#dinner island

[mew-ya]

i love maren, he's so cool!!! has he met luffy???

YES, there's a short filler arc between Zou and Whole Cake Island where Maren and Luffy meet briefly!!! it's called Dinner Island!! they also may have met during marineford but considering how huge it was, I haven't really written Maren to be at the center of it, as he's part of the WBP 8th Division.

I also have this cute (definitely canon) art of Luffy stealing off Kata and Maren's plates

click thru for an overview of Maren's filler arc!

while on their way to Totto Land, the Sanji Retrieval Team nearly starves. they come across a curious sign floating in the water that says "Free Dinner!* This Way!" with a very small footnote that says "*within reason". Luffy immediately turns the ship in the direction of the sign, while Nami explains it's obviously a trap, but they dont have many other options as luffy cooked all of their rations into inedible sludge...

they arrive at a small but very delicuous looking island, and are immediately greeted by its residents. no one seems to mind that they are pirates and everyone seems quite happy. they're quickly brought to a large feast where the crew is brought plates upon plates of free food, until Luffy exhausts their food sources and frustrates the local leadership. they pull out a document that has the words "Free Dinner Within Reason" highlighted over and over, and explain that Luffy was NOT being reasonable. He laughs about it then is dragged off to do dishes in prison with a comically full stomach. Nami lets him figure that one out on his own.

underneath the island is a large prison with tons of unwashed forks and knives and plates stacked up by the sides. Luffy makes a stink face and knocks over a bunch of plates on accident, then notices a large prison cell in the corner with a sitting dark figure.

"hey." it calls out.

Luffy responds with an "oyy?? you eat a lot too?" and Maren steps into the light, a huge porcupinefish fishman with a Whitebeard Pirates tattoo showing through a rip on his pant leg.

"sure. but can't really compare to that stuff over in totto land. you can even eat the chairs there. won't catch me goin back there again though--" Maren continues to talk, revealing all sorts of insider details and information about Totto Land and its resident pirate crew, but Luffy stops listening and starts thinking about buildings and objects and vehicles made of food.

Maren notices Luffy spacing out and drooling over unreal food and laughs. "youre just like Ace said!" but Luffy doesn't notice.

"Oy kid," Luffy snaps out of it and looks at Maren. "I'll get you outta here. they just throw people in here to scare em. im maren by the way."

Maren shrinks down to normal human size and his spines disappear from his back, allowing him to step easily through the large prison bars. he opens Luffy's prison door and points towards the exit, "That'll get you back to your ship." then Maren walks back into his cell and inhales deeply, getting huge again. He then lays down on the big jail bed and turns away "now be quiet, I'm sleepin."

and Luffy yells "Thanks balloon guy!!!" as he runs off, but Maren is already passed tf out.

luffy gets back on the sunny and recounts his adventure, completely unable to repeat any of the details about Totto Land or the Charlotte family Maren passed onto him about their coming adventure.

and that's my quick story of Luffy and Maren actually meeting ❣️

[toyastales]

Grilled Thai Coconut Chicken Skewers

[cloudabserk]

if you feed naruto. then he’ll know you love him

[candlelightceremony]

The Last Dinner Party on their UK/Eire tour via instagram

[newyorkthegoldenage]

A woman who emigrated to the U.S. eats dinner at Ellis Island, November 16, 1920. It cost 25 cents and consisted of soup, bread, meat, potatoes, vegetables, pie, butter, pudding, and coffee. The same meal with a less expensive cut of meat could be bought for 17 cents.

Photo: Bettmann Archive/Getty Images/Fine Art America

[myvinylplaylist]

The Last Dinner Party: Prelude To Ecstasy (2024)

Signed copy of the “Midnight Black” variant of “Prelude to Ecstasy.” Signed by all 5 band members.

Island Records

[sailermoon]

perpetually haunted by the women who post about their partners on reddit and I’m left wondering if they ever got out or not

[therealsaintscully]

The way history's repeating itself things are going to get very difficult for Europeans in about 15 years.

#where does one go if they wish to retire to an island full only of secular social-democrats interested only in a honest day's work #and reading m/m smut for dinner #cause i'd like to go there

[smile-files]

don't ignore me

(https://internet-janitor.itch.io/wigglypaint)

[y0urtemptation]

Overthinking S.U.C.K.S. 🫠 my brain is on overload today - between work, moming, wifing, cleaning, trying to figure out what to cook rn, overthinking a whole bunch of things I probably shouldn’t be haha and just feeling overwhelmed in general. Anyway, here’s a pic of me when I was feeling great about myself 🩷

✨Remember to appreciate the ones you love, trust me it goes a long way. ✨

[multicolour-ink]

I'm purely here for the brotherly feels in Brothership and I'm going to EAT it up.

[mxttonbutton]

Noar

[candlelightceremony]

Abigail on the set of Prelude to Ecstasy, shot by Cal McIntyre

[silusvesuius]

my nelvas and moraak thought crumblets

[punster-2319]

Once in awhile the Land Before Time sequels would cross my mind, and then I would remember this being an actual moment in one of them:

This reminds me so much of Hank Hill for some reason lmao

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

Hi, I was the anon that had brought up the high seas adventure!! I'm glad you took interest in it, and hearing your ramblings to add onto it just made me imagine so many fun things! (Poor Eddie, haha. With your description, I just imagine a dog trying to stand up in a moving car.) Ohh, now I imagine a case where the ship wrecks and their stranded for a few days until another rescue ship comes! Perhaps on an island?? I hope some of them know how to hunt!

the very first thing that came to mind was Eddie sobbing while pointing one of Howdy's guns at a crab. Sally just comes up & stabs it through the shell before taking it back to the fire for eating. Eddie collapses to his knees, wracked with guilt-