#im new to the fandom

[jumpywoof]

big fan of the gays

[brookstolemybrand]

Another post because I have more thoughts on the ASL brothers

(btw is there a better word for them bc I kinda feel bad about possibly clogging the search results for the language?)

Anyway, I was thinking about how Ace and Sabo represent different big brother archetypes for Luffy:

Ace is the big brother who has the closest relationship with Luffy. They very much grew up together, Ace trained him, protected him, lightly bullied him, all the classic big brother things. And both of them gave each other companionship, they both kept each other from getting lonely, especially after losing Sabo

Ace is also the big brother that Luffy looks up to, who Luffy strives to follow, who's like the older, stronger, cooler version of Luffy. He has similar (though very crucially still slightly different) ambitions: he also wants to become a notorious pirate. He's also the pioner, trailblazing ahead of Luffy. Luffy is always in some sense following in his footsteps, even as far along as Wano!

(And of course this is why he's the brother who had to die for the narrative....)

His role in the story is also to introduce Luffy to the wider world of pirates, the big league pirates. He is the connecting link between Luffy and Whitebeard and arguably also Luffy and Blackbeard

I also feel like as a big brother he's primarily Luffy's protector; whether he means to or not, he ends up saving Luffy over and over again, from the marines, from Blackbeard, from Akainu...

Meanwhile Sabo is the brother who kind of ends up taking the role that Luffy might have played in another timeline where Dragon raised Luffy as his own. I'm never going to bother arguing over whether Sabo or Ace was actually older, but here Sabo kinda plays the role of the oldest son, destined to follow in the father's footsteps.... except of course for the fact that Dragon isn't originally Sabo's father! He's a father figure Sabo chose for himself!

It's a very funny twist of fate

Sabo is the brother who takes the role that was arguably destined for Luffy, but that Luffy didn't want

So that Luffy can be free to do what he actually wants to do

Because that's what SABO's role is as a big brother, and the role he plays in the story; he takes Luffy's place in order to free Luffy. He does this in Dressrosa obviously, but he also does this in a more general plot level by fighting the World Government and the Celestial Dragons directly while Luffy is busy elsewhere. This is all very protagonisty stuff that would better fit the main character, but Luffy simply does not have the time to be doing it and can't divert from his path

This is kinda meta in fact, he's taking a necessary role in the story in order to free Oda from needing to make Luffy do awkward detours and mess up the pacing (particularly with the Reverie; imagine if Luffy had to go all the way back to Mariejois... and hell, he almost does when he hears about Vivi! But even here it's actually partially thanks to Sabo that Vivi managed to escape on her own and didn't need Luffy to come and save her, although this was very indirect and unintentional of course)

He also plays the role of the Hero of the People that Luffy explicitly doesn't want

So where Ace is Luffy's protector, Sabo is Luffy's liberator

Ace protects Luffy while he's still too weak to always take care of himself and teaches him important lessons early on, but he has to die so that Luffy can stand on his own feet and become his own man, not the little brother protected by an older brother

Sabo frees Luffy to follow his own path, mainly on the meta level but occasionally also very literally (such as Dressrosa), and that's why (for narrative reasons) he's brought back when Luffy starts to become more adult and more independent and is starting to get threatened by (gasp) responsibilities (and as the plot becomes too big for one protagonist to handle all alone)

Both of them act as conduits for Luffy to be able to continue this adventure, and they show up exactly when they're needed and exit when they're not

[spursjude]

guys if you had to choose to show one of wusiala moments to a person who doesn't know them, which one would you show?

[shortkingenjoyer]

hc that when charlie was little she couldnt pronounce her dad’s full name and called him “Lulu” instead, which is where the name for the amusement park comes from

that and he created lu lu world specifically for her you cant change my mind

[krillin-pro07]

This Coppernauts drawing is a gift for my beloved babe @silly-mars OWO 💗💗

Their child Emmet didn't survive....

[emerdoodls]

u can't convince me young justice didn't buy tim one of these sweaters (also if u can't read it, it says "I got my spleen removed at claires)

(ft the sweater on pinterest that inspired it)

[fizz-pop-thwip]

He sure is focusing on Cas, maybe just not the one directly infront of him lmao

Doodle I did when on a call with friends 💀

[localfraudster]

got a little bored on roblox. here's a leonard mitchell wip during uhh that one scene?

I love him but poor him during that chapter :(

[wayrad]

any mota writers looking to beta trade? you beta my work and i’ll beta yours! lmk :)

[thescaryhyperfem]

if I wasnt lazy i would probably have known who the SCP doctors y'all r talking about by now (im fuckign lost PLEASE)

[kritterchitter]

Heres something to think about: What if Goob is akin to a bear? It may explain why he has those huge claws.

A cat and a bear are siblings? lol.

[rabiesdonor]

end him

[scaryladyswife]

Idk if anyone has pointed this out yet (probably) but I really love the little detail of how Sevika looks at Silco.

Like she really expects Silco to stop him. She looks concerned. Idk if she’s more concerned for Vi and the other kids or for Vandar but she looks worried regardless.

[emerdoodls]

jason todd would have loved free little libraries as a kid specifically when he was homeless bc it would have been hard to keep track of a library card/library books and if he didn't have a library card he wouldn't have been able to like take the books with him, but a free little library he could have!!

[puzzled-pegasus]

question for furries

I was thinking about creating a reference sheet thingy for one or more of my furry OCs. Is there anything I should know before I do that? I've never done one before, and there's no reason for me to do it like a commission or nothing (im broke), I just think it would be fun :p

any advice is greatly appreciated!

(Anything at all i should know about drawing furries too. Or being one. Idk. Just help me pls im lost af)

[ginger-floor-goblin]

Matt Mercer loves his wife so much. That's it. That's the post.