together and begs his S/O to come back to him.

Marco the Phoenix 🦅: he’s beyond excited and immediately sets out to find them. He cannot believe he’s going to be a dad.

Eustass Kidd🤘🎸: the responsibility of it all slaps him in the face and he goes silent for the first time ever. It takes him a few days before he can contact his S/O to say he wants to be involved in his kid’s life.

Rosinantè Donquixote aka Cora-San💕: he literally is crying the moment he hears their voice and wants to know where they are so he can come and see them. He is so happy that he’s gonna be a dad.

Who’s-Who ❤️‍🔥👹: he’s arrogant at first but he knows his S/O isn’t lying to him and makes his way to see them and talk about what they plan next for them and the baby.

Gecko Moria🦇: he’s taken back by it all but after it settles in, he asks them to join him so that they could be a family.

Iceburg💜: he’s surprised as he didn’t think he’d be a dad but he’s happy anyway and invites his S/O back home with open arms.

Gild Tesoro⚜️🏅: he’s arrogant and wants to know if they only contacted him because they wanted his money. After getting cursed at and the line going dead, he starts to panic that he might not be able to see his child if he loses contact with his S/O so he tries to find them and apologizes for being a dick.

Rob Lucci🐆: he’s pissed off that his S/O contacted him after a while of not seeing each other but then sets off to see them. He wants to know if the child is his but deep down he knows it is.

Karasu🐦‍⬛: he immediately sets out to see his S/I as he wants to be there with them and take care of them.

Koby🦸💘: he’s already crying since he heard his S/O and when he heard he was gonna be a dad, he lost it and was sobbing on the floor. He’s just so happy.

Douglas Bullet🚅: he’s annoyed at first but then he hears that he’s gonna be a dad and beyond excited. He tracks his S/O down and automatically assumes they’re back together since they’re having a baby now.

[drcalvin]

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Hey @gildedmuse I tried to reply by reblog but despite 3 edits, Tumblr refused linebreaks 🙄

1) I think it was his official epiteth, but we weren't shown it for long. Since he was a warlord, we didn't see his wanted poster, and there were also the identity shenanigans around Joker the underworld broker...

And the names in themselves don't have to mean that much. Robin was known as the Demon Child (Akuma no Ko), everyone called Zoro a demon, and in Japanese Doffy's title is Ten Yasha/Yaksha which isn't even exactly Heavenly Demon, because a Yaksha is more of a spirit of nature or something. And that's just general connotations, idek Japanese ones specifically

2) Not so sure about the fleets! The Emperor all do, but if we look at former and current warlords:

Mihawk - solo player 500%

Crocodile - Baroque Works are not officially his, since it was all secret (and the reason Mr. 0 guarded his identity). He may have had an official crew, but no fleet, I think

Donquixote - He had all those retainers and Dressrosa, but I believe the government was "officially" in the dark about just how many pies his threads were in?

Bartholomew Kuma - No fleet, I think, perhaps an off-page crew.

Boa Hancock - Yep, she's got a crew and all the Kuja beneath her, but it seems as if only the warriors on her ship are involved in whatever she do :) Her title Pirate Empress also implies it's a bit outstanding that she's got all those underlings

Gecko Moria - Had crew, maybe even fleet, but they were slaughtered, then had zombie crew...

Blackbeard - Had crew, then began to empire build during the timeskip

Buggy - may have the biggest official fleet-y fleet of them all?

Jinbei - He had a crew! He inherited the Sun pirates from Fisher Tiger and could surely count on backup from Fishman Island (perhaps also the Arlong Pirates, depending on when and what), even though Fishmen Island as a whole were under Whitebeards dominion.

Trafalgar Law - no fleet

But it's said somewhere, perhaps by Boa at Marineford or elsewhere, that the Warlords are only under the World Government, not the Marines. And according to the OP wiki they should only attack other pirates and share parts of the spoils with the WG (lol, yeahright)... Essentially like privateers or buccaneers in our world. (Huh, remember who did have a fleet? Don Krieg, major loser that he was)

I... I suspect absolutely NONE of them did that, lol. Maybe Jinbei? Nah, he'd have fed starving fishbabies with his spare money...

4-5 I don't know. But the timeline IS wack, I think someone calculated that all of East Blue happened in, like, a few weeks. Sailing distances make no sense in this world, lol, with a pair of binoculars you should often be able to see the next island...

[neverwatchedonepiece]

629: "Violent Shock! Incredible News that Shakes the New World!"

A rocky old place, ain’t it? No white sand beach resorts here. Lots of sunflowers, though. And a Colosseum. Even trattorias and quaint cobbled streets, according to the preview.

This is Italy, isn’t it?

Only had time for one episode but that wasn’t a problem at all. Thankfully, there was a lot to unpack in 629, plus more highlights than 

There was the return of Thriller Bark. Updates on the whereabouts of key OP figures. Luffy yelling down the line at Doflamingo. The reveal of why Law is set on sailing to Dressrosa. Why Kinemon is also keen to go. The arrival of new villains. The reveal of Doflamingo’s cunning plan to snare Luffy. And the reshuffling of the Shichibukai and the appointment of a VERY FAMILIAR CLOWN.

I’m still laughing, btw.

Also have to say I liked the new opening. Seemed spoiler free and it was interesting that they have pitted Luffy so openly against Blackbeard (and Akainu, I suppose. Now there are two Big Bads. Actually beginning to wonder if there ever will be a Final Villain in One Piece).

They Call Him Scoop McGee Absalom

The action picked up with the immediate aftermath of Doflamingo’s resignation from his throne and the post of Shichibukai, which sent ripples through the OPverse. Now the protection conferred by Doflamingo’s Shichibukai status had vanished, his subjects lamented, “Dressrosa is done for!”

Elsewhere, an unwinnable war raged. Unwinnable because the side in question had struck a deal with the Donquixote family. Now Doflamingo is no longer king, the supply chain has dried up.

Various famous faces who had grabbed newspapers were next. Jewelry Bonney was a nice surprise! I thought she’d been arrested by the Marines after that whole thing on the burning island with Teach. She’s obviously in hiding (standard hooded cloak) but still in action. That’s good. There was also a brief shot of Jimbei and Crocodile’s hook.

But who was the mysterious journalist behind the leaking of the Strawhearts alliance? The Kidd/Hawkins/Apoo Alliance? The fact Doflamingo had resigned both throne and warlord role?

He is known only by the name Absa.

I would have struggled to predict who Absa might have been, had they not shown a tiny Thriller Bark satellite ship.

It’s obviously Absalom. Invisibility is his thing. He’s obviously been sneaking about. For what purpose, I have no clue. Maybe Moria is out for revenge? I’m pretty certain he’s still alive as Doflamingo said he disappeared in front of his eyes. I like the thought of Moria getting angry enough to come back into the limelight. (I’m still crossing my fingers he’ll help Luffy and Law with Kaidou. Moria definitely has enough of a grudge to do it.)

We also got hard confirmation that Kidd and co. are after a Yonko. Their target is as much of a mystery to me as Luffy and Law’s is to them. (I still think it might be Shanks.)

I love it when Oda takes time to set his arcs within a wider context. Even more so now. It’s especially relevant here, given the recent emphasis on the interconnected nature of the New World.

And speaking of connections...

Hello. Is it Caesar You’re Lookin For?

Once the contextualisation was out of the way, the action cut back to Sunny. At the end of 628, Doflamingo had finally picked up (after deliberately making Law wait to ramp up the tension. The theme of control is strong with this one).

Of course, Luffy had to formally introduce himself.

“HELLO. I AM LUFFY. I WILL BECOME PIRATE KING. OI, MINGO!” I love Luffy has already given him a nickname. “So you’re that idiot Caesar’s boss? That bastard hurt Brownbeard and the kids! We’ll give Caesar back since we promised but if he ever does anything like that again--” at this point Caesar himself was cringing hard in a corner “-- I’ll beat the crap out of you too!”

To his credit, Doflamingo did not rise to the bait. Sure, a few veins pop and he does questionable things when angered, but in negotiations, he remains cool as a cucumber.

“Strawhat... two years have passed since your brother died and you disappeared from the New World. Where were you and what were you doing?”

At that point, I never realised the significance of Doflamingo’s reference to Ace, so I just thought he was getting a, “Lol, ur brother is ded” dig in.

Of course, Luffy wouldn’t tell.

“I was hoping to run into you,” Doflamingo continued. “I’ve got something here that would make you drool.”

Since Luffy doesn’t do metaphors, he thought Doflamingo was talking about high-quality meats. To be fair, I had no idea what Doflamingo had up his sleeve at that point, so it could have been high-quality meats for all I knew.

Law was annoyed that Luffy had given Doflamingo the chance to control the conversation and snatched the DDM.

“Joker, we will hand over Caesar as promised.”

Doflamingo is not dumb, though. “That’s wise. You know well what would happen to you if you backed out now. First thing’s first, though. I want to confirm that my vital business partner is safe.”

Law held up the receiver. Caesar scooted over.

“JOOOOOOOKEEEEEERRR, I’M SORRYYYYYYYYYYY! YOU LOST EVERYTHING BECAUSE OF ME, BAWWWWWWW--”

And Doflamingo was like, “Yup. Sounds like he’s fine.” 

I lol’d at that. (Was that a lowkey burn from Doflamingo?)

Law continued to keep matters strictly business. “In eight hours we will be on Green Bit. We’ll drop off Caesar there. Pick him up yourself. We will make no further contact.”

“Awwww...” Doflamingo retorted. “And I wanted to have a drink with you now you’re all grown up--”

At that moment, Luffy decided the conversation was at an end.“JUST HANG UP ALREADY!” 

He cut the connection. The Strawhearts were left alone on deck to process what had just happened. Sanji was smart about a loophole Law had left in negotiations. Law had never specified how many people could accompany Doflamingo to pick up Caesar. Theoretically, Doflamingo could arrive with an army at his back.

Law wasn’t worried. The Caesar handover was just a distraction. (Rather bold of him to discuss this in front of Caesar himself, by the way.) Destroying the Smile factory was the real mission. The only issue? Law has no info on the factory. I’m assuming they’ll have to infiltrate Dressrosa and locate the place.

Luffy was like, “You ever been to Dress Roba?” (Lmao, I’m sure he’ll get the name right eventually.)

Interestingly, Law said he had never been! There go my theories of Law growing up in Dressrosa and working for Doflamingo. :(

He definitely hates Doflamingo, though. His reasons for not stepping foot on Dressrosa? “He is king of that land.” Something has gone on between them in the past. Doflamingo has known Law since he was a kid. So did Vergo. What is the connection here??

At any rate, Luffy was blase about the whole affair. Infiltrating hostile territory to find and destroy a factory that will cause shit to hit the fan and draw the ire of the entire New World? Yeah, let’s just make up a plan as we go!

For Law, who is a clever, patient and careful man, this was just too much.

As the Strawhats filed past him into the kitchen for sandwiches, he stared with the vacant expression of a man who has stared into the depths of the abyss and found Luffy’s grinning face staring back.

He snapped.

“I HATE BREAD!!”

Then you have have a gluten free wrap, Law. Chill. Everything’s going to be fine.

At least, I think.

In the kitchen, away from Caesar’s sensitive ears, they discussed where they would dock and other important initial steps of their master plan. Kinemon also revealed why he wanted to travel to Dressrosa.

Apparently, they had set out for a place called Zou but were shipwrecked. Only one of the other samurai reached the shore with Kinemon and Momo. Doflamingo’s people pursued them. Momo tried to slip unnoticed onto a ship but it unfortunately sailed straight for Punk Hazard. Their other companion, Kanjuuro, was taken prisoner.

Law was interested in the whole Zou thing, as he had planned to travel straight there to reunite with his crew (Yay! They’re okay!) after taking care of business in Dressrosa.

Luffy was like, “EXCELLENT! WE’LL GO TO ZOU, THEN TO WANO KINGDOM. I WILL SAVE YOUR COMPANION TOO!”

And Brook randomly farted right in the middle of it, lmao.

There’s a Starman, Waiting in the Sky

And while Luffy and Law were busy making plans for Nigel, an Important Meeting was taking place at Marineford.

A grave Marine called Brannew took the podium in front of a room full of serious-looking, high-rankers (Brannew, get it? He’s a Brannew Marine to the story, ahahaha.) 

“As you all know,” he announced, “there are only seven Shichibukai. They are pirates who have been given permission to plunder by the World Government. In return, they grant us overwhelming power and prestige. Their allegiance to the World Government instills fear in pirates around the world.”

A line up of the more recent Famous Faces flashed across the screen.

Mihawk, Kuma, Hancock, Law, Donquixote Doflamingo, “The Celestial Yaksha” (I have yet to google that to find out what it means) and a newcomer.

Who was this newcomer?

He is the man who rapidly grew strength over the past two years. Commander of the Pirate Dispatchment Org and Living Legend: THE STAR CLOWN BUGGY!!

I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN!!

Of course it could be no one else that Buggy! Who else would have such INCREDIBLE, BEWILDERING LUCK!

Even Buggy admitted he was totally winging it. “It’s not like I asked for this. The World Government kept bugging me so I had no choice. That said, this is only a rung on the ladder. I’m moving up in the world now. In a few years, I’ll be a Yonko.”

And you know what?

I believe it.

Only Buggy would be able to become a Shichibukai by accident. Why not a Yonko too? The World Government must be pretty desperate to fill spare seats if they asked Buggy. 

The serious Marine also spoke of the grave situation surrounding Doflamingo’s sudden resignation. Law’s activity and alliance with Luffy is under suspicion. Depending on what he does next, Law may be stripped of his title too.

Akainu agreed. “We cannot allow Law and Strawhat to do as they please. Smoker from G5 sent me a rather annoying message yesterday. We should observe the situation for another day. I have dispatched Fujitora.”

A couple of things.

Did Smoker send Akainu a message from Kuzan? Is that why the message was “annoying”? Maybe it’s both inconvenient (bad news) and annoying (it came from his old rival).

Who is Fujitora? A new Marine villain, high on Justice? I can but hope.

At any rate, the Marines are also on the move and are watching events in Dressrosa closely. This is good. The more conflict, the better!

You Magnificent Bastard

Meanwhile, in sunny Dressrosa, Doflamingo was also cooking up plans and future conflicts of his own.

In his palace, Doflamingo sauntered down a long corridor and entered a room with four high-backed chairs carved into card suits. As he is the Joker, I’m guessing Doflamingo has a theme going.

He apologised for keeping the others waiting. We only met two of the suit card squad. Diamante and Trebol. Trebol occupies the Clubs suite chair and is creepy. He does not understand personal space bubbles (even with Doflamingo) and he keeps insisting Baby 5 wants to marry him (creepy). His Devil Fruit power is also slightly gross (he blorts everywhere) and he has a perpetual hang snot. Not my kind of villain.

Diamante is at least funny. Example:

Doffy: “The colosseum is as popular as ever. That is thanks to you, Diamante.” Diamante: “Not at all, Doffy.” (I love that they call him Doffy.) “This is due to your charisma as king.” Doffy: “No, it’s because of your talent.” Diamante: “Oh, stop talking like I’m some hero of the colosseum.” Doffy: “But you are.” Diamante: “You exaggerate!” Doffy: “Fine, you’re not.” Diamante: “OKAY. IF YOU INSIST. I AM INDEED THE HERO RAAAARRR!”

Lmao.

That was weirdly humanizing. I get that Doflamingo is the villain here and he has no qualms over sacrificing his people if it needs to happen, but he knows these guys pretty well and gets on with them. Maybe it’s successfully manipulating them, sure, but the man still has social skillz.

Once the comedy moment with Diamante was over, Doflamingo asked Trebol to bring forth the Important Thing.

Trebol handed Doflamingo a mysterious box. “This is sure to pique Strawhat’s interest,” he said. “Their alliance can very easily become a disadvantage to them. I will entrust this super important box to you, Diamante.”

After some funny reverse psychology back and forth, Diamante agreed.

Then Doflamingo made the Big Reveal. The Big, Glowing, Shiny Reveal.

When he said he had something that interested Luffy, he wasn’t lying.

But it wasn’t high-quality meat.

He has Ace’s fruit.

And he is going to use it as leverage to break up Luffy and Law’s alliance.

What a magnificent bastard.

Law was attacked by a pack of wild loaves in his youth. He’s never been the same since.

[gentlenakama]

rant abt a post. ignore, it’s just about this post about One Piece villains that seemed.... totally weird for me? 

me : do do do do scrolling through tumblr for some one piece content. 

tumblr : 

me : ..... who...? 

in all seriousness, this is like, the weirdest post, because I can’t even think of one character fitting this criterion. The closest I can get is Law, but he was never really a villain, and he’s never really been bad (except for the crate of hearts, that was at least a little fucked up). Law never fought with Luffy, aside from the Ambiguously Gay Filler Arc where Luffy and Law got BDSM’d into fighting each other, but that doesn’t count.  So I decided to go through every single major OP villain to try and figure out... what this post is even about. 

Alvida is.... completely without depressing backstory, and is definitely not a D. so.. scratch her off. no sympathy. she, in fact, became a bigger bitch when she returned to the screen. 

is Buggy still considered a villain? I’ll include him anyways. slightly inconvenienced in his backstory.. I have no sympathy for the clown fucker, and he is not a D. 

Axe-hand Morgan! Wait, nope, no depressing backstory, and not a D. ... no sympathy points for having an axe for a hand, thats cool as fuck

Helmeppo was.. sort of abused? I didn’t feel sympathy for him, his backstory wasn’t really that impactful, but he redeemed himself over time instead. Also.. not a D. 

Captain Kuro didn’t have a sad backstory... and he isn’t a D.... no sympathy points for this fuck. 

Don Krieg! Aaand... nope. No sympathy. His backstory was that he was a fuckboy, and got pissy when Mihawk bitchslapped his whole crew, and then didn’t even learn his lesson and got bitchslapped again by Luffy AND Mihawk. Pissbaby is not a D. 

Arlong, we learned a gazillion arcs later, had a kind of sad past. We never sympathized for him, however, because we saw that fishmen who went through the same shit were not dicknosed fuckers like this guy. Jinbei is like “nah my boy fucked up he’s disowned, no longer my boy”. plus, after Bellemere, he had no damn chance of sympathy. also, not a D. 

Smoker isn’t really a villain in my opinion, but he’s not friends w Luffy (in his opinion). He doesn’t have a depressing backstory as far as we know, man just has a good sense of justice and duty and all that. Not a D. 

Vivi started as a villain when we met her as Miss Wednesday, so might as well include her in the list. Sad backstory, but she was never /really/ a villain, and she remains, not a D. 

Mr. 3 doesn’t have a sad backstory, nor is he a D. He redeemed himself as a dickhead when he helped out Luffy some but he’s still got the most ugly haircut on the planet. 

Wapol isn’t a D. just a dick. No sad backstory, he just causes them. Fuck right off, Wapol

Crocodile, otherwise known as Crocobitch, who, wow, doesn’t have a depressing backstory. And. Isn’t a D. He’s just an asshole. And is still an asshole. He’s just a hot asshole. 

Not once has anyone with a fully functioning sense of morality has sympathized with this Slim Shady looking motherfucker. Enel has no sad backstory, and isn’t a D. , except that he’s definitely a Dick. 

Ohhhh Foxy. This ugly fuck does not have a sad backstory, and isn’t a D. In fact, we still have no explanation for why Foxy is like this. He just is. 

Franky! Included only because he began as a villain. He does have a sad backstory, but by the time we had learned this, Franky had pretty much redeemed himself already. Not a D. 

Spandam.... not a D.... not a good dude.... fuck u 

Lucci’s only depressing backstory is how much depression he has caused people. In between slaughtering innocents, this ugly eyebrow pigeon man broke hearts too bc he was hot but not cool. Not a D. 

Perona is a Friend now but she was a villain. without a sad backstory. and not a D. girl is cute as heck but her redemption came when she helped out Zoro. 

Moria can fuck right off, this man had no sad backstory, and isn’t a D. and I personally hope that people stop drawing porn of this man who LOOKS like a penis. 

Absalom makes a new definition for “pussy eater”, and has absolutely no sad backstory. I hope this man dies. isn’t a D. and doesn’t have a big one either. 

Kuma is actually a friend but we didn’t know that when he FUCKED UP Zoro. His backstory isn’t necessarily sad, but his current actions cause us to sympathize with him for being a good doode just, in secret. not a D. 

Magellan is an Fuck. Not a D. No sad backstory. Man, fuck this ho. 

The ONLY one piece villain with a D. Literally. The rest are all Luffy, Luffy’s or Ace’s family, Robin’s dear friend Saul, or Luffy’s emo ass boyfriend pirate ally. Teach is the only D. we have encountered in the series who isn’t a decent person. He doesn’t have a sad backstory, in fact, his backstory is just him being a murdering fuck. If you felt sympathy for a minute u seriously fucked up. 

Hody Jones is neither a D nor does he have a sad backstory. As explained, he basically pretends to have a sad backstory in order to have an excuse to be super fucking angry. He thinks he understands what Arlong was on about but he didn’t experience the same shit, and so was just a dickhead. 

This man has no depressing backstory, and isn’t a D. He caused a ton of children to have lifelong trauma. Fuck Caesar Clown. 

Monet! I just cosplayed her for a con. Can testify that her backstory isn’t very sad, and she’s not a d, she’s just into that flamingo d. 

While birdfucker over here isn’t a D, I will give a leg to the op. Doffy was revealed to be royalty, which was like a “wow, bet you didn’t guess that!” sort of plot device. His backstory was... kind of... sad... ish? He didn’t have a life of peaches and pie for sure but, he wasn’t hurt enough to be excused for literally anything he has done. Such as human trafficking. and genocide. He doesn’t act in anyones interest but his own. fuck u doffy. 

I won’t talk about anyones else bc of spoilers, and there are plenty more villains I could have included, but I think my point is well made. The post I screenshotted showed up on my dash and I just was like.. where the hell did this come from? It doesn’t describe a single character in One Piece. It’s another one of those posts that creates a problem that doesn’t exist just to complain about it. I don’t know, I’m just really not fond of those types of posts because there are definitely legit problems in One Piece or things to complain about, but this post is like.. totally out of nowhere.