#hes so jaggy i love that about him

[des-no9]

Tuj 💜

Socks and sandals offender. But will share his joint with you after you hookup behind the library where you meet touching hands in the interspecies romance section.

[pocket-jack]

Love Mail

Luffy climbing up to Victoria Punk: Love mail!

Killer playing along: Love mail? Oh! It must be a letter for you, Kid!

Kid: You're two are a dorks. The hell is love mail?

Luffy: It's a news report. Did you know that the sunflowers on the whole island are looking at the same direction? They're looking at you, sunshine! Get it? Because sunflowers are always facing the sun, and when there isn't any, they're facing each other. I guess they confused you with the sun, Juggy!

Kid, all red: "Drops his instrument kit" Ahhh... What a bullshit...

Killer: Aww, that's sweet

Kid: Shut up...

Luffy: I'll go spread the Love Mail to Traffy! Enjoy your day!

Kid: Mggghghhh....

Killer: I'll translate that: you too, Straw Hat!

Luffy, climbing in the Polar Tang: Love Mail!

Shachi: AAAH! Straw Hat! You scared me! Don't sneak up on us so suddenly! And what the hell is a Love Mail?

Luffy: Can't tell you! It's for Traffy!

Shachi: Ah-... Ooooh! I get it! Ooooooi! Captain! There's a letter for you!!

Law coming from the operating room cleaning his instruments: A letter? From who?

Luffy: From me :))

Law: "Smiling warmly" What is it?

Luffy: A love mail! S' a fact actually!

Law: A fact? A fun one?

Luffy: A really fun one! Did you know that I have a disease?

Law: Wha-? A disease? What is it? Why didn't you tell me? You know that your and Kids health are important to me! What are the symptoms?

Luffy: I know how it's called and I've had it for a while know... And the symptoms are... "Pressed his hand to his chest" Whenever I'm around Traffy my heart keeps beating faster and I may die if I stop looking at him! You know how it's called?

Law completely oblivious: I... Such a strange and vague symptoms... Are you sure there's nothing else? It can't be that I don't know it!..

Luffy: Te-he! The disease that I have is called... 'Traffy is so attractive that I can't look away from him"!

Law: ...

Law: "Turns red, but also sighs in relief" Oh... Oh! Straw Hat-ya, don't scare me like that! I thought you had something serious!

Luffy: It is serious! There is also a newpaper in the love mail! It's states that Trafalgar Law is the handsomest doctor in the world! And do you know who wrote the report? The future Pirate King Monkey D. Luffy! Can you imagine!?

Law: "Flatters" Aw! Stop! I need to work! Did you send the love mail to Eustass too?

Luffy: Of course! I'm the best love mail man in the world!

Luffy: "Leaves" Byee! Hope the love letter made your day!

Law: It sure did...

Shachi: Awww! Captain is smiling! This is the best day of my life!

Law: Shachi, I will split you in half.

Shachi: Got it! I'll shut up!

Robin: Hello, Luffy! How was your love mail plan?

Luffy: It's good! Traffy and jaggy were so red and happy when I told them about it! Thank you for helping with the quotes! And thanks to you too, Sanji!

Sanji: Repay me with stopping trying to break into the refrigerator. I know you tried to bite off the code lock

Luffy: But I'm hungry at night! How can I eat if the refrigerator looked?

Robin: "Spots Kid, climbing onto the ship" Oh, hello Kid

Luffy: Jaggy! Do you need something?

Kid: Yeah, just wanted to pass you the mail

Luffy: The mail?

Kid: Yes. It's the trinket. I know, you love them

Luffy: Wha- For me???

Kid: Yep! I can't do quotes, but I'd do anything to see you happy

Luffy: "Processing" ...

Luffy: "Covers his red face with a hat" Nishishishi! Thank you!..

Kid: "Rises Luffy's chin with his hand to see his red face" No prob! That's what the Love Mail means, right?

Luffy: "Got shy" Ahh!.. Y-yeah!...

Robin and Sanji: Aaawww

Law: "Teleports to them with a box" Hey

Luffy: Traffy? Why are you here?

Law: Don't act like I can't see my partner whenever I want. About the Love Mail thing

Luffy: Oh? "Hides his eyes with a hat" You too???..

Kid: I was first! Did he get you too?

Law: I just want to talk about his... 'Disease'. Not compete for his attention with you, Eustass

Luffy: What do you wanna talk about?

Law: Your diagnosis. First time I thought I don't know anything about it, but know that you named a disease, I think that I know exactly what too prescribe you

Luffy: Wha?..

Law: "Gives him a box" It may ease the symptoms a little bit. But the kisses and hugs will do the trick as well

Luffy: "Opens it" What's inside? A medicine?

Law: The best that I have

Luffy sees the inside full of chocolate that he loves: Oh!?.. OOOOH?????

Kid: Don't tell me he won! What about my trinket to you? It can be used as a fidget toy, puzzle, even self defens-.. Agh... Forget it. You already ate the chocolate... I'm glad you happy, monkey

Luffy: It was SO delicious! It had my favorite flavor and all! Oh!.. Wait... Was I suppose... To eat all of it in one go.

Law: You can eat as much as you want. That's kind of the thing. You can't get overdose. Truly a beautiful medicine for a beautiful patient

Luffy: Eh... Stop... That's not...

Kid: It is! You're beautiful! The prettiest out of the world! And also you, hot doc

Law: Hot doc? Did you receive the news as well?

Kid: I've figured you'd be! And you too! So adorable when you shy "Smooches Luffy"

Luffy: ..aaw.. "Covers his whole face with hat"

Kid and Law got K.O-ed momentetaly: Oh-...

Kid and Law proceeds to hug and kiss completely shy Luffy: Love Mail - the best thing in the world!

Straw Hats: AWWWWWW

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Tobiuo & Heat: Reunited

The meeting between the three supernovas began by Heat twitching and tweaking on his heels beside Wire and Killer, while witnessing the Polar Tang emerge from the ocean below. Finally joining the Victoria Punk and the Thousand Sunny at their designated meeting place, water drips down from the steel hull and the braced doors fling wide.

The first to emerge from below was Law, followed immediately by Bepo, who both approached the edge of the Polar Tang in succession. Law gave the two other captains a curt nod to suggest they both latch ropes and anchors to hold the ships firmly together in the middle of the sea, as they had done times prior. Luffy and Kid both clicked their tongues at him, begrudgingly doing as the dark-haired captain silently ordered them.

The rest of the Heart Crew scurry up the deck: Shachi and Penguin competing and arguing with Ikkaku over trading cards, and Uni holding a fluttered conversation of signs with Hakugan, both practicing communicating non-verbally to get a better understanding of the security chief's natural language.

The only person to not emerge yet was Tobiuo, the security officer, and Heat feels all the more restless about her absence amongst them.

Briefly tearing his sunken eyes away from the steel door of the Tang, he looks at Kid and Law both holding a hushed conversation. Within the short moment he gazed at the two captains, the security chief exited the Tang door and joined her crew above deck.

Heart fluttering vibrantly in her chest, Tobiuo feels just as eager as Heat is to see him as he did her. She had not heard a word from him in some time, thinking he may have forgotten her or found someone else. Only peering briefly over at him and smiling at his over-eagerness, she felt secure that it was not the case.

Refusing to give her hammering emotions away, she turns her attention to sear her eyes in the back of her captain in anticipation for his next orders. She knows it would not be appropriate to immediately run to a foreign crew without explicit orders from her Captain with permission to do so. She was patient, she could wait.

Law briefly flicks his eyes to Heat, rolling them as he witnesses the panicked and love-sick look the fire breather donned on his features while watching Kid in anticipation. Returning his gaze to Kid, he curls his lip and glares at him. Kid rolls his own eyes, darting them to Tobiuo and back to Law, just as Law did to Heat, and mirrored his disgruntled expression.

Both captain's take a deep breath in, sighing it out while mentally preparing for the display about to occur before them.

Luffy watches on with a small bout of confusion quirking at his brow and pulling at his lips. He didn't know why "Traffy" and "Jaggy" were being weird about this meet-up, but was becoming curious. His perplexion deepened when both captain's ordered in unison.

"Alright, Heat. Get it over with," Kid boredly called over his shoulder to the fire-breather.

"Tobiuo," Law ordered in sync with the redhead, "Go."

Everything happened at once: Heat moving towards the edge of the Punk and extended with open arms in preparation to catch the sprinting Fishwoman in his arms. Launching herself over the hull of the Polar Tang, she hooks her arms around his neck and legs over his hips as her lips meet with his in a messy and desperate collision of joy.

Heat stumbles back a little, laughing as he spins Tobiuo briefly in his arms. If the Fishwoman could make a sound, she would return his joy with marrying her laughter with his.

One of Heat's hands immediately reaches down to hold Tobiuo's thigh close to him, legs bracing in a bend to not react to her weight distribution potentially overwhelming him, and his other hand threads into her hair to keep her kisses steady.

Tobiuo is so overcome with being with her lover that she does not know where to place her hands. Changing from his cheeks to his neck, to his shoulders and back to his hair, her hands take in every inch of him while her thighs clamp over his hips to hold him hostage to her touch.

Their kisses continue in a passionate display of need and desire, Heat groaning into her lips while his tongue brushes with hers. Each time they deepen the intensity of the oscillation, both of them are careful not to nick his lips or tongue on her sharp teeth while she expresses her love into each movement.

“Iyo-,” he gasped out a muffled chuckle into her kiss, lips smiling against hers, “Missed me too, huh?”

The navy-skinned Fishwoman nods into the kiss, settling her hands on his shoulders while holding him close. Each moment she feels her body flush with his, her heart beats in time with his own. Her soul feels unified through each soft touch, and she feels at home with her special person.

“I missed you so much,” Heat uttered, turning his head and punctuating each word with his lips on hers. “Wrote to you every day. You get any of them?” Tobiuo shook her head ‘no’, refusing to break the kiss to sign to him all she needed to say. He chuckled, feeling just as needy and passionate for her as she was for him.

Fully overcome with the kiss, and melting into her touch without care to the amount of eyes on them, Heat sighed and gulped back her soundless gasps pressed into his lips. Turning on the deck, he escorted the warrior in his arms towards crew quarters on the Victoria Punk, moving with her firmly in his arms towards the corridor, and kicking the door closed behind them as he retired below.

Both captain's of the Victoria Punk and Polar Tang groaned in succession, cringing at the display occuring moments prior. Turning their grimaces back towards one another, a glimmer was expressed between them in their orange and yellow eyes.

Although both Law and Kid outwardly displayed their displeasure, both men were inwardly clenching their fists and celebrating how much joy this encounter was bringing to their moping crewmates. Heat and Tobiuo work better when they're happy, and seeing their happiness forged together in their unity was truly a sight they appreciated, regardless of how public affection made them feel.

Deep down, they appreciated the time Luffy banded them together to serve a greater purpose as three crews merged to one. If the only outcome of this encounter was witnessing their subordinates happy, that was enough for them.

Both commander and warrior were determined to make up for lost time in private; Heat demonstrating all the signs he'd been practicing, while Tobiuo listened and watched on eagerly to the adventures he and his crew partook in. The two only ever interrupted their conversation by one another's hands smoothing over cheeks and faces to truly commit this moment to memory.

They were together, at last, and all felt right in the world.

What the crews saw

Tobiuo Masterlist

[onepiecepetalfanfics089]

And secondly I wanted to ask if you could write a yandere Law, Kidd and Luffy with a female reader who is also pretty strong? Like she has her own pirate crew and people actually fear and adore her? Her personality would be really badass yet sarcastic and cocky 👀 you know the casual bad bitch material 🤭💅

Handle it~..

The sound of your ships door opening caught people’s attention as you smirked, walking out of your ship to the island you just drifted on with subordinates behind you. You stretched and felt the wind blow flow through your hair as you grinned even wider.

“Agh! Finally we’re on land! I was getting tired of you guys for a second.”

You said while placing a hand on your hip, the sound of the waves crashing against your ship ringing through your ears. Your second and third in command both laugh as you looked around the island you just set foot on.

Paying no kind of attention to the people gawking at you rather curiously, you tapped your chin on with your (f/c) painted nails showing.

“Hmm I wonder where those idiots are anyway..”

You said with a pondering look, glancing at your ship and the crew members on board talking and laughing. Though, they didn’t dare to talk to loud or saying anything obnoxious because they knew you didn’t mess around.

Walking around the city you started to look for the three idiots you met in sabaody. Two years have passed since you saw them and you couldn’t help but wonder how they would react to the new you that everyone fears but adores. While you were walking around those eyes kept following you like no tomorrow,

Although you were used to it, the attention was getting rather tiring. Turning around to the few of the people who’d been staring at you, you gave them a glare. Not like a warning but one with meaning and like you suspected they would do, they immediately looked away. Your lips curved into a smile as you continued to walk along your way.

Still walking along the street you spotted a bar up ahead. “..I could use a drink..those three can wait” you muttered to yourself as you began to walk over but suddenly you heard a loud yell. An..excited yell..from a voice that you knew very very well..

But before you could even turn around or get a word out, two hands were on your hips. The pair of arms then stretched an wrapped around your waist as a faint gasp left your lips.It was almost like fast motion as you felt yourself being pulled to a muscular but warm body.

“W-What the- Luffy?!!”

You Saïd as you were then pulled with so much force, colliding into a strong body.

Your head was a bit dizzy as you placed a hand on it but once everything calmed down you were able to see what you suspected in the first place, your crazy rubber boy! “Luffy!” You laughed and yelled excitedly with a grin. You heard a faint chuckle as those rubber arms wrapped around your waist again.

“You’re lucky that I haven’t see your goofy ass in a long time or else I would’ve killed you for that little stunt!!” You laughed while pulling his cheek and glancing at his it stretched from his face. A surprised look came over his face but he smiled nonetheless and chuckled again.

“Hah!! Yeah sorry! I just haven’t seen you in a while and it was getting sooo boring with Traffy and jaggy!”

Your eyebrows furrowed, jaggy and…traffy?…who was he referring to?..now blinking the two you’ve been looking for besides Luffy popped in your mind like a bubble.

“Wait..do you mean Law and Kidd?..”

You asked with a slight smile, raising an eyebrow with a chuckle erupting from your throat. Now looking into his eyes, something seemed..different. Not like the Luffy you knew and loved..there was something just off about the look on his face..

Before you knew it, his arms and grip on you slowly started to tighten. This caused you to blink in surprise as you looked up at him and expected him to at least acknowledge this but, he just kept grinning like everything was normal.

Blinking again you opened your mouth to say something, but of course, someone beat you to it.

“He means we’re here and we’ve found you idiot.”

A voice said with a slight scoff it was deep and almost monotone..Kidd! You immediately thought, Grinning you turned around, jumping on him in a hug. “Kidd!! You’re back!! You look even stupider than before aww!!!” You saw the pirate with cherry red hair cheeks turn even redder than his hair while he tried to gently pry you off.

“H-Hey!! Let go of me you little-”

“Y/N!! Let go of that stupid monkey and hug me!!”

“Who are you calling a stupid monkey, jackass?!?”

You laughed as you held your stomach and stumbled back, bumping into a broad chest.

“O-Oops! Sorry sir I just-”

A smirk on the ‘death surgeon’ immediately landed on his lips as your face lit up.

“Law!!!” You Saïd while hugging him with a laugh, squeezing him even tighter than you did with Kidd or Luffy, making them both pout and glare at the third devil fruit user. A light pink blush dusted Law’s face as he awkwardly patted your back and side hugged you. “Hello Y-Y/N-ya..nice to see you again..”

Letting go of him and you placed your hands on your hips with a big smile that could bright you any persons day, especially theirs.

“I can’t believe it’s actually you guys!! You better prepare yourselves because a lot has changed!”

You said with a playful wink, earning chuckles and smirks. The ones that were so nostalgic..

Sooner or later you would regret tremendously even coming here��

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For the rest of the day you spent it with them, laughing and updating each other on how things have been and everyone’s lives. As luffy babbled on about an adventure that happened recently you hummed and handed Kidd another one of your shopping bags.

Almost all three of the men were carrying stuff you bought and Luffy didn’t seem to mind much at first since Nami or Robin probably did it to him all the time and he was used to it, but looking at a the other two almost made you burst out into a fit of laughter.

“Why do you guys look like that? What? You can’t carry a few bags for a lady such as myself?”

You said teasingly while flipping your hair in their direction with another laugh. You got a growl and a small sigh of annoyance and giggled evilly to yourself.

Kidd rolled his eyes again his grim expression still there but his eyebrow rose, “oh yeah?! And if your such a damn ‘lady’ than why are we carrying it for you?!”

“Y/N-ya i see nothing in your hands..”

“Guys quit interrupting my story!!!”

“SHUT UP IDIOT!”

You smiled and chuckled at their behavior. They haven’t changed one bit you thought, but just then, there was yelling. Alarms went off and everyone turned around to see what was going on.

The all for of you weren’t faxed that much of course because you’re pirates, a robbery was a walk in the park for you! They quickly got serious however when three of the robbers came running towards you with guns and knives,

Tensing up, Kidd clenched his teeth and made a rather aggressive gesture to move out the way clenching fist while having a dark vibe about him..

Luffy jumped up and grabbed his fist, ready to punch the living shit out if anyone who even dared to glare at you.

“Y/N!! Get out the way!!”

They all barked, Law brought out his hand to activate his devil fruit and clenching the sheet of his sword with a look on his face that made you feel very uneasy..like you just ate something you weren’t supposed to..

Raising an eyebrow and ignoring the feeling, you simply rose an eyebrow. Did they really think you couldn’t handle a bunch of low classed thieves by yourself? Scoffing and turning around to face them, you simply raised up your leg and..

WHACK!!!

Your heel connected with the robbers face causing his nose to start bleeding. He backed away and groaned in pain.

Y-You bitch-”

He didn’t even get to finish his sentence before landed another kick to his stomach, spinning around with your foot in the air you hit the other two with ease, taking out your sword and landing a slash on all three of their chests. Blood dripped as you out your sword back on your sheath.

Laughing at their shocked expressions you shrugged and smiled.

“What? I told you I’ve changed!” You Saïd with a wink as you the looked around. “Hey let’s hit up a bar!! I’m tired of walking, it’s so much work!” You said while batting your eyelashes and fanning your face like you were in dire heat.

You saw Kidds eye twitch and Luffy get comically irritated.

“We’ve been carrying your bags all day!!! What do you mean?!”

You laughed again as Law just sighed, but faintly you could see a smile paint on his face.

On the way to the bar you were…confused about the three’s conversation.

It was like they were bout you leaving with one of them and joining one of their crews..when you tried to butt in about it they would completely dismiss you! It honestly seemed like they refused to have you sail the sea by yourself anymore..

You felt like a child whose parents were ignoring your need for a toy and it was annoying..no matter how hard you tried to tell them, they just dismissed the whole idea of you being alone.

Just wait until they find out you had your own crew now..

“Hey Y/N when you’re aboard on my ship keep all that girly shit in your space okay? I don’t want it crowding my ship!!”

“What are you going on about you stupid monkey?! When she’s on my ship she’ll-”

“Hey guys look!! A bar! Let’s head in yeah?”

They all look surprised and a little flabbergasted but just shrugged casually.

“Sure!.”

Drink after drink, you started to lose yourself. You made a mental note to not drink too much because you knew that you were the type of drinker to reveal every last secret you had when you got too much alcohol in your system. The more loose you became however..and the your cheeks flushed with the buzzing feeling of your senses loosing their touch, you couldn’t put it down.It certainly didn’t help that the three other pirates you were drinking with wouldn’t stop encouraging ‘one more drink.’ Eventually it happened, you drank to much and it all slipped out.

You started to blabber nonstop about your crew in very very descriptive detail, not even realizing how silent they became when you were talking their ears off. A smile was on your face when you talked about te thing would most likely change your life forever..

Half an hour passed and you were starting to feel strange..something definitely wasn’t right..the three had become much more silent now and even left for a bit.

Why did they do that?

Where did they go?

Something’s wrong..

Thoughts were buzzing around in your mind as you clenched the counter with a gulp, a lump forming in your throat. You faintly remember law handing you a drink, he said it was a special kind that the bartender made for people who could hold their alcohol well..

“Bullshit..”

You muttered as everything began to spin faster and faster. Attempting to get up you slowly breathed in and out but then, you heard the door squeak open. Turning your head rather quickly you spotted all three of them. Kidd, Law and Luffy but now you knew that something was off, no not even off. Something was seriously wrong! Even though your vision was blurry and your head felt heavier than a boulder you could definitely saw something red drip from their clothes and hands.

Mumbling something that was mostly incoherent you tried to get up, slurring that you needed to get back to your ship. The smirks and smiles on their faces immediately faded as a loud sigh was heard. With your eyebrow raised you were about to ask what was that long sigh about but you were immediately picked up by Kidd like you were nothing.

His muscular hand lingered on your bottom for a bit before he carefully moved it up to your back. As they left the bar you could hear them arguing loudly about whose ship you would be staying on. You tried to say at least one word but could barely even move. Did law use his medicine to paralyze you?

No…he wouldn’t do that..they all would immediately hear you out once you could explain the situation of you having your own crew and ship..right..?

Slowly, you felt a callused thumb rub against your back as you continue to mumble incoherently about how this was wrong and how you had your own life. That you didn’t need them to protect you!

A faint chuckle could be heard from beside you. You shakily looked over and saw Law smirking and Luffy grinning at you.

“What’s the matter Y/N-Ya?” Law asked, his voiced sounding quite mocking as he stuffed his free hand in his pocket.

Luffy then butted in and gently put his straw hat on your head big smile, his kind eyes almost making you forget about this whole situation.

“Ya don’t think that we can Handle It?~”

Omg I love this smmm 😭😭 I was planning to post this tomorrow night but I wanted to do it in the day time for ONCE lol, I’m finally on my fall break yayyyy!! I’m so happy! I’ll finally be a blue to focus on my beloved blog now! I missed you guys sm honestly <3 I hope you liked this!! 🎀🌸💖💖💕❤️❤️🌸🌸🌸

Bye my pretty petals! Until next time!!

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So, Monster Hunter Wilds is on the horizon, and with it the 6th generation of the Monster Hunter franchise. And, as a fan of the Monster Hunter series since MHTri, here’s my list of the monsters introduced in the 3rd generation that deserve a return. These are in no particular order other than alphabetical.

1. The Final Bosses

Combining these all together since they all fill the same niche (and so I can fit all the monsters on this list), I’m just gonna go ahead and say a flat “no” for them. Final bosses basically never show back up again, and even if they did, these three will not. Ceadeus is a strictly underwater Elder Dragon, and Amatsu is strictly native to Yukumo. Dire Miralis could potentially work out, but he’s still semi-aquatic. Anyway, 0/10

2. Agnaktor

On the exact opposite end of the list is this lovely son of a bitch. Not only is Agnaktor not aquatic, it’s the exact opposite—it’s a lava-swimming wyvern, which is a whole subclass of frequently-used monsters. We already have Lavisioth as an option, and Agnaktor’s immature form—Uroktar—were available in MHRise, so why not? 10/10, should come back again

3. Duramboros

Duramboros is the first monster on this list that isn’t in total dire need of a return—it was available back in MHGenerations, and isn’t extremely unique or memorable. It wouldn’t be hard to add to the game—in fact, the ecology of Wilds’ regions do seem like they’d fit him well, but he wouldn’t exactly need it. 3/10

4. Gigginox

Oh, Gigginox—the Khezu’s more creepy, yet less disturbing little brother. Therein is a large part of the problem with Gigginox, in that its design is too similar to Khezu's—if a game is going to have one, it most likely won't have the other. However, despite having similar designs, their fights are completely different—so, bringing Gigginox back for the Forbidden Lands seems like the perfect opportunity to me. 8/10, bring the freakshow back!

5. Gobul

Gobul is an unfortunate victim of gimmickry. He's definitely a fun enemy—the encounter with him is memorable, he's extremely frustrating and fun, and being able to fish him up with a frog on a stick is so unique and interesting! And I could certainly see ways that reintroducing him for a Swamp region in Wilds could be done well—the problem is that so much of his design is tied to his flooded home, and having to navigate murky waters, that I don't think he's likely to come back. I'll put him at a solid 4/10, though, being hopeful.

6. Great Jaggi

Whenever a small predator monster is included in a game, and the game chooses not to include their mature form or pack leader, I die a little bit inside. Getting into Rise's desert region, seeing the Jaggi running around, and slowly realizing there was no Great Jaggi to beat up on broke my heart. Do I think there's any chance my boy will be showing up in Wilds, though? Not a chance in hell, there's nothing unique about him—unlike his cousins G.Baggi and G.Wroggi—that makes him worth bringing home again. 2/10

7. Jhen Mohran

I, personally, never got the chance to go far enough in one of the games to tackle one of the massive siege monsters—the closes I ever got was Zorah Magdaros, and from what I've seen from the community, that was a bit of a shit-show of a siege. Still, we are shown sailing on desert sands in the trailer for Wilds, and we already know the MH4 crew is tied up in this somehow, so maybe siege is back on the menu, boys! 5/10

8. Lagiacrus

Oh, Lagiacrus—yet another wonderful monster that was handicapped by gameplay gimmickry. Lagi is one of the most beloved monsters in the series—an odd thing to say, since he just barely made it into the gen after his. Without a sea to duel him in, he's locked to just his on-land combat, which is far less interesting to deal with. If we could get underwater combat back, I could see a world where he comes home, but that's not this one. 3/10

9. Nibelsnarf

Honestly, this is one of the monsters I can most see coming back with Wilds. Like Jhen, Nibelsnarf is a desert-dweller that loves digging through the sand—and there's plenty of sand to go around in Wilds first area! Not only that, but Nibelsnarf is perhaps the most bizarre monster to come out of the 3rd gen, and if there's one thing we've seen from the MHWilds roster so far, it's that they're a bunch of ugly, nasty motherfuckers—so he'll fit right in! 9/10

And of course, saving the best for last...

10. Qurupeco

Why, on gods green earth, has this bastard not left 3rd gen yet? He has such a colorful, unique design! His antics and mannerisms are so goofy and fun! The fact that he can parrot the calls of other monsters in the area and bring them barrelling down on you with the force of a hurricane itself is crazy, and makes for such a terrifying conflict—I genuinely do not understand why he isn't in more games—in all of the games—he deserves it!

10/10—11/10—15!! This bastard deserves to make Hunters' lives hell in the Forbidden Lands, I swear to god!

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Monster Hunter Tri Diary, Part 1: Intro, Arrival in Moga, First trip to Moga Woods

So, inspired by @dragonflight203's Mass Effect replay posts (hope you don't mind me adapting the idea!), I've decided to do a "gaming diary" for my first playthrough of Monster Hunter Tri.

Thanks to the dedicated endeavor of fans from the MH community, the servers of Tri are finally accessible again, so I'm very excited to check this one out. The 3rd Gen is my favorite overall, and I've been yearning to see Loc Lac with my own eyes for years now.

But first, I'll have to spend some time in singleplayer to farm some equipment and re-familiarize myself with the game. Wouldn't want to do the hub quests ill-prepared! So, for now, we're starting slow.

Disclaimer: Text is paraphrased from my localization and might slightly deviate from the English version.

Intro

This is the first time I've seen the intro of MH Tri in person - and it’s such an amazing one, too! I love the correlation between the sea and land environments depicted here: The Jaggi pack is hunting the Aptonoths at the coast (great way to introduce the new small bird wyverns!), while the Ludroths are picking up the scraps that fell into the water.

That Great Jaggi was about to have the feast of his life on that Aptonoth, only to be bowled out by that Rathalos. xD Dude wanted his lunch back so badly that he was even willing to make a stand against the Rathalos. Probably wouldn't have held out for long, though, with Jaggis being weak to fire. (If Tri had turf wars, that Great Jaggi would've been totally obliterated.)

And when the Lagiacrus shows up, the Jaggis are just like: "Okay, this one’s way out of our league. Let’s get the hell out of here." xD

One thing I love about the Lagiacrus is that he's designed like an antithesis to Rathalos: Rathalos wields fire, which is the Lagi's primary weakness. Meanwhile, Rathalos himself is weak against lightning, which makes him vulnerable to Lagiacrus’s attacks. Both are the kings of their respective element, but when encroaching on Rathalos' territory, the Lagiacrus is like a literal fish out of the water.

I wonder what would happen if there was a turf war between them, though. Would there be a 50:50 chance of either one winning? Would the Lagi try to pull Rahtalos into the water? Would he even get out of there by himself? (I imagine it would look like a bird of prey that crashed in the water, but much bigger. Poor Rathalos might need a hand. xD)

I love how Lagiacrus turns away in an "Eh, I didn't mean to hunt this anyway" manner; like having his snack snatched away from under his nose hurt his pride, but he tries to act unbothered by it. xD

Ah, guys... I always get a little teary-eyed when the MH Tri main theme comes up. The Rathalos flying over the vast plains, the music picking up, and then the view with the hunters standing at the cliff... It really doesn't get better than this. :,)

Arrival in Moga

Ah, it's been ages since I saw that cutscene... It's technically the same as in MH3U, but still it feels so good to be back. I love how you see the villagers just going about their daily lives, the children being excited about the trinkets the Chief's Son brought back from his trip and all that... It evokes such a homey feeling right from the start, and it makes the village community feel that much more like family.

The chief actually mentions the sea people having crests on their skin and looking a little different from normal humans. I remember this from the MH artbook, where it's stated they gave them a different skin tone/markings as well as webbed hands to distinguish them from normal humans. I thought this was just a scrapped concept (since you don't see much of a visual difference in-game), but I had no idea there was in-game dialogue about it. Cool!

"Diversity means prosperity!" That's actually a really wise quote right there. Both the sea people and wyverians are knowledgeable in their own right, but each have different skills. If they unite them, everyone profits. (I think we could learn something from this for our own society.)

I love the Guild Sweetheart from MH Tri/3U. She's legitimately my favorite of all the Guild receptionists in Monster Hunter (at least those I’m familiar with). And she's trying so hard - she's really upset the Guild apparently forgot about them in this backwater village. Hang in there, sweetie!

"The Guild has permission to hunt and do research in the Moga Woods, and in exchange, we help the village with its problems." A fair trade, but I wonder if the Guild might have ulterior motives. Like, what are they doing with the research results? And do they really only permit just as much hunting as the monster population will allow, or is that just a farce? (I always trusted the Guild was true to their word, but after watching a few Monster Hunter lore videos, I'm not so sure. Ah, I was so gullible back then... xD)

The gossipy lady really loves her silly word games. (And so do I. xD)

"The Chief must have really good relationships with the Guild if he got a hunter like you to come to such a small village in the middle of nowhere." Not an unreasonable thought, actually... How did he convince the Guild to send a hunter to Moga if they otherwise completely ignore it? Is he friends with some of the higher-ups?

"For safety reasons, we’ve collected all information about monsters in a so-called "monster list"." Uh-huh... "Safety reasons"... I'm telling you, the Guild is definitely keeping secrets.

Okay, so the item seller really likes hunters. This reminds me, I think there's one single NPC in the entire series who couldn't stand hunters. (I believe it was some guy in Minegarde, though I can't say for sure since I've never been in that city myself.) Is this dude the only one or are there any others who actually dislike hunters?

I love the Outfitter with her "very important" virtual tests. Like yeah, I'm sure that fantasizing about slaying monsters with no first-hand experience will bring you that much closer to finding the "ideal weapon". (I gotta say, I love this kind of humor that Monster Hunter has - it's so dumb, but in a hilarious kind of way. The game knows it's dumb and doesn't take it too seriously, so it almost feels a bit like satire.)

I'm also quite fond of the Fishmongeress. She is warm-hearted and helpful, but also very assertive and knows what she wants. My kind of woman!

I love the dynamic between the two kids; like one is constantly bragging about how smart he is (while actually being really dumb), while the other, shy one is the actual smart one (can confirm this from personal experience xD).

Our local "whizz kid" tells us that the villagers are threshing rice at the windmills in Moga Village. (The ones you can see in the background near the armory and if you walk across the leftmost pier.) That’s probably what the farm is for, though I haven’t seen any paddy fields there.

You know what I find absolutely hilarious? The way the game incorporates gameplay tips. The villagers say stuff like "Okay, so try imagining a "screen", alright?" and "Try imagining a thing called "Wiimote". No kidding, just try it!". They talk about a yellow cursor ("I know: a what?!") like it's the weirdest thing ever, and "saving the game" is treated like some outlandish slang word. Like, the developers were probably aware that to the people in-universe, these explanations would sound entirely nonsensical, and they put in the extra effort to make it funny - I love it.

Also, the UI design in Tri is absolutely gorgeous. I love the "tribal" style the old games had going on. MH World can't hold a candle to this!

I remember there was an old post on the MH Lore Tumblr blog (sadly, it's been defunct for a while now) that in the MH universe, the Felynes are treated like cheap laborers who are always given the shit jobs nobody else wants to do. Considering how they're constantly seen in positions like chamberlain, farm worker etc., I believe there might actually be something to this. It's kind of sad, but these kitties really don't seem to have the best standing in MH society... :(

I love the Felyne-specific language, though. (Like hairstyling being "grooming", "child's play" is "kitten's play" and so on.) It's so endearing.

So, the shy kid tells me there's a cave at the farm, but I shouldn't go inside because the Chief is gonna get really mad if I do. The Head Farmer tells me it contains some kind of ancient weapon. From what I remember from 3U, that "weapon" is a mask for the Shakalaka. (It's funny how every Monster Hunter used to have this "special", sword-in-the-stone kind of weapon.)

Moga Woods (day)

I gotta say, from a gameplay perspective, I think the tutorial for Tri is really well done. It doesn't immediately throw you into a timed quest so you don't feel pressured from the get-go, and it introduces you to all core mechanics bit by bit.

Village Chief: "Can you hear me?" Yes, I can hear you. I'm not sure how you can speak to me since you technically should be back at the village, but I hear you. (Do these villagers have mastered the art of telepathy somehow?)

"My ancestors had a saying: "Wherever you go, there you are."" Wow - I never could've figured this out on my own. Truly, the wisdom of ages.

It's easy to forget, but MH Tri is actually the first Monster Hunter where gathering points are displayed. I remember how distressed I was when playing MH1 and realizing there were no pop-ups to mark gathering spots. (And now that I’m used MH1 and Freedom Unite, I have to get out of my habit of pressing the gathering button at suspicious looking places. xD)

"That's an Aptonoth: a herbivore. Eats... herbs." You don't say, Chief. You don't say.

I remember when I first played Monster Hunter, I felt so bad for killing an Aptonoth. Now, I’ve kinda gotten used to it - still wouldn’t say I feel good about it, though. ^^’

"You're just like me when I was your age! Of course, my stamina bar was way longer." Yeah, sure - just don't forget to toot your own horn.

When finding the Chief's Son: "Sorry we couldn't talk yesterday, though natural disasters are a great conversational topic!" I've said it once, I will say it again: I love Monster Hunter’s humor.

"I'm Juni-- Er, I'm the Chief’s Son." Ohh, do I hear someone having daddy issues?

"Our tent and bocce set were in that destroyed camp." Oh, no - due to the earthquake, the villagers can't play bocce anymore. What a tragedy.

”I’m so hungry, I could eat an Aptonoth.” Well, friend, you’re in luck - I’ve just slaughtered one of these beasties.

Aaand he snatches the meat right up. Okay, dude - have fun grilling. I’ll just go back to the village all on my lonesome, I guess…

And thus, after finding the lost son and completing our first job for McDelivery, we return to the village...

To be continued

[k8epot8e]

Train in Vain: Chapter 3 Have a Sunny Day!

Summary:

You, Kid, and Kil arrive at Luffy's party.

Notes:

Sorry for another shorter chapter this week! I went to a wedding and it threw me off my school and work schedules. I promise next week's will be longer and have more dialogue. It was fun to think about how I thought the Sunny rowhouse would look. Also, I promise I didn't forget Franky or Chopper they're coming. As always, much love and thanks for reading <3

[I'm attempting to get better at how I cross post these on tumblr. I feel so old but I am learning. I will put the link to the chapter on ao3 at the end. I'm sorry I forgot TWs last time but nothing really happened last chapter anyway lol. ]

TWs: Cursing. Drinking and mentions of alcohol.

Kil’s fist hesitated just in front of the door.

The three of you had gotten there in no time. The apartment you’d been looking for turned out to be a three-story brick rowhouse tucked away on a side street. It had a small front porch with a staircase underneath, presumably leading down to a basement apartment. The stairs were lined with potted plants of various sizes and on the porch was a mat, adorned with the face of a smiling cartoon lion surrounded by sunflowers. “Have a sunny day!” was written in cursive at the bottom. You heard an unapproving tsk from Kid which made you giggle.

“I think this is an outside door” Kil stated. He uncurled his fist and reached for the doorknob, opening it inwards. He was right, as you assumed he often was. Behind the door was a hallway with another door on the right and a stairway leading upwards on the left. The minute you all squeezed through the outer door and into the hallway, you knew the party was in the apartment on this floor. You heard someone playing an acoustic guitar and other voices yelling over one another on the other side of the wall. This door was festooned with paper streamers twisted into jaunty spirals.

The three of you resumed your earlier door-knocking configuration with Kil in front and Kid to your left. The blonde man reached out his large fist and rapped it against the wood three times. The din from the other side of the wall continued but you heard a woman shout, “Luffy! Get the door!” Kid growled lightly and crossed his arms over his broad chest.

A moment later, the door swung violently open. The party streamers fluttered through the air and you jumped at the sudden motion. A short man that you assumed was Luffy appeared in the doorway.

He was probably around 5’9 so both Kil and Kid towered over him. Despite his short stature, he had the presence of someone much larger. A warmth radiated off him, drawing you towards him; an emotional tug that you could feel in your chest. He was handsome in an almost adorable way. His black hair fell in loose curls down over his forehead. He had a long scar under his left eye from an injury probably decades old. His skin was a beautifully warm shade of brown that matched his light brown eyes flecked with gold. His gaze was genuine in an intense way that made you feel exposed. His body was muscular but lean, like the build of a swimmer or gymnast. Around his neck was a thin leather strap from which an old straw hat dangled, resting on his back down between his shoulder blades. He wore a red Hawaiian shirt that he didn’t bother buttoning at all, ripped jean shorts, and flip-flops. An insane outfit for New York, you thought to yourself, quickly getting distracted by his washboard abs. Your face flushed and you hastily averted your gaze.

“Jeez, pull it together ol’ girl,” you thought to yourself.

Luffy thrust his arms in the air and beamed.

“JAGGY AND JAGGY’S FRIEND! YOU’RE HERE!”

He lept out and embraced Kil, wrapping both of his long arms around the blonde’s muscular chest. Kil recoiled slightly but settled into the hug, placing his right hand tentatively on the short man’s back.

“For fuck’s sake” Kid scoffed.

You thought Kid’s verbal hostility would ruffle Luffy, but he seemed completely unfazed.

“I don’t know you,” Luffy released Kil as his eyes met yours. You could feel the blood rush to your cheeks as you became the subject of his intense stare.

“Luffy, this is (Y/N). She’s a new friend of ours.” Kil explained, motioning to you with his right hand.

“Hey. Nice to meet you,” you said sheepishly meeting Luffy’s gaze and offering a small wave of your right hand.

“Nice to meet ya!”

The toothy smile he gave you in return was so bright it made you squint. You felt your heart flutter in your chest; you were completely overcome by his charisma.

“Hey, Jaggy!” Luffy slapped Kid on the arm with his long hand.

“Yeah. Hey.” Kid grumbled and looked away.

You furrowed your brow at the redhead. What was his problem?

“Come on in!” Luffy beckoned to the three of you and led you into the apartment.

The apartment’s common space was one long room divided into different sections by furniture. On the opposite wall to where you entered was a large, brick fireplace. The mantel was decorated with more party streamers along with candles, plants, and photographs. In front of the fireplace was a long wooden coffee table, seemingly the nexus of the gathering as most people were sitting on couches or chairs pulled up around it. To the right was a large bay window with built-in bookshelves on either side and a bench lined with throw pillows that faced the coffee table. Facing the bench was a large couch with an aggressively 1970s sepia-toned floral pattern. It had definitely seen better days, but its injuries had been patched up tenderly in places.

To your left was a media table with video game consoles and a TV. The far left side of the room was a dining area with a long, scuffed wooden table that was currently covered in reusable plastic cups and an unfinished game of Settlers of Catan. Behind it was what seemed to be an impeccably stocked bar cart. There were doorways on this side of the room, one leading to a linoleum-tiled kitchen, one to a bathroom, and one to a hallway that extended down to the left.

When Luffy said “party” on the phone, you had assumed it was going to be a body-to-body type of affair like the apartment parties you sometimes attended reluctantly with friends. This was the opposite of that. There were eight people not including you, Kid and Kil.

On the bench sat a 20-something busty redhead whose cheeks were already flushed from alcohol. She was arguing with the intimidatingly handsome, presumably similarly aged, green-haired Asian man to her right who was actively pouring both of them more sake despite neither of their glasses being close to empty.

Sitting in a dining chair pulled in front of the fireplace and as close to the redheaded girl as physically possible was a lanky man with blonde hair that hung loosely over his face. He was smoking a cigarette and drinking what appeared to be a dirty martini. He was smiling lovingly at the redhead, but she wasn’t paying him any mind.

On the floral couch sat a beautiful older woman with long dark hair and bronze skin, probably in her late 30s, holding a book in her lap. The book looked like it had been sitting open for a while and she was talking happily with the man to her left, a handsome, 20-something Black man with long curly hair he kept styled in a low ponytail. He was enthusiastically telling her about something, his excited hand motions emphasizing what he was explaining. On the man’s left side sat a large-framed older Asian man who was looking between the two conversations and smiling contentedly. Lastly, another older man sat behind the floral couch in a dining chair he had scooted closer to the group. He was a very tall, skinny Black man who was playing the acoustic guitar and lightly singing a happy little tune.

It was loud and somewhat chaotic for a small gathering, but the scene made you smile. Luffy paused once the three of you had shuffled in the door.

“Hey guys! Look who made it!” Luffy laughed as he addressed the apartment of people. The acoustic guitar and conversations briefly paused as all eyes turned towards you.

“Wow, Eustass. Never thought you’d actually take him up on it.” The redheaded girl teased, a sly grin spreading across her flushed face.

“If you wanted to see me that bad, babe, all you had to do was ask.” Kid cocked his brow at her suggestively. She rolled her eyes.

“Kid, I swear to god I will kick your ass” The blonde man stood up and pointed his cigarette at Kid in challenge.

Before you or Kil could say anything Luffy let out a loud belly laugh

“Come on guys! It’s a party! Let’s just have a good time!” He slapped Kid on the back playfully. Kid’s entire face got red and he stormed off to the bar cart at the end of the room. The man started playing the guitar again and everyone resumed their earlier conversations.

Luffy flopped down happily on the bench next to the green-haired man. You and Kil migrated to the bar cart where Kid had just poured himself a shot of whiskey. He threw it back and exhaled, slamming the “What Happens in Sabaody Archipelago, Stays in Sabaody Archipelago!” shot glass back onto the cart.

“Can we just ask him for a ride and get the fuck out of here?” Kid huffed at Kil. The sticky sweet scent of whiskey wafting from his large mouth.

“I don’t know if they’ll just up and take us without some convincing. Let’s all get a drink and see if we can talk one of them into it.” Kil said calmly.

“He’s probably right. It would be rude to just demand something from them the minute we got in the door.” You added.

Kid rolled his eyes.

“1. I don’t care about manners, 2. Kil, you just want a drink, 3. (Y/N), you only want to stay ‘cause you’ve got a hard-on for that lunatic.” Kid jabbed.

“What? I do not!” You huffed. “Also, if anyone is a lunatic it’s you, Kid. He seems perfectly nice.”

Kid opened his mouth to argue back at you but Kil placed his hand on Kid’s chest, stopping him.

“Let’s focus on the task at hand, shall we?” Kil said dryly. “Even if I do just want a drink, we’ll be outta here faster if we do some schmoozing.”

Kil turned to you.

“So, what do you want?” He asked cocking his head at you, a smile peeking out from behind his surgical mask.

“Hmph. Probably a Shirley Temple.” Kid laughed.

“I’ll have whatever you’re having.” You said to Kil. His blond eyebrows shot up in amused questioning.

“Don’t let Kid bully you into anything. I usually drink whiskey neat, and not the good shit either.” Kil laughed.

“That’s just fine.” You smiled back at him, meeting his gaze. He was a hard man to read anyway, as composed as he was, so trying to interpret him with limited facial cues made everything more difficult. You thought you sensed a hint of flirtation in his tone, but you couldn’t be sure. And even so, god knows you didn’t have enough evidence to do anything about it.

“Make it three.” Kid grunted. He grabbed a dining chair and dragged it closer, but not too close, to the circle of friends.

[koskela-knights]

Thinking about Jaakko *sigh*, how he's sort of a shadow player, usually working behind the scenes. In Coffee World you see a bunch of notes where he, together with Stuart, maintains the park and makes sure things keep turning. He's Ilmo's coworker and backup and will also call him out if Ilmo dreams too big. He's reserved and seems to be able to tolerate stuff to a certain degree but he has his limits. There are a bunch of notes throughout Coffee World and the Kalevala Knights Workshop where you see him being fed up with Ilmo's shenanigans and other Cult members' bullshittery.

Speaking of notes, I dig Jaakko's handwriting. It's sort of.. jaggy? Idk how to describe it in English. Anyways, I can just imagine him scribbling down his frustrations with those pens and markers so well 😂 Poor dude has to deal with a load of bs, doesn't he.

But on the other side, he still does those silly commercials with Ilmo. He cares about him and family (as seen during the Profiling by Saga). I love the scenes where you can see him obviously read the autocue. And whether it's Franzén 'breaking character' or that's part of it, you see Jaakko have a few genuine moments where he is clearly enjoying the part or simply chuckling at Ilmo's exaggerated actions. The Adventure Tours ad has the most obvious examples like flipping off the government, but also the fishing part. And lest we not forget the smug looks or smiles he throws the audience after innuendo/suggestive jokes <3

His clothing also tells you he's mainly one favoring practicality and doesn't put much effort into his appearance. (Which is understandable, given the work he does) He is inseparable from his beanie (like in the Coffee ad, suit n all but he still wears that beanie). His shirts are untucked or partially tucked into his pants and he enjoys layers. Peak party outfit right there in the Ahma commercial.

[jojococomo]

Tell Me That You Love Me (I’ll Never Ask You Why)

Ao3

One Piece, One-Shot, Teen, 3557 Words

Post-Wano, Trafalgar Law/ Monkey D. Luffy, first-kiss

Summary: After Wano in a nameless port town, two captains reunite. Not all alliances are the same.

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There's no time to cry

You wanna see a world without pain

Take a swim in the river

We could fly higher than high

Light headed, I know you're a sightseer

Can I see your mind, no I can't

Wanna read your mind, but I can't

I don't feel alive, but I am

Make me feel alive, I know you can

Onyx- Odette, 2018

“Ah.”

They utter it at the same time. Luffy, as he always was, perched on that lion figurehead looking down with a grin wider than the space of his cheeks had vacancy for. Law, as he always was, Kikoku notched at his shoulder, face turned towards the sun, towards Luffy.

“What are you doing here?” Luffy asks and Law frowns, beaten in asking the question himself. The docks of some no name port-town bustle about them. Them, their crews, their ships, separated by a paltry dock and lapping waves.

“I could ask you the same thing, Straw Hat-ya.” Law responds dryly, “I’m pretty sure I told you leaving Wano if we met again I would kill you.”

“Our alliance is over, Straw Hat-ya.” Luffy recites, his impression of Law is seamless on his own face, before it shatters with a grin. White wavebreak lines, laughter ringing out from his mouth, his throat, his stomach and soul, “You sure did! Bet you feel awkward now, huh?”

It had been a month since they left Wano. Four measly weeks didn’t quite wash all the time Law spent among the Straw Hat crew from his pores. He still wakes sometimes in the night thinking he hears Luffy’s snoring. He still bends over his plate, hand raised in defense of Luffy’s quick fingers when eating. Still closes his eyes and sees the impression of Luffy over him, blocking Doflamingo’s foot from bashing Law’s face in on the back of his eyelids. To see Luffy again, so suddenly, so surprisingly, isn’t awkward in the slightest.

“Hm.” Law hums. He doesn’t smile, not really. Whatever tugs at the corner of his mouth is out of his control, but it’s enough for Luffy. “Please tell me Kidd isn’t here, too. We drew straws for a reason.”

“Haven’t seen Jaggy since Wano.” Luffy confirms, rising to his feet. The wind off the bay catches the tails of his coat, deep red with gold thread. Law’s breath catches in his chest at the sight, lungs blooming. Pressing his ribcage until it aches with emotion as Luffy’s hand comes down on that crown made of straw, “So, are you going to kill me here on the dock?” A frown mars Luffy’s face in thought as he looks out at the port with it’s little shops and little people.The little lives going about their day, unknowing that two of the world’s most dangerous men stood deciding whether they were about to raze an entire town in combat, “I dunno, these people have been really nice to us. Hate to ruin their day.”

Law rolls his eyes, adjusting his sword. Pinky finger lifting off the hilt, back down, current rolling through the rest of his grip. He puts on a expression of mock-consideration, “Well, we did just dock. Probably should let my crew stretch their legs first before I make a mess.”

“Good idea,” Luffy nods, eyes sparkling with amusement that Law mirrors with a shake of his head. With a running leap, his shadow skates over water, over Law, before he lands with barely more than a soft tap of both his feet at Law’s side, “I was getting hungry.”

“Oh?” Law says. Kikoku moves from one shoulder to the other. Making room for Luffy to stand close. Not touching, they hadn’t touched really since Dressrosa, but the heat of Luffy’s sunwarm skin feels like a palm resting on his side, “That wasn’t an invitation to eat together.”

“Who says we’re eating together?” Luffy tosses back with ease as they walk. Law’s stride shortening and his quickening so they can walk side by side. Footfalls on wood to footfalls on cobblestone. “Do you have money to pay for food?” Law asks, already suspecting the answer. Luffy’s eyes slide to him, full of humor.

“Nope!” He says brightly, bumping his shoulder against Law’s arm, “Guess you’ll have to buy me lunch, Trao.”

Law tugs at the brim of his cap, pulls it low and levels his voice, “Whatever. Where is your crew, anyway?”

“Dunno, they each went off in a different direction.”

“Didn’t go with them?”

“Nah, wanted to take a nap.” A child sprints past with loose shoelaces. Splats belly-down on the ground, his toy flinging into Luffy’s path. Luffy plucks the toy, then the child off the ground without pause. Setting them to the side. The kid looks up at Luffy, at the captain’s coat and the pure, unadulterated power that radiates from Luffy’s core. Awe before worship. Law is a witness to the new convert at Luffy’s door, “Good thing I did. Would’ve missed you if I hadn’t stuck around.”

“Lucky me.” Law deadpans and it makes Luffy laugh. They walk until a raucous pub catches Luffy’s attention. Drinkers and smokers and sailors spilling out of the doors chased by the smell of cooking meat. There is laughter inside. Singing and fighting above din of conversation. A siren song for Luffy. Law looks at it with mild disdain, but Luffy tugs him in by the elbow. They find a spot at a corner table on the second floor landing. Balcony seats to the excitement below. The barmaid is a young girl of fifteen, she rattles off the food specials to them while serving the table next to them. Law orders a pint of whatever was on tap and whatever was caught fresh that morning. Luffy orders everything else. The girl looks frazzled at the request, but takes their orders and sails off towards the kitchen.

Law crosses his legs, stretching them long under the table, invading Luffy’s territory, “No sympathy for my wallet, Straw Hat-ya?”

“Oh, so you are buying me lunch?” Luffy grins back and Law blinks, before delivering a swift kick to Luffy’s shin. Luffy dodges it, hooks his foot over the top of Law’s legs and leaves it there. Neither of them mention it. “Besides,” Luffy adds, “Not like you are paying with your own money.”

Law tilts his head, not in confirmation. After so many years on the streets, Law knew better than to self-incriminate. The knowledge of being caught is there already, he'll wait until Luffy proves it. Luffy snorts, reaching into the basket of nuts and starting to crack the shell. He's being polite today, Law has seen him eat them before, casing and all. “The guy by the door, the big one with the scar. You filched his wallet on the way in when he bumped into you."

"Impressive." Law reaches into his jacket and draws out a leather wallet, worn with age. He flips it open and starts pulling out the cash inside. Counts it into piles, enough for the meal, even including the seconds and thirds Luffy was sure to order, and also a tip for the waitress. In the change purse there is a collection of coins. Half berris and half local currency. Law plucks his favorite. Silver with the insignia of a ram, aged 130 years. Luffy watches him, cheeks puffed in chewing. Law twists his hand and in a pop the wallet is gone. A rock lands in his hand and Law deposits it on the table next to the cash and coin. “No one has ever caught me before.”

Law folds the cash and pushes it into his pocket for later.

“Yer no’ a’ gud a’ ‘ami.”

Law grimaces, “Please chew before you speak.”

Luffy swallows in one big gulp, “You’re not as good as Nami. Sabo was— wait— is better than both of you combined. I could never catch him. He tried to teach me when we were younger, but I was no good at it.”

“Easier to punch a guy, I assume.”

Luffy shrugs, picking up the coin from the table and twisting it in his hands, “More straight-forward. Pick-pocketing didn’t do much if every mark around you was just as poor as you were. Better to hit and run.”

“Sure.” Law says, before drawing Luffy’s gaze with a turn of his head, “But not as satisfying.”

The man is pulling out his wallet, still in his back pocket where he had placed it hours before entering the pub. He opens it while laughing. Law and Luffy watch as the man’s laughter dies in his throat upon finding only spare change. Not nearly enough to pay for the several pints of beer that lay empty on the table. His drinking pals groan as he sputters, the barmaid looking on without sympathy as the rest of them dig through their pockets to pay for their friend. Luffy watches the events unfold, amused, “Funny. Though, I think you’ve never landed a really good punch, have you?”

Law holds up one hand, fingers spreading the letters inked into the skin wide. With a twist of his wrist, the coin abandons Luffy’s grasp and is between his pointer and middle finger, “Spent a lot of money on these tattoos, wouldn’t want to ruin them."

"Hadn't thought of that." Luffy admits, staring at the coin. Or at Law's hand. It was hard to tell in the low light of the pub. He holds his own hand up in examination, "Guess it would be dumb for me to get tattoos on my hands. I mess them up all the time."

Law had never taken the time to look at Luffy's hands. Those hands that held him, carrying him through the streets of Dressrosa. He looks now, the excuse given so freely. Takes it greedily, takes it as far as grabbing it so he can examine it in the light. Luffy's hands are the hands of a brawler. Swollen knuckles and a comet of scars mauling the bone and skin. A ganglion cyst sits puffed right above the joint of his thumb. His nails are groomed and clean. Little islands in a sea of healed over cartilage.

“No,” Law says low, letting go of Luffy’s hand so that he doesn’t do something stupid like slot his own fingers between them. His arms come to cross over his chest, “You probably couldn’t sit still long enough for the artist to get a needle on you.”

The waitress returns with their drinks in hand. Behind her was another barmaid, older with a twisted braid falling over her shoulder. Loaded down with plates and plates of food. Luffy cheers as food is set down on the table. Immediately digging into a turkey leg still sizzling with hot oil used to fry it. Yelping when he burns his tongue but eating through the pain. Law nods his thanks to the barmaid, who blushes a pretty pink and giggles. She leaves in a flurry and Law takes a bite of his grilled trout. Looking up he catches Luffy staring after the girl, a rope of turkey skin between his teeth.

“Trao, do you like girls?”

Law coughs around his fork, reaching for his beer to swallow it down. Luffy is watching him, still chewing but the question is there on his plate. Law wipes his mouth, playing for time. Luffy waits. “Um,” Law says ineloquently, “I— why do you want to know?”

Luffy frowns, “That’s not an answer.”

“Neither is that.”

“Neither is that times infinity.”

“You—” Law gapes, rubbing his temple, “How old are you?”

“Older than that girl.” Luffy mutters and Law blinks.

“I don’t….” Law begins, feeling the words gurgle in his mouth, seeping out, “I’m not. I don’t like people, generally. I don’t really think about gender.”

Luffy tilts his head to the side, “I didn’t ask who you didn’t like. I asked who you liked.”

“I answered that, I don’t. Generally. Doesn’t matter if it’s a girl or a guy. I’m not…into people.” It comes out stilted, as it always did when he told someone about this fact. He’s never had romantic feelings, sexual feelings even less frequent. He doesn’t know if it was the white lead killing everything he ever knew that did it, or just an innate part of his being.

“Hm,” Luffy works his jaw, chewing on both his food and Law’s words in tandem, “I get that. I’m the same. I like people though, that’s a really silly way of putting it.”

“Same?” Law asks, his own food forgotten.

“The not being into people thing.” Luffy says, shrugging, “I don’t think it’s weird.”

“Your swordsman isn’t?” Law doesn’t know why he’s pressing for details but Luffy opened this box and Law is too curious to not dig into it. Luffy throws back his head and cackles, and it rattles the table, “Zoro likes Sanji and he has no idea that he does. It’s really funny to watch him mope around the ship when Sanji flirts with girls.”

“I thought… you two seem—“ Shut up. Stop talking.

“We’re close and I love him.” Luffy admits, his gaze does that thing that Law could never quite figure out. Where Luffy suddenly looks years older, “I love all my friends. I think that’s the loneliest part. That I have all these people surrounding me and it’s enough. It’s all I ever wanted, but one day they’ll find people they love more than our adventures and I won’t.”

He pried too far. This conversation shouldn’t be happening between them. They are enemies (not really). Law should leave (he won’t). Luffy brightens, a flame slow to catch on damp kindling, “I want them to be happy, so I just have to enjoy the time I have with them now.”

“I never thought I’d be alive this long.” Law looks away from the table, away from Luffy who always watches him. He crawls off the petri-dish because it makes him uncomfortable to have someone want to look through the microscope at him, “For years I was dying, and then for years I was thinking about revenge. Romance or sex, I never had the time to consider it. Still, a part of me wishes that I had what my parents had.”

“What did they have?” Luffy asks and Law tells him. Memories that had been so painful to visit now knocking eagerly at the door. He tells Luffy about his mother who was a brilliant surgeon but a terrible cook that burned every recipe and called it flavor. He talked about his father, who was kind and a bit of a goofball, always laughing and trying to drag his mother down with him even when she was angry. He talked about how it felt walking into the kitchen for a glass of water late at night and catching his parents slow dancing to a scratched record crooning from a den den mushi. How the image of it is burned into his very soul, the softness of his father’s gaze, the pure happiness of his mother curled against his chest. The way they swayed with each other. Always with each other. When they danced, when they fought, when they loved him and Lamy. With each other. Together.

Luffy listens. Really listens, eyes wide as he watches Law talk. He asks questions, strange questions that answers more about himself in the asking of them. What did your bedroom look like? Did you have a bed or did you sleep on the floor? What was it like to have your mother tuck you in at night? You had a father? Did he ever hit you? Did you love your little sister?

I was blessed, Law thinks as he answers. His room had been blue and yellow, his favorite colors. Stars on the ceiling and anatomical posters on the wall. It was a bed, a big bed with the softest pillows in the house. His mother would read to him every night even when he pretended he was too old to need a bedtime story. No, his father never hit him. His father couldn’t harm a fly, but his mother did slap him once when she found him playing in the lab with chemicals without eye protection. It had hurt her more than him but he knew even as his cheek stung that she had been scared. He had adored Lamy, had adored her the moment his mother had laid the bundle of her in his arms and those big eyes looked up at him and smiled gummy. Luffy gazes at him with awe. The kind of awe that a child has hearing a fantastical story.

I was blessed. I am blessed because I at least have memories.

He talks until his voice felt gritty, and would down his beer and talk more. The empty pints collecting with the empty plates. A city built of dishes between them. The crowd ebbs and wanes, lunch crowd to the early drinkers to the dinner rush and then to the audience of the two barmaids, sweeping the floor and putting chairs up on the table. The young girl comes up to them, sheepish and shy, “Sorry sirs, but it’s closing time.”

They both look at her in confusion, kings pulled out of silverware kingdoms to a dark pub. The silver of moonlight sneaking in through the window. Law pays the bill with his stolen money and Luffy snickers as he has to dip into his own wallet for the difference. The bill is astronomical, one too many zeros tacked at the end of the total. Luffy looks on it victorious as Law counts it out.

They stumble out onto the street, Law swaying on his feet, booze hitting him hard. He ends up leaning on Luffy, half his body folded over Luffy’s shoulders. It’s embarrassing, but Luffy smells like sea and straw and Law breathes it in. They walk like that; the wall where they didn’t touch crumbling into rubble. They are hip to hip, rib to rib. Foreheads knocking as they move through the darkened streets. They walk uphill, away from the docks and their ships and their beds. All the way to the top of the hill, where the streets give way to a grassy knoll and the sky is open above them, the moon a perfect ring of light birthing a twin in the distant sea.

They fall into soft grass, giggling. Law hasn’t giggled in years but he’s curled into Luffy laughing into his neck and hearing it echo in Luffy’s voice. It feels like sailing on a dream, that drunken haze where everything is feather-light. Floating. Law is just following the wind when Luffy turns his head towards him to say something and Law cuts him off with a kiss.

It is sweet, something stolen from teenage years that Law never had. Law has kissed people, has fucked them on the rare occasion that the urge finds him. Yet, the way Luffy’s breath hitches against his mouth is the most glorious thing. His hand slides into Luffy’s hair, pushing that hat off of his head to make room for his grip and Luffy is kissing him back. Clumsy, inexperienced and wonderful. Too many teeth, a stone arch of lips but it soon gives way to something natural. A quick learner chasing instinct. Teeth yield for tongue, Luffy’s head tilts, nose bumping the aquiline curve of Law’s. His shoulders hit the ground and Luffy is pushing him down. Weight blanketing across Law’s chest. Their hips slot and the brush of their groins has Law moaning into Luffy’s mouth. Luffy pulls back at the sound, eyes dark and breathing hard, “Oh.” Luffy whispers, “That’s what they mean.”

Law doesn’t quite comprehend what Luffy is saying; he’s lightheaded and the phantom sensation of Luffy’s lips on his has him pushing back up, seeking it. Luffy kisses him, once, twice. Softening, closed-mouth and Law feels it like a wind-down. The fire brought low to the glow of embers crackling. The sound he makes is pathetic, a keen, a whimper. Something being taken away.

“You’re drunk, Trao.” Luffy says and it sounds like an explanation, and it sounds sensible. Responsible. Silly coming from Luffy who is none of those things. Silly that Law who was all of those things hated how it sounds.

“I am.” He breathes, swallowing hard and Luffy watches the bob of his throat like it’s the most fascinating thing he’s ever seen, “You’re not.”

Luffy wasn’t. Luffy doesn’t like alcohol, so he doesn’t drink.

“Nope,” Luffy shakes his head, “I’ll know that it won’t change in the morning.”

“You think it’ll change for me?” Law asks. Luffy smiles, “Maybe. You’re the one that doesn’t like people.”

Law snorts, head falling back into the grass and feeling the blades tickle the shell of his ears. The movement sends his brain skipping in his head in a rush. He is drunk. “You just want me to admit that I don’t hate you.” Law grouses.

“You don’t.” Luffy’s tone is certain as he moves to stand, “I know that already.”

Law looks up at him, bathed in moonlight, still just as bright as in the sun, “Then what don’t you know?”

A hand falls down in front of him, palm up. Law takes it and Luffy doesn’t have any tattoos, but the look of Law’s on top of his hand doesn’t look so bad. Luffy doesn’t let him go when he pulls Law onto his feet. Law doesn’t think he has since they met. Luffy starts pulling Law towards town.

Luffy answers, “I have no idea. You’ll just have to tell me in the morning.”

[oneirataxia-girl]

Relationship asks!! # 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 10, 12, 15, 20, 21, 36, 39, 45, 48! I realize this might get a little long but I want answers for both Keller and Midlaw hehehe

hadley lovely you're so right this was long af 😭 so I split this into one post for Keller (this one) and another for Midlaw (link here!) but without further ado, let's jump in! tagging the other op anime girlie @auxiliarydetective bc I don't wanna spoil the others

1. How did they meet and what were their first impressions of each other?

Sabaody arc, when the Heart, Kid, and Strawhat pirates leave the auction house and they're surrounded by Marines. Killer jumps in and takes out one of them just as the man is about to attack Kenji's unknowing back; cue Kenji's eyes widening like dinner plates watching Killer land on the ground in slow motion and Killer thinking wow this guy is so dumb (affectionate) like my captain when we were young KID TF ARE YOU TOYING WITH THESE MARINES FOR WE GOTTA GO-

2. What kind of dynamic do they have with each other?

smartass x dumbass, sunshine protector x sunshine, "I'd die for you" "who said you could die??? WHO SAID YOU COULD DIE KILLER I NEED NAMES"

3. What do others think of them?

Kid is like ???????? at Killer's choice of a boyfriend, but Killer's taste is all his fault because Kenji like him in some ways (much to Kenji's horror but we'll get to that another time) and Killer is basically programmed to like that type; the other Kid Pirates, after grilling Kenji about his intentions of their beloved second-in-command, are pretty supportive of the two; Mari approved of Killer before they even got together; the other Strawhats also become fond of him, Franky and Usopp are the (joking) exception since both of them had to put up with Kenji ranting about Killer's weapons for weeks after Wano, Jimbei is the fishman Kenji goes to ask about having a crush and it’s very fluffy, then Brook, Sanji and Chopper pop in and it dissolves into teasing jabs, Robin mentions offhandedly to Nami about Kenji’s not-so-subtle attempt to ask after Killer in the day’s newspaper and Nami is iffy on whether the other pirate is good enough, but keeps those thoughts to herself until she can access Killer’s potential herself. Zoro pretends to be asleep through all this but he’s glad that Kenji doesn’t know about his fight with Killer as Kamazo (and has no plans of telling him that), and Luffy’s just glad that his crew is getting along with Jaggy’s

5. Is their joint future bright or bleak?

uhhhhhhhh... ideally yes. but it might have to change for canon events, but I do think they get a happy ending

7. Do they have a desire to protect each other?

YES. Killer is of the opinion that Kenji can't fight, and although that's objectively Not True, Kenji's combat levels are a lot lower than Killer's, so when their crews fight together, Killer tries to keep an eye on Kenji. Kenji is also fiercely protective of his Kil, so when anyone makes a snide remark about Killer's time on Wano, the poor sod has to face a very angry red ball of fluff (Kid) and a similarly furious, gun-cocking blacksmith

10. Who would win in a fight?

Killer. no diff, if they're forced to fight (which would be the only scenario either of them would raise a weapon at the other), Kenji would be out without question

12. Who is a better caregiver?

it’s a close one but Kenji. Killer is good at caring for everyone but himself, but Kenji is a firm believer of "you can't take care of anyone if you don't care for yourself" so Kenji is the deliverer of sunshine and smiles, and he's mentally okay while doing it!

15. Who has better fashion sense?

I really wanna say Kenji because he is the crew's secondary fashionista (behind Nami but before Sanji), but I believe that Killer's polka dot era is going to come back and that Killer was iconic af. so for now it's a tie

20. What's the worst thing about them teaming up?

Killer would constantly check up on Kenji, which could impact his focus and allow the opponent to get some hits that normally Killer could block. Killer's checkups and possible injuries could also affect Kenji's aim, as he might abandon logic and charge at the enemy without even loading his guns

21. What's the best thing about them teaming up?

if Killer does close range combat while Kenji takes care of mid-range, with both of them equipped with a talkie-walkie version of a transponder snail to communicate, then they could deal some serious damage to anyone facing them. other than the battlefield, they're also a pretty fire duo when it comes to making drinks (Killer watches in loving astonishment as Kenji comes up with the weirdest mixes that always turn out delicious); if both of them + Sanji are in the kitchen, the crews just know they'll be eating and drinking well

36. What is a gift one would give to the other?

Kenji would give him little metal decorations like bracelets or brooches with his mask's design integrated into the pieces. Killer would buy fun trinkets when the Victoria Punk docks on islands to show his boyfriend when they meet again

39. What's an inside joke they'd have together?

"when will Kid and Mari and Trafalgar finally kiss, I wonder?" "my sister has WAY better taste than those ruffians, Kil" "Ken, I'm one of Kid's 'ruffians'" "but you're the best ruffian to ruff, and Mari doesn't settle for anything other than the best, so she's definitely not getting with Jaggy or Tra-guy or both of them"

a ton of angst, lots of yelling, and three confessions later...

"so..." "don't. just lemme mope in peace, Kil"

Killer never lets Kenji forget this. it later becomes a joke that Kenji is actively terrible at predicting romantic relationships and he has fun making the wildest matches ever

45. If one of them was in trouble, what would the other do?

look... all I'm saying is if a guy named "Massacre Soldier" Killer has a boyfriend who apparently once used a person's blood to make his bullets, I would think twice before trying to hurt either one of them. rip(ieces) to those who do otherwise but I value my life

48. If they swapped bodies, how would they handle it?

first, Kenji would claim this as the reason why Mari should leave Law (Mari's typical poker face nearly breaks at the sight of big beefy Killer waving his arms around in typical Kenji fashion); then he'd get Killer to teach him how to use his Punishers, which leads to Killer strapping the blades to Kenji's body to prevent Kenji from hurting himself, which leads to a pouting Kenji, which leads to Killer petting his own head (wow Ken wasn't lying his hair really feels nice in these hands), which leads to Midlaw & co stifling their snorts at the sight of a (compared to Killer) smol twig of a guy stroking back the hair of someone twice his size that practically has a raincloud over his head. let's just say that after this, Law had to endure quite a few dirty glances and passive aggressive remarks from his brother-in-law for a while

give me a number + relationship and I'll tell you something about that relationship!

[beachy--head]

Hey Nonnie, Hang on...because yur bout to hate Krusta more than you may already (really anyone who is reading this will, if they don't know) Because they completely screwed over Sarah, Jessica, and Jesse. I don't remember the name anymore, because they long ago disappeared and left GA completely. We had a source who either was on set, or had access to someone who was, like a crew member. And this posted was trusted because they had been right many times in the past. This source was rightfully angry because of all the lying and just crappy behavior. They made a big post calling GA out ( that I can't find anymore) What happened was Maggie was a brainchild character that they loved (because she was theirs) but really wasn't being received well. The character never tested well with test audiences, or GA generally. Too many people though she was annoying (wonder why lol) The plan was to make Maggie more popular by pairing her with their remaining "single" most popular male character, Jackson.

For back story, Krista doesn't like April or Japril. She has never made a secret of it, and I think she called them toxic years ago when she came back she also made negative remarks if asked about them or passive aggressive swipes in interviews. I don't know if they are still there, but her likes had negative Japril things as well. And I think Jesse even trolled her once for it with a Sarah pic lol When she took over she wanted everyone to adopt only her vision. We know this for a fact because when she came in she did a blind writing test and fired everyone who she didn't agree with, or more like..who didn't agree with her. The source told us that. And it was also confirmed later when that GA writer who lied about cancer was caught and investigated. She was one of the ones Krista fired, and then rehired for pity and because it wouldn't look good.

Problem was to put Maggie with Jackson they knew they had to nix April/end Japril. GAudience would never accept him with someone else while April was still around. During that season Sarah Drew herself pitched her crisis of faith storyline. It was supposed to be a path to Japril getting back together. They told Sasse that, they lied. And actually when Jesse found out, he was pissed. We know this is true because after we were told, photos surfaced of Jesse meeting with Krista and clearly being pissed. And if you look at things Sasse says knowing the truth, it makes more sense.

Jessica, was unfortunately collateral damage. They didn't want GA to see the truth of what they did so they figured if they fired two actresses people wouldn't be smart enough to figure out the real target was Sarah, April by extension. April is so much of who Jackson is, but they wanted to push Maggie w/ Jackson to work for Maggie, but knew they couldn't with April still present.

I'm sure budgeting played some role, but ultimately this was Krista and her personal ridiculous dated opinions of two of the most popular remaining OG characters. And one of the only superships Grey's had/has left.

Just look at the show itself, Jaggie was sloppy. Jackson makes comments about her being his sister, they place them as siblings. Jesse made posts about them being siblings. The actress did as well. Neither of them liked the pairing. And I think Jesse was at times almost forced to show support. They never would have done that if it had been any kind of plan. They make APRIL of all people point out Jackson likes (his sister) opps, I mean Maggie. They rip off an iconic Japril bus explosion to do it. Maggie is the one they make sure April thanks for saving her.

Watch how Jesse and Sarah play their scenes during the COF. They play it like they think Japril is heading to a reunion. They gave interviews like it. They made posts that make sense if that was the truth. Sarah and Jessica found out about their firing on Woman's Day for crying out loud. No smart comp would do that to two of their most beloved actresses.

Obviously I can't quote directly, because the person and posts are long gone. But this is what I remember and why so many of us quit GA. And why a lot of us did the airplane surprise in part, because it was so messed up. They lost millions of viewers when they disrespected Sarah and Jessica. And many of us I'm sure will never come back. Krusty is gone now and they wised up and tried to fix Japril. I believe part of that was actually because Jesse used the power he gained and demanded it for his exit. He's gone to bat for Japril many times, and so has Sarah. But they/Krispy did what they did.

And personally, I'm thrilled to call them out on their BS once again for those who weren't around or don't know.

This ask is for the previous anon who wanted more info on the BTS. The screenshots of the post referenced in this ask are here btw.

I'm going to be honest and say that I've already read this and I go back and forth with believing all of it. At times it reads like fanfiction, but at the same time, some of the stuff said would totally explain some things that happened, so I truly don't know. One thing I believe is, like I said, that Sarah and Jesse firmly believed Japril would go back together in season 14.

[hexagonalhavoc]

Disconnection Tension 

Various Hex characters x Reader

Prologue 

[Author’s Note: Here’s the first part, I hope you enjoy! Reader is gender neutral in this writing]

     Being a light sleeper meant having to get to use to sleeping beside another person. The tiniest movements your partner made often caused you to stir awake before falling back asleep. 

You jolted up a few seconds after Lionel did, awoken by the sound of his heavy gasps for air. You could hardly make out his silhouette in the dark. His fingertips lightly grazed over his neck as if he was afraid to touch it. 

Once you got over your initial shock you knew what was happening. He got up and goes to the bathroom that’s attached to the side of the master bedroom. You get up and follow him, your reflection joining his as he checks his neck in the mirror for any sort of marks. This wasn’t the first time he’s had this nightmare and it’s starting to worry you. Insomnia and night terrors weren’t unusual for him but it seems to be adding more stress than he’s already dealing with. 

“I’m fine.” Lionel mumbles to himself. “I’m fine.” He says again as he shakes his head. 

After taking a moment to calm himself down he turns to face you, mustering the best smile he could. “Sorry. I’m okay.” 

Both of you walk back into the room and Lionel goes for his computer. You know he’ll never finish Waste World but whenever something stressful happens like this he throws himself into programming. It’s two in the morning but you decide to stay awake with him. You sit on the bed idly scrolling through your phone but you’re hardly paying attention to it. 

Your relationship with him hasn’t been the best. You remember when you first told your family and friends about him. All of them seemed so happy that you had found someone you loved. But as time went on, your family and friend’s happiness turned into concern as you told them about your relationship. Most of the people you knew were quick to pick up on the red flags of your partner. It came to the point where people were telling you to just break up with him, that he wasn’t worth all the trouble and emotional baggage.

You didn’t ignore the problems in your relationship but you had a naive view of them. You thought that if two people loved each other then they could solve any problems together. You ended up learning the hard way that love is not enough to save or fix a relationship. You loved Lionel and you know he loved you but both of you were unhappy. 

A part of you wished you had listened to the people around you and broke things off before it could get this severe. Now you and your love live in some desert town that can’t even be found on most maps. You pick up any job you can get while Lionel tried his best to make a game that would sell. 

Regardless of your thoughts about everything that has happened between you two it hurts to see him like this. 

“Your grandpa loved you. I know he did.” You never met the man but you’ve heard so many stories about him from Lionel. You’ve heard more about him than you did his actual father. You couldn’t begin to imagine how much this was messing with Lionel’s mind. To have repeated nightmares of the person who made him feel safe as a child squeezing the life out of him. 

Your boyfriend slowly nods to your words, his back facing you. You don’t need to see his face to know he’s not completely convinced of your words. He’s holding a lot of guilt and you know it. When things started going downhill in his career he told you about his very first game and how he decided to delete. You know he hasn’t forgiven himself for that. When his grandfather died all he had was that jaggy root beer game. You remember him telling you about how he would play it for hours when he felt alone.

There’s so much you want to say to him. You want to tell him that his grandpa wouldn’t hate him for deleting that game but you weren’t sure if he wanted to hear it at the moment so you stayed silent. 

“You should get some sleep.” Lionel doesn’t face you as he talks. He wasn’t great when it came to communication but you know he was saying this because he was looking out for you. As much as you want to stay awake with him you are tired. 

You put your phone down and lay back down underneath the blankets. “I’m here for you.” It’s the last thing you say to him as you close your eyes. 

There’s been so much distance between you and Lionel lately that you’re starting to wonder if things are going to end in your relationship sooner than you anticipated. It was starting to feel like you and him would never get through this rough patch. The only thing you could hope for was a miracle. 

[pocket-jack]

"Luffy and Kid just joking and laughing around together. Kid looks nice when he smiles, so Luffy just says the most sincere thing he can at this moment"

Luffy: Y'know what? I think I love you, Jaggy!

Kid: Eh-... What!?

Luffy: "Stares at him with a dumb smile" ...

Kid: .... "Blushes"

Luffy: "Blushes too"

Kid: Wait, that's not a j... "Genuinely surprised that someone thinks he's attractive enough to love him" You do!???

Luffy: "Blushes uncontrollably now" Ehhh...

Luffy: Bye, Jaggy!!! "Runs away, covering his red face with his hat"

Kid: Hah!? Wait a second you did not just left me with that!!!!

Law: They've been... Awfully getting along together lately.

Killer: It's nice. At least we can have some time in peace...

Luffy: "Runs past them still hiding behind the hat" Hi, Traffy! Hi, cool mask guy!!

Kid: HEY, COME BACK HERE! FACE ME LIKE A MAN, YOU MORON!!

Law: Oh there we go, just when I was about to worry

Killer: I wonder what could've happened

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I believe that Eustass has two ways of angry embarrassment. It either defense when a person full on flirt with him, or offense if a person flirts, but then starts to retreat. And then he chases them with the words COME BACK HERE! WE'RE NOT DONE! HEY!

[ryuuka-balaen]

Do u have a favorite mh monster

so in mhw that answer is really easy, my favourite Bois there are the bloodpuppy Odogaron and the b-52 bomber Bazelguese. bloodpuppy is just so much fun to fight with him not having any super annoying mechanics/attacks that ruin the fun and dealing high enough damage that he's still A Threat. B-52 I find really really funny that they have a guy that just shows up and starts doing fucking wwii carpet bombing shit while you're out minding your business, and again I find it really fun to fight

(and special mention to zinogre for being so so incredibly pubby)

over ALL the monhun games though?? it's so tough to pick favourites

so I actually do really like and have a soft spot for that big dumb chicken I hunted in the og monun while streaming last night, Yian Kut-Ku he's a fun guy with a face no mother could love and I just kinda like him

I like Great Jaggi a lot, not for any particularly good reason but he's just a silly goofy guy and he makes fun noises and he's just kinda chill and funky to fight he's a good time

zamtrios is a really really neat and cool design I think he looks wicked. though tbh could do without the vore thing.

tetsucabra is just frog. who doesn't love funny frog (also the vitality boost on its armour `chef's kiss`)

honourable mention to nibelsnarf for having the funniest name ever

least favourite monsters is easy.

1. monke.

2. nerscylla.

monke/rajang because it just scares me. it's so fast and hits so hard and goes Super Saiyan on my ass and I'm not about it okay get that Goku shit away from me

nerscylla I don't have an actually valid reason for hating, but it was a required hunt in mh4u and I can't even look at the damn thing. how the hell am I supposed to hunt a monster without looking at it.

[billdecker]

15 questions for 15 mutuals

I got tagged by @mashbrainrot (at first I was like who is this?? and then I was like oh it’s you!!!) and I would tag other people but it’s too warm and I don’t know who would want to be tagged so consider yourself tagged

Were you named after anyone? My great-grandma, Sarah-Jane! Although I’m just a Sarah Ann.

When was the last time you cried? Earlier today. A couple of days ago my dad brought around some homegrown potatoes for me so I made an amazing potato salad, bit into it and one of my teeth just crumbled away. I have a big tooth/dental/dentist phobia and they aren’t taking emergencies unless really serious because of the covid backlog, so I’ve got half a jaggy tooth for the next month. So I’ve been pretty much crying every day because my teeth are like a medieval peasant’s anyway because of breakdowns meaning I neglected myself and I just feel very depressed and sad and embarrassed about it all.

Do you have kids? Nope. I have two nieces. Me and D have been together for 22 years and never even discussed it.

Do you use sarcasm a lot? It depends on the person I’m with.

What's the first thing you notice about people? I don’t even know how to answer this one because I don’t meet any new people because I don’t leave my flat lol

Scary movies or happy endings? Seeing as I don’t like scary movies then it would have to be happy endings

What is your eye colour? Blue

Any special talents? Absolutely nothing

Where were you born? Stoke-on-Trent

What are your hobbies? Writing. I’ve been doing a lot of reading this year too, more than I usually do. Gardening! That’s my new favourite thing to do. The patch by my flat is probably only 2m by 1m but I’ve done a lot with it and I have loads of planters too. My instagram this year has basically just been photos of flowers

Have any pets? I have a cat named Cecil who we adopted in 2016. He’d been hit with a white van and suffered a smashed jaw and other broken bones. He was so anxious at the adoption charity that he remained up a corner and nobody wanted him. The charity were surprised we actually wanted him. He’s a gorgeous, neurotic little pain in the arse who threw up this morning because he insists on trying to eat his moulted hair. If I wasn’t living in a tiny housing association flat then I’d have a couple more cats.

What sports do you play/have you played? I used to play football but that’s it. I love watching sports but hate playing them. Absolutely loathed P.E and felt like I’d been blessed when my GP stopped me from doing it at school because I had a growth disease in my knees. Until then I’d literally purposely injure myself to get out of it

How tall are you? 5ft 5.5inches.

Favourite subject in school? History and art. I kinda enjoyed English but the books we read were shit (apart from Adrian Mole) and I really resented Ted Hughes’ poetry. Once I left school to finish my GCSEs at college, I loved English.

Dream job? I used to say to have my writing published but I’d find that far too anxiety inducing because of people reviewing it. Maybe a florist??

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I posted 596 times in 2022

237 posts created (40%)

359 posts reblogged (60%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@doomface

@kururu418

@cooltmoney95

@olianahorror

@hello-just-random-me

I tagged 370 of my posts in 2022

Only 38% of my posts had no tags

#thepaladinrambles - 235 posts

#tales of mewni - 103 posts

#anon - 51 posts

#callyieverse - 50 posts

#froppy butterflyfan2000 - 41 posts

#laylaylamode - 27 posts

#commission - 20 posts

#thepaladinreblogs - 17 posts

#loki heedsi - 14 posts

#envie - 14 posts

Longest Tag: 137 characters

#and more often than not long for affirmations and assurances from others because it doesn’t feel like they’re saying it out of obligation

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

“Alright, let’s get this started!”

A rather strong young man of sixteen, Tony Detweiler’s “go-get-’em” attitude leads him toward both lots of fun and lots of trouble. As the right-side hitter for the Citiesville Knights he takes his blocks and passes seriously. When he’s not at home or working at Nasty Burger, he’s mostly found on the court or at the gym. He and his parents moved out to Citiesville for better opportunities, and although he wishes he was closer to Townsville he’s glad to have found some friends on the volleyball team.

Another lovely commission from @harchibudytgorichi​! Please go check out their work and support them if you can. They’re a wonderful artist and do most of the art designs for all my characters.

15 notes - Posted March 2, 2022

#4

“I’m Morgana. It’s a pleasure to meet you.”

Living in the Jaggy Mountains, one of the last few Goliaths alive made her acquaintance with none other than Jagur Jaggy. Considered a runt by her culture, Morgana’s nine-and-a-half foot tall stature towers over the Jaggy citizens. After meeting the Jaggy Prince she became quick friends with him, though shades of scarlet will tell you about her other feelings for the prince. Despite living on her own for most of her life, Morgana believes that her long lost brother may still be out in the world surviving on his own. With a few secrets of her own, the shy girl only lets out so much about her past to Jagur...

Another commission from the amazing @harchibudytgorichi​! Meet Jagur’s (future) girlfriend! Me and @kururu418​ tossed around a few ideas and ultimately I ended up coming up with a lot of backstory for Morgana that’s gonna trickle out over the course of the fics I write about her and Jagur. Stay tuned!

16 notes - Posted January 15, 2022

#3

“If my son Sandor has done you wrong, then you talk to him about it, not me.”

The previous monarch of Lunaria, Kalista Heart held the title of Queen of Hearts for two-hundred and fifty years before stepping down from the throne and giving it to her son. Known for her strict law and order, Kalista was popular among the old noble families in Lunaria for favoring them when writing the laws of the land. Many of these families want her put back into power now that her son has undone these laws but she continues to deny them. Despite no longer ruling over Lunaria, Kalista still lives inside the Heart family castle and will, on occasion, grant her son advice on how to rule the kingdom.

Another wonderful commission from @harchibudytgorichi​, this time of my character Kalista, the mother of the King of Hearts (changed his name to Sandor ‘cause I didn’t want him having my name anymore... lol) and previous monarch of Lunaria!

23 notes - Posted September 18, 2022

#2

Of all the members of the Norse Pantheon, none are as cunning and devious as Loki. A magic using god, Loki’s most notorious crime among the Aesir and Vanir was the slaying of Baldr, the punishment of which was the chaining and separation of his children Fenrir and Jormungandr from him. A shapeshifter by nature, Loki often switches between a man’s figure and a woman’s figure (typically going by the name “Heedsi” when presenting as female). Despite his more loner personality, Loki has had his eyes set on a certain someone for some time now (though he doesn’t act on his feelings often). He secretly despises the new Apollo, not believing he’s the incarnation of the Baldr he killed over a millennia ago...

Another amazing commission from @harchibudytgorichi​! Gonna be working on a fic for him soon so if you have any questions about him feel free to ask!

26 notes - Posted February 15, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

The odd duckling of her family, Princess Ofelia Naga is the youngest and third child of Queen Nixitia Naga and King Colton Kahn of the Queendom of Wraiven. Like both of her older sisters, the Crown Princess Thesephia and Princess Ankahlia, Ofelia has a special interest of her own. While Thesephia concerns herself with law and her books, and Ankahlia loves her taxidermy, Ofelia gives her attention to her garden and alchemy. Although they keep their relationship a secret, it’s not unknown to her family that Ofelia and the King of Hearts are romantically entangled with one another.

Another lovely commission from @harchibudytgorichi​, this time of one of my fantasy series characters, Ofelia of the Queendom of Wraiven!

31 notes - Posted September 11, 2022

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