#don't mind me just doing a post with parallels of my two biggest OTP I should be ashamed but I am not :)

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Jaime Lannister and Brienne of Tarth in Game of Thrones 8x02 "A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms" Simon and Markus in Detroit: Become Human "Night of the Soul"

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for the ask meme can you do sherman please? 🥺

oh my gosh, yes, a million times yes. anything for you and also anything for Sherman

favorite thing about them Sherman is so humble. Like, the smartest person on the team in S1 and, if you contribute emotional intelligence, also the smartest person on the team in S2. Sherman just loves science so much and gets excited and even carried away when he figures things out but he would never brag about it. also, this man might have the biggest heart on the team. If I had to play screw/marry/kill with the BF5, I would marry Sherman every time. Like, he is solid, he is smart, he is dependable, and he will protect and respect you until the end of time. He supports everyone on the team that he talks to and he has such good emotional intelligence, like when he's asking Sage about her family in Stormshocker he handles that with such perfect tact. he's just a big, smart, sweet teddy bear but he will also f*ck you up in a microsecond if you hurt his brother and I love that parallel

least favorite thing about them the food jokes!! this is more of a screenwriter thing than a Sherman thing. Like, just let the man be big and strong and don't make fun of him pls and thnx also not Sherman's fault because he is blameless, but I think his character model is a little disproportionate (like, his chest is very big and his waist is very small) and idk it just throws me off a little but does not interfere with my love of this character

favorite line "no one reads your blog." hands-down, this is a top-tier Battle Force burn. Spinner should have been sent to the infirmary after this "live to see my next birthday," in response to Spinner saying "What would you do without me?" is also a classic. Like, this man has WIT and he is not afraid to use it lastly, "hands. off. THE BUSTER." from Ascent of the Red Sentients part 2 makes me feel things that cartoon characters should not make a human feel. like, that shit shivers my timbers

brOTP I'm here for the Sherman/Agura brOTP. I think the Cortez brothers remind Agura of her own brothers, which is such a perfect set-up for their relationship, and I love how much he supports her in "Behind Enemy Lines" when she's first figuring out how to be second-in-command. Also how she pays that support back in "Glitchin'" when they lose Spinner and she's helping him repair the Buster. Plus of course SmashClaw helps that dynamic blossom. Like Sherman just has so much respect for her and he remembers things Vert doesn't, like saying "guys. AND GIRL." she's literally called him the only gentleman on the team but he would never underestimate her because she's the only girl, if that makes sense. I just think he has a perfect understanding of how she wants to be seen among them and plays into it super nicely. Wow going to write about this now ok bye

OTP I don't know if I have a strict OTP for Sherman but Sherman and Tezz could be very, very cute. Like, two geniuses with vastly different personalities, supporting each other in their scientific discoveries? Late-night "lab "work?" @bronan posted fanart of them for the Christmas gift exchange and this ship has lived in my head rent-free ever since.

nOTP hmm... Sherman/Spinner for obvious reasons. There are definitely a few ships that I can't really see with Sherman, but none so strongly that I'd include them here?

random headcanon Sherman is a really, really good cook, like the best cook on the team. (yes I realize this conflicts with my "least favorite thing about them" answer but like, just let him love cooking and food & don't make jokes about it.) Whenever they're sick of pizza he'll cook something really delicious for everyone. Sherman is the epitome of "Baking is the tastiest science" and you cannot change my mind about that.

unpopular opinion I don't think I have one unless y'all disagree with the above?

song i associate with them I didn't have one when I started this ask but I scrolled through my Spotify library and I'm gonna go with "Hold My Girl" by George Ezra. Not trying to ship him with anyone in particular but for me this is a very steady, comforting song and I can see it as something he'd sing to his love because he is a steady and comforting person 🥺

favorite picture of them absolutely the eye twitch in junkyard dogged when Spinner is bragging about how well he did on the mission (& not Sherman). there is no contest here

these are so fun, thanks for sending!!!

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I'm going to start off and say that I full heartily pair Zoro and Tashigi and I also believe they may be a slow burn pairing. However, I don't know why but I have this feeling that Mr. Oda is hinting that Hiyori and Zoro will end up together. They do parallel with Toki and Oden and I've also been told that Hiyori is supposed to be Zoro's romantic interest but who the hell knows at this point. What are your thoughts? 💖

Okay, it’s not my intention to judge other people’s ships so if anyone reading this ships Zoro and Hiyori, you go for it. Don’t mind me. Though my OTP will always be Zoro/Tashigi, I ship them both with other people too, so I’m not against the idea of supporting any new Zoro ship. But when it comes to Zoro/Hiyori, I personally don’t much like this pairing nor see potential in it. I’ll try to explain why.

Though first I’d like to ask you about “They do parallel with Toki and Oden” and “I've also been told that Hiyori is supposed to be Zoro's romantic interest” because I’m like– uhm what? Where do these come from? I can’t comment on the second because unless you were told that by Oda himself, it’s just something another fan made up. As for the first, I’m trying but I really don’t see how Zoro and Hiyori would parallel Oden and Toki. Their dynamic is totally different, same for the circumstances in which they met. The only “parallel” I see is that Toki and Hiyori look and feel so similar that they are basically the same character, but that’s to attribute to Oda’s lack of originality for these two princess-y characters IMO.

The way I see it, the first part of Wano – the one set on the main island – is basically a big Edo jidai homage from Oda. He crafted this homage by using many tropes he took from mythology, folklore or classic Japanese movies and put into the story. Zoro’s initial role in Wano was that of the rōnin, the wandering samurai without a master. He was basically a walking trope. And what do rōnin do in movies? They kill the evil magistrates (check), gamble (check), travel by boat drinking sake (check), side with the oppressed population (check), duel with bandits on bridges (check), save the damsel in distress and are repaid (check)... Like I said, tropes.

I see rōnin-Zoro saving princess Hiyori (and Toko) and being repaid by being bandaged up, fed, and even given a new sword as Oda’s take on a well-established Edo jidai trope, that the author also used to introduce the character of Hiyori to us. I personally didn’t see any intention from Oda to set up anything romantic or even long lasting between the characters with those scenes.

I’ve seen some people say Hiyori has a crush on Zoro because of how she blushes and behaves around him. But to be honest, Hiyori is often drawn with a “cute” blush even when she’s not interacting with Zoro; and the way she clung to Zoro is no different from how she clung to Kawamatsu. That’s just her nature.

As for Zoro, I never saw any hint from him that he might be interested in her. It seems his main reason for staying with her the last time we saw them together was because she’s Momo’s sister and he felt a duty to protect her. After Kawamatsu joined them and took on the role of Hiyori’s protector, Zoro just left her side.

I also don’t think Zoro and Hiyori are a good fit, from what I’ve seen so far. I don’t think a cute, meek princess who does things like apologizing for being a burden (sigh) would be Zoro’s type. Here’s a post I recently reblogged that talks about this “type” thing. I agree with @neomarines​ that Zoro needs someone that challenges him – both mentally and physically – as his partner. How would Zoro and Hiyori’s hypothetical couple life be? What do they have in common? How can they develop each other’s potential? I personally can’t imagine any interesting couple dynamic between them.

Hiyori is a character clearly tied to Wano that I expect to stay there once this arc is over, to care for her people and help her brother rule. That’s what every princess in One Piece has done so I don’t expect her to be different, especially when she has shown to be very attached to her country and expressed no desire to leave. So her becoming even more of a replica of her mother, being a stay-at-home lady while Zoro travels the world like Oden is frankly a scenario I’d dislike.

Finally, from an author/fandom perspective, it's not very typical of shōnen authors to have a main character end up with a side character that was introduced 21 years into the story in one of the final arcs. It'd feel like a last-minute decision to many fans, and casual fans wouldn't even remember this one-arc-only Hiyori character Zoro ended up with. That's one of the reasons I think Zoro/Tashigi is more likely to happen, because Oda has been developing their relationship since Loguetown, and Tashigi is a beloved and established character.

I do agree that Zoro and Hiyori are an aesthetically pleasing pairing when Zoro is in his rōnin outfit. But that’s about it. Just aesthetic. And the badass-sword-couple aesthetic of ZoTash is still superior IMO.

I think it’s pretty obvious that I’m not Hiyori’s biggest fan either. She’s been a bit of a disappointment for me since she shed the Komurasaki persona and I hope Oda will give her something more to do yet. I also don’t find her particularly original or interesting as a character especially when compared to the other Wano ladies.

So yeah, these are my thoughts so far. Of course they might change in the future depending on how the story develops, but so far Zoro/Hiyori is a no-no for me.