#important to tag imo

[writers-get-biters]

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[ID: a tumblr post from pengychan that reads

"I mean I know a certain level of projection on fictional characters and situations is inevitable and even healthy, but sometimes you got to step back into the real world to remind yourself that Character X is not your shitty parent/abusive ex/asshole boss/bully from high school, and that people who like Character X are not personally victimizing you."

followed by a reblog of the post by decepti-thots that contains a screenshot of someone's tags that read

"#this also operates vice versa. character x is not Literally You and people who dislike characters x are not personally victimizing you"

followed by a reblog of the post by equius that contains a screenshot of someone's tags that read "#posts that would have gotten OP death threats in 2016" and a response that reads "op is getting death threats now probably"

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i& hate this fucking post so much stop putting it on my& fucking dash

wrote a bit in dms what's wrong w it.

[ID for the image on the left:

Discord messages that read as follows:

people dont harass other people bc they are a certain character, they harrass because they dont respect other people

the phrasing is invalidating and mean and saneist

the emphasis on health at the start unnerves me as well

setting up a "normal" "healthy" "okay" kind of relationship people have with characters

that opposes the "weird" "unhealthy" "not okay" kind of relationship they are targetting

the last blog

also

if you (general) look up "kin" on their blog

its post after post making fun of otherkin people

fictionfolk complicate things yes and there certainly are shitty fictionfolk

but

targetting the identity and harmless actions associated with the identity (saying a character is literally them, having opinions about characters influenced by exomemories, etc)(edited)

is wrong

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Discord messages that read as follows:

its not wrong to have an opinion about a character thats influenced by exomemories or your (general) canon

which is also implied by the post

for some people, character x was their shitty parent or abusive ex or asshole boss or bully from high school

and it isnt wrong for them to dislike character x because of that

it is wrong to harass other people for having different opinions

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*slight corrections to wording in screenshots directly above:

fictionfolk complicate the common view of fiction and people's relationships with it because the common view doesn't take us into account.

i& used the word saneist specifically bc of the remark about "step[ping] back into the real world" (added by 🐟(?): and the overall reality-invalidating tone of the post)

i& have mixed feelings on the "death threats" comment bc harassment is wrong but also it feels like it is specifically referring to "cringe" "kindrama" folk. also the peer reviewer as we mentioned mocks kinfolk on their (? we didn't check pronouns b4 blocking so we are sincerely sorry if we misgendered the blogger) blog.

[stars-obsession-pit]

Unknowing World-Ender

As Danny’s age and power grew, so too did his haunt. What was once just a single room ballooned into a city, a planet, then far beyond.

His own cosmic playground to rearrange however he wanted.

That unto itself wasn’t too unusual for a ghost. Though his scale was grander than most, plenty of ghosts created sizable haunts of their own too. Even the hollow simulacra of alien lifeforms he created to populate the space weren’t entirely unheard of in the Zone.

Perhaps because of that fact, no one paid close enough attention to notice when it became something more. Not just a Haunt, but a living universe.

Nor did Danny notice the shift either. Space still bent to his will same as before, and the simulacra were already complex enough that being truly alive didn’t look too different at a brief glance. Besides, his attention was usually focused on a far grander scale. Sure, he sometimes enjoyed sculpting out the little things, but his art usually consisted of shaping entire starscapes.

So he continued as before, reshaping his realm to fit wherever his whims took him.

Unintentionally causing an untold amount of chaos and terror amongst the now-sentient denizens of his universe as they watched an incomprehensibly powerful entity creating and destroying whole swaths of their reality.

[theresamouseinmyhouse]

idk maybe its just the jason todd haterisms in me jumping out but i think making tim and dicks relationship solely about "the guilt dick felt over never being there for jason" really devalues their relationship and all of what they lived through and experienced together

[lucabyte]

you dream of devouring your friends whole

[uwuinhell]

When your identity issues collide with your feelings of being unwanted ;p

Oops! Loops angst /personal vent!

Only doodle cuz. eepy.

[voidcanarys]

It annoys me when people have blanket expectations about all bllk ships. As if they’re not uniquely different and separate narratives. You can’t place the same expectations on bachisagi and reonagi for example cause they are different ships with different characters. They may have similarities, but isagi & bachira and reo & nagi don’t have the same priorities, beliefs, personalities etc.

I often find people don’t understand that bachisagi’s number one priority will always be soccer, even over each other. They will never settle or slow down until they are fulfilled with soccer. Choosing love/each other over soccer is not only a betrayal to their own selves (and their characters) but they’re kinda betraying each other. I’m not saying they can’t have soccer and love but if push comes to shove, soccer will always win and that’s what drew them to each other. The fact they’re soccer freaks is such a big part of their relationship and expecting either of them to tone that down for the other would probably hurt more than defeat.

Let’s say in the future they have to face off and the result of losing is not being able to play in the world cup. They wouldn’t hold it against each other nor do I think it would ruin their relationship. But going easy on the other? Or purposely losing? Now that would hurt. You could argue that other characters giving up soccer could be a positive but for isagi and bachira, the idea of prioritising each other over soccer cannot be construed in any positive way.

[baldursghaik]

sometimes I worry that I'm giving the Emperor straight up yaoi hands, and then I pull up the actual in game models to compare, and yeah

it really is just that fucking huge, goddamn

[sapphic-bf]

i rly wish i gave a fuck abt timebomb in S2 but i just don’t. that ship is so boring and uninteresting to me, and ep. 7 literally did absolutely nothing for me.

the entire time, i was just like “… so when is ekko going to go back to the main universe so we can actually continue the story instead of wasting it on this filler that doesn’t matter?” lmao. 😭

[fumifooms]

I should have touched on dark elves in my beauty standards post... Let me just slap this on here real quick. So as we went into there, beauty standards can show political dynamics and sort of reflects the politics of who get to be seen as human, who get to be seen as desirable and promoted within a society. So like, beauty is power right, in the sense that beauty standards are highly influenced by the ones in power, the ones who have the time & resources to look a certain way and the power to present that look as desirable to large groups. It’s complex and diverse but generally beauty standards are upheld by the elite, the influential.

By the former 'time & resources' thing I mean stuff like clothes, health, makeup or even cosmetic surgeries, or even simply the freedom to only go out in public when you look your best— Meanwhile the latter, the power to present that look as desirable to large groups, usually applies more to situations where it’s about a whole category of people like an ethnicity that was uplifted as the ideal. Not just in a political or economic dynamic, but discrimination on a systematic level without regard for individual appearance or action.

For example in the former, not all people who wear makeup are rich, and while makeup did historically help signal status, if you’re poor and wear nice makeup you can still touch some of that beneficial association with the beauty standards that makeup helps you attain. In the latter……. Well you get, "no, all elves are good! So the elves who do bad things must be something else!". Where, in trying to have uniform standards for a whole group, you kinda just get erased or othered if you don’t conform to expectations. The elves especially put effort into giving off this air of perfection, which they've successfully made tallmen populations believe. So, for those people, the answer that "But elves are inherently good and beautiful and perfect?" asks, isn't "well elves mustn't be inherently perfect", but instead is "there must be bad ones too, innately too." A similar phenomenon happens with the reverse too, where people will say there are "the good ones" within a group that's seen negatively.

"But Fumi, in this case the difference is purely linguistic and perceived, there’s no visual difference!" Yeah, and there being little visual distinction between two groups has never stopped people from being discriminated tbh. Different types of christians seeing each other as heathwbs for example, or the deep british vs irish hatred that has existed. A tidbit of history I find fascinating was the infamous use of "speak white" from english-speaking canadians against french-speaking canadians especially, because complicated history aside, last century as the business owners the anglophones had the power over the majoritarily francophone working class and a lot of political sway even though they were the minority in the Québec region. There’s a different cultural and ethnic identity there, and language was the most important difference between the two groups- and I suppose the most noticeable one.

The way we as social creatures and social groups categorize people and the groups they form is complex, interesting and very important to our society and the way we approach both the world and social interactions, and that's what leads to discrimination. We decide what’s important and then we decide it’s what people should be judged and distinguished by. Belonging to a group is a show of status, and can be a weaponized both ways, for and against. If you’re not worthy to be an elf, a "good" elf, then you’re not.

Interesting especially because looking at the elf portraits page there seems to be many different cultures within the elf race, so yes "good elf" vs "dark elf" is considered something like a race rather than an ethnicity or culture presumably. There's definitely a "main" elven culture since it seems pretty uniform whenever it's brought up in the adventurer's bible and the story, though, wether the differenr cultures form different communities in different places or live together as one nation. But maybe more treated like a mental illness since it’s acquired, or sometimes slang? It's not completely clear wether it's thought of as fully innate or something learned, a chosen moral failure like sin is, but with how they speak about it they do sound very essentialists, even Chilchuck seems to get a chill considering Marcille could be one. Quoting Kui's lore comic, "There are two kinds of elves, nice holy elves and evil elves bewitched by darkness". It’s just considered like an innate thing that separates them from the concept of elves... 🤔 But this sort of category being vague is often a feature and not a bug, because then they can be a boogeyman to bring up just whenever is convenient, that can fit whoever, like calling a kid a "fairy's child" for whatever behavior in the olden days, because if you don't precise a lot what a dark elf is then it can apply to whoever you see fit, and it doesn't need to be coherent or consistent. The sort of discrimination headspace that leads to the classic fascist "the enemy is both strong and weak" type rethoric.

"Dark elves" is interesting within Dunmeshi because it's about people trying to fully separate elves from the concept of bad and untrustworthy people, even though they look the same. "Elf" isn’t just a beauty standard, it is The ultimate ideal of perfection both in appearance and morality, and if something threatens that perception and reputation it has to get rationalized and compartmentalized. Those are coping mechanisms to avoid having your whole world view challenged or shattered. To tallmen who practically worship elves, it’s a huge deal!! To them that makes it make sense! Some elves are born good and some elves are born evil, simple as! No world view re-examination needed!

So for Marcille for example... It’s interesting because she has an outside view of elven society despite being elven herself. She was raised amongst tallmen, aka the people who idolize elves to this intense degree. It had to have affected her dynamics with others— not unlike the academy students, mostly gnomes and tallmen, who looked up to her as some natural-born genius, even though she did do research and study to get her skills and grades. It also had to affect her relationship with having a role model growing up (having none around except for her mother who pretty much renounced her elven culture, a novel series that sensationalizes and glamorizes elves), her dynamic with being elven itself, because even though she doesn't feel like she fully fits into it she's interested in elven culture, and she herself enforces the beauty standards around elves and acts elitist about it- as seen when tallmen actors playing Daltian Clan opera, when men are very masculine rather than very androgynous like with Laios, having long hair, having no facial or body hair. With this angle, all of this behavior of hers is very "internalized high standards that were my bible to follow growing up and so others must follow them too and these high standards must be worth upholding".

Considering everything, elves being looked up to as a role model in appearance and behavior, plus them having the reputation of being great at magic, and Marcille having grown up amongst mostly tallmen, we start understanding that there was IMMENSE pressure on Marcille to conform to that idea of an elf. She has a lot of pressure and a very high beauty & behavior compass to conform to. She also has an idealist and rigid sense of justice and morals, like how Namari is a heartless traitor for leaving instead of coming along to save Falin, and she needs people to believe she has noooo facial or body hair. She probably WAS afraid of being seen as a dark elf, aka fundamentally evil, for her dark magic research. You don't want to be a letdown, do you? You don't want to be the ugliest elf, do you? You don't want to be a dark elf, do you? You don't want to be one of the bad ones.

Shave your facial hair and deny you have any body hair. Take care of elven traditions like hair-braiding and have pride. Be the kind, smartest model student. Do magic by the book. Never do dark magic. Ah shit-

And so she hid the domain of her research, and so she hid being a half-elf.

[unordinary-diary]

Seraphina and Arlo: The Brainwashing of High Tiers

Exposition:

— Remi, Episode 50.

There is a heavy implication that Seraphina and Arlo were raised in much the same way. The pressure on Seraphina comes from her parents, so I’ll extrapolate that the same goes for Arlo. This raises the question: how do the authorities create such a strong societal pressure on such a small percentage of the population? Most high tiers will probably not know any other high tiers besides their parents. Take Wellston Private High School for example: it’s the most prestigious private school around, and canonically has the “highest concentration of high tiers in the region”. There are six high tiers in Wellston. Apply this to god tiers specifically, and there are only three. Not to mention that this current group of students is uniquely strong, even for Wellston. In Rei’s senior year, he was the strongest at 5.8 max.

So much of this brainwashing relies on the parents to do all of the work, and it only takes one or two people to break the cycle. So how are the authorities creating this immense pressure? One tactic could be by isolating high tiers. There is a very widespread concept that one shouldn’t associate with those outside their level range. A caste system like this that affects everyone is much easier to create and maintain than an expectation for a small group, and it also means that high tiers are only being influenced by those who are also high level. This creates an echo chamber. I’ve researched cults and how they brainwash victims, and the first step in the process is isolating them in exactly this way.

But, if there are so few high tiers, how the hell are they supposed be isolated from other groups? The answer is that high tiers are just isolated in general. Take a look at Arlo: his only friend is Remi, and even her, he keeps at an arm’s length. Arlo is only close with Remi in the first place because he was close with Rei, who, at the time of meeting Arlo, was presumably close in level with him. [EDIT: I forgot about Holden, which I think says a lot about his relevance. He is kept at more than an arm’s length and doesn’t seem to have any actual influence on Arlo, let alone a deep relationship. He is also not presented as an equal.] Take a look at Seraphina: before meeting John, she didn’t seem to have any friends other than possibly Arlo. Seraphina and Arlo pre-John seemed to have had more of a professional relationship, and while they were not close in level, Arlo did fit the bill of being a fellow god tier, and strong enough to also be brainwashed.

Now let’s look at Remi. In episode 60, Cecile says to Remi: “And yet here you are... Always hanging around those two monkeys, Blyke and Isen. Letting them treat you as an equal even though you’re in a completely different league.” This struck me as odd because, aside from Cecile herself, the Wellston students closest in level to Remi were Arlo, Blyke, and Isen. And who is she friends with? She actually was doing a pretty good job at following that social convention, unless Cecile wanted to be friends with Remi, which she clearly didn’t. But... her friends were still not close enough to her level. Was she supposed to just not have friends at all? The answer seems to be a resounding yes. Can you think of any genuine friends that Cecile has either?

Friendship simply isn’t considered a necessity for high tiers.

But... why is it that Arlo and Seraphina were brainwashed differently? Creating a societal norm for an isolated group of people is one thing, because those people’s mindsets feed into each other. Putting pressure on individual families to keep them in line, but doing it all in different ways? That would be near impossible. My theory is that Seraphina recieved the typical high tier brainwashing, and that Arlo was raised differently because he was being groomed to work for the authorities. Seraphina didn’t have a set career path planned out for her, but if she’s trying to be “perfect” by the standards of those controlling her, she’s bound to end up going in a direction that pleases them. Arlo on the other hand was specifically planned to become an authority figure. That’s why his brainwashing is so centered on leadership. Also, growing up with direct contact to the authorities makes it more possible for them to customize his brainwashing in this way.

But does all of this apply to high tiers in general, or is it specific to god tiers? Let’s take a look at the high tiers in Wellston. We have Seraphina, John, Arlo, Terrence, Remi, Cecile, and Blyke. John is a unique circumstance because he wasn’t raised by high tiers, so we’ll cross him off the list. Terrence was also unique, so we can cross him off as well. Remi was different from the norm as well. Why is that? Well, Remi actually wasn’t raised by high tiers either. Rei said on screen that both of his parents were elites. We can cross Remi off. Blyke doesn’t fit the bill either, but that’s easy to explain. He was an elite for a large part of the story, and he shot up rather quickly. We don’t know much of his family, but he probably wasn’t expected to be a high tier at all, and was raised as an elite. (All of this also serves to emphasize how much of this brainwashing comes from a person’s parents.) That leaves only Seraphina, Arlo, and Cecile to look at.

Cecile does seem to have high tier brainwashing, but it’s not nearly as intense as with Seraphina and Arlo. She doesn’t seem “obsessive”, and she wasn’t one of the examples Remi mentioned in chapter 50. It’s clear that high tiers are brainwashed in general, but god tiers are kept on a much shorter leash. This makes sense, obviously, because keeping a population in control like that is less necessary the lower the level. However, it’s also a chicken an egg situation: god tiers are both more important to keep in control, and also easier to keep in control. It’s important to note just how many exceptions we had to cross off. People like Remi and Blyke aren’t actually that unusual— a lower leveled high tier is much more likely to have non-high tier parents, or to have not always been a high tier themselves, or just in general, to have way more day-to-day interaction with non-high tiers. The brainwashing gets more and more diffused the lower down the ladder you go.

[sunflowervoltwentyeight]

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[aardvaark]

hearing astrid's accent slip on leverage redemption doesn't bother me but it IS kinda funny considering that it's pretty crucial to her character that she's from england. i love you astrid pickford, suspiciously australian daughter of a british duke <3.

[wonder-worker]

Wild how we know that Elizabeth Woodville was officially appointed to royal councils in her own right during her husband’s reign and fortified the Tower of London in preparation of a siege while 8-months pregnant and had forces gathering at Westminster “in the queen’s name” in 1483 – only for NONE of these things to be even included, let alone explored, in the vast majority of scholarship and historical novels involving her.

[velvetwyrme]

hi its bugwars i give my official endorsement for the rpf [robot person fanfiction] fic idea. if you write it i will work very hard pressing buttons and keys in order to send it to everybody. and ill hoot and holler and cheer also and clap but you cant hear that. and maybe steal like 10 bucks to throw at you.

this is not a bribe, legally, but also if you wish to discuss or talk about the concept any further that would be awesome because it sounds really cool.

YOURS TRULY,

A MILLION BUG WARS EVERY DAY

HIII BUGWARS ANON!

i will absolutely take the chance to chatter abt this fic because it's PLAGUING me again. who knows if/when ill write it but i like thinking abt it and the potential dynamics of it.

thank u for ur interest and endorsement (and theoretical 10 stolen dollars HFJFHD) i got distracted reading >300k words of jazzwave fic in 2 days and also getting way too invested in this potential plot dont mind me.

anyway i didn't actually have any plans for this but then i started typing and then i KEPT having ideas so. im throwing spaghetti at the wall to see what sticks

endgame jazzwave/reader because i like polys <3

the MC is a fanfiction writer who focuses on writing about the big robots that are not-so-secretly hanging about on Earth. originally i thought that the MC would write Jazzwave but... I think it's far far funnier if what they actually write is xReader fic. (Maybe also other ship stuff, but primarily reader inserts)

Jazz keeps tabs on human forums talking about Cybertronians, both for personal interest (culture is fascinating!!) but also to keep track of what public opinion is about both factions.

Eventually he stumbles across some people talking about another ✨Secret✨ forum/website... the discussion is quickly shut down (suspicious in itself!) but Jazz still figures it out and accesses it, only to realise...

It's fanfiction. It's a forum dedicated to RPF about Cybertronians. Strange, but not entirely unexpected. He's honestly surprised he HASN'T seen any up until now.

He begins reading (for cultural understanding, of course. He needs to know what humans think of them :])

... and eventually stumbles across a really really good fic, with just one caveat.

It's a Soundwave/Reader.

It's a little weird, reading a romantic fic about Soundwave in particular, especially one where the reader is supposed to imagine a romance with him... but it's relatively popular and well, he's curious.

(Jazz gets really invested.)

The fic details a softer side to Soundwave and the thing is... Jazz has seen that side of him. Soundwave cares deeply for his cassettes and he is fully aware just how far Soundwave will go to protect them and... this fic opens his mind up to the possibility of someone else also having that same protection and care shown towards them. and if that makes him feel some sorta way, nobody has to know

At some point while reading, Jazz realises that the descriptions of some of the Decepticon and Autobot plans/tactics are suspiciously accurate.

Like as in "these descriptions of battles and tactics are surprisingly detailed" almost to the point of "goddamn it War Thunder not again" type of accurate.

So he begins to wonder... who's the one writing this and why do they know so much? Are they a spy? Are they getting insider information? Is Soundwave behind this?

Elsewhere, Soundwave has also taken note of the fanfics cropping up. He's largely paid it no mind, what humans create is of no concern... until now.

He reads the fic, and is taken aback by how genuine and SOFT they portray him. It's... rather endearing really.

I also think it would be. really funny if Jazz is sent to question/interrogate you, and appears in his holoform, intending to keep it casual, but you recognize him immediately because. why wouldn't you.

(section from my scratch doc, lightly implied suggestive themes)

Things happen (presumably. Decepticons.) and the interrogation is interrupted and Jazz must flee w/ you :]

Soundwave watches from the sidelines, having found that the reader's writing resonated with him in an unexpected way, and he is intrigued at the way you seem to look at the world and view him in turn

things happen! you and Jazz get to know each other better, having taken you to a safe house since he can't just take you to the Autobot base

Cue conversations and bonding :D!!Eventually Jazz does come to the conclusion that you aren't involved with Soundwave, which is... of course when he decides to show up.

No idea how things would go down past this but im thinking of the Yearnign they all experience. Soundwave growing protective over the reader and quietly getting to know them as Jazz flirts more unabashedly with both of them as he slowly comes to realise oh no he actually does like both of them

i also think it'd be fun to have a subplot surrounding the reader's mysterious beta reader/friend who provides insights and suggestions for their fics, particularly to do with military strategy as well as acting as a sounding board for relationship dynamics. the reader has never met them and doesn't know anything more than a screen name. and the mystery deepens when jazz ot soundwave is unable to track down this elusive figure, who is a veritable ghost on the internet :]

other things that may or may not fit, but i think are funny to think about:

slowly figuring out/revealing which other autobots/decepticons frequent the fanfic forums (obvious ones being thundercracker and first aid, but there are so many other good options.)

megatron and optimus reading fics about each other and yearning in the background (inverse of what happens in a lot of MegOp fics where Jazzwave is happening in the bg)

jazz somehow ends up in a conversation with soundwave in which jazz asks if soundwave knows abt the reader's fanfic- isn't it detrimental to his cool and mysterious demeanor? and soundwave is just like "... why were you reading soundwave/reader fics?"

anyway im abt to pass out while typing this so im just posting this now, if theres more i forgot ill add it tmr morning or whenever

[poet-soundersecho]

[skatingbi]

Yo we out here with some more Ace lives AU but i'll make them little bullet points so I dont have to write a whole essay. Enjoy my little headcanons!

Warning: Theres. So many. Im not sorry tho lmao

Ace joins the strawhats after the time skip, nobody really minds and theyre happy to spend time with luffy's older brother. He quickly becomes best friends with Nami. I just feel it in my soul that they would gossip together.

Both Ace and Luffy suffer from awful PTSD symptoms after Marineford. With Luffy, his crew eventually learn how to help him. With Ace, though, he only has Luffy to lean on for support until the crew get aquanted with him.

Actually, to add onto that bc im a sucker for acesan, Sanji is the first after Luffy to reach out during one of his bad days when even really small triggers can make Ace spiral into a panic attack.

More acesan sorry lmao. Ace is usually either out on the figure head of the sunny looking at the ocean when Luffy isnt occupying that spot, in the gallery when Sanji is working, or just out on the deck laying on the grass. He especially likes being around sanji in the gallery.

Pre timeskip Ace is extremely different than this AU's Ace because yes he's silly and carries an air of confidence with him still, but he's never shirtless around others anymore. For a long while, Ace doesnt leave the ship or pick fights. His confidence is a facade for a long time.

Depression hits ace like a truck in this AU and its only eased with the help of Luffy and Sanji. Chopper also helps the best he can with what he's got. Ace is grateful for this, and eventually his old self starts to emerge more and more. Luffy is there with him the entire time.

Ace has insomnia, but so does Sanji and Zoro. He'll hang out with them during late night hours either on watch with zoro sharing stories or with Sanji talking to him while he's doing prep work or inventory. He'll probably also fend off luffy when his little brother tries to break into the locked fridge lmao

But more funny headcanons!! Im getting depressing here sorry!! Ace will mess around with Luffy and entertain him before meal times by play fighting. Their asses will be duking it out on the deck and Chopper will be all concerned and Zoro and Nami will be like "Siblings." Like thats the most obvious answer in the world.

Tbh, the crew members with any type of sibling or sibling bond will get it. Luffy will deadass try to steal Ace's food and Ace will smack his hand lightly with haki and Luffy will dramatically exclaim how mean his big brother is.

"Ace is so mean! I'll starve to death!" "Yeah, sure, you little menace"

Ace regaining strength over his devil fruit powers by making little shapes out of fire for chopper, luffy, and usopp. Franky and brook join the group to give ace prompts. It becomes a nightly occurance at this point.

The first time he decides to go shirtless in front of the crew, they realize his old tattoo is replaced by scar tissue that covers nearly his entire back. Nobody says anything, but I think Franky and Nami would be really understanding. Also luffy. Luffy would be like "We match! Ace has a cool scar like I do!" and it reassures him but also breaks his heart simultaneously.

Ace eating nearly as much as luffy and Sanji being like "Are you sure youre not blood related? Because youre both gonna run my kitchen dry"

Ace not really having a defined role in the crew and them not really minding it. Ace floats around basically. It kind of fits him more that way since he knows a bit of everything. He'll look at maps with nami to chart a course to the next island, He'll fight alongside zoro and sanji, he'll tell usopp about different ways to use combustion and heat in weapons or ammo, etc.

Ace and nami using the power of their good looks to scam people lmao and ace being able to swindle men and women. Nami is impressed and also jealous.

Luffy growing his hair out so him and Ace match, but luffy apparently has curlier hair than Ace so its just a fluffy mess until usopp caves and teaches them how to actually take care of their hair (luffy does not absorb a single thing and ace now has to help luffy with his hair when it gets as long as his)

Ace noticing one day how zoro looks at luffy and being like "yikes...you got it bad, man" and zoro just being like "SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP-" but ace is fucking cackling and now zoro cant be too mad about that. He's still embaressed as fuck about it though.

Expanding on that actually: Ace actually being supportive because he knows how loyal zoro is. He isnt worried. Plus, Luffy is extremely strong and it takes a lot to actually hurt him. So he's like "dude you gotta just tell him straight up he is dense as hell"

Ace the ultimate wingman for zoro. Not luffy, though. That's what Nami is there for. Him an nami are definitely working together and placing bets on when and who asks who out with robin, usopp, sanji, and franky. I wont say what they chose for their bet but robin definitely wins.

BUT luffy, nami, zoro, robin, usopp and franky place bets on Ace and Sanji. Ace is never subtle. He flirts openly and is proud of it. Sanji is very subtle with ace, though. The crew immediately see past his bullshit of trying to be straight. Its painful to watch. Poor sanji is trying so hard to remain closeted but the closet is literally glass. I wont say who betted what as per my last bullet point, but surprisingly zoro won. Everyone (nami) is outraged by this incident. Luffy is here for a good time.

The crew playing card games except they learn sometimes ace cannot handle flammable objects because he will burn them accidentally. Competitive card games are now banned if ace is playing.

Ace is also banned from using his devil fruit powers while sparring on the deck. The poor grass on there has been burned so many times. Nami has kicked his ass over it.

Ace and zoro get really competitive. Not like zoro and sanji, but they'll spar without weapons and at least one of them will leave with a busted lip or eyebrow and a lecture from chopper. Theyre chill though they just forget to hold back on their punches. Ace one time used haki and had to help franky fix the deck afterwards.