#jimb talk

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youve gotten me interested in horrible histories, could we get a lil rundown of it all? what is the idea behind it? :D

GLADLY !! I’m feel so honored that I was able to get you interested in this wonderful show :-) !! I’m assuming you’re only asking about the show BUTT you’re also gonna get an explanation about the books, Horrible Histories: Gory Games show AND the animated Horrible History characters too hehe

HORRIBLE HISTORIES 2009 SERIES:

Horrible Histories, a British sketch comedy and educational television series, first aired its 2009 season on CBBC. The show, primarily aimed at children, uses humor and parody to teach viewers about various historical events and figures. Each episode focuses on specific periods, cultures, or historical topics, presenting the information in a fun and engaging manner.

The series is based on the bestselling children's books of the same name by Terry Deary. It uses a combination of live-action sketches, animations, and musical numbers to make history more accessible and entertaining for its audience. The show's cast (Season 1 to 5), which includes Matthew Baynton, Simon Farnaby, Martha Howe-Douglas, Jim Howick, Laurence Rickard, and Ben Willbond portrays a range of historical characters, often in a comedic or exaggerated manner.

Today’s Horrible Histories (Season 6 to 10) isn’t as much as loved compared to the older Seasons, and I see why. The main reasons as to why the recent Horrible History seasons aren’t as loved is because of some controversial topics and some rewrites of history (So I recommend maybe just watching the earlier seasons).

(Just a quick note that I do not support nor condone any of the controversial topics that were written in the recent seasons, the only reason why I visit the recent episodes are to fast forward to the parts to where they show the animated clips.)

Back to the older seasons, Season 1-5 shows a great way of explaining and presenting historical topics in a fun, harmless and amusing way to its audience. There are also a bunch of British references and subtle jokes that will get a laugh out of you. The songs are quite catchy too :-D

If you are interested in watching Horrible Histories, you could always go to the BBC Horrible Histories Iplayer website or use this google drive I found on Reddit to all the episodes of Season 1-5 !!

Pros of watching Horrible Histories:

COOL FUNFACTS THAT YOU CAN FLEX TO YOUR FRIENDS THAT DON’T KNOW JACK ABOUT HISTORY !!!!!

FUN CAST I ABSOLUTELYLOVE THE SIX IDIOTS GO CHECK OUT THEIR OTHER PROJECTS

FUNNY SIDE CHARACTERS LIKE DEATH, RATTUS, SAM, CLIFF WHITELEY AND MORE !!!!!

someone kissed a priest idk

THE SONGS ??? THEY’RE THE BEST I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THEM

Cons of watching Horrible Histories:

getting the Monarchs song stuck in your head for months

sad song ending :-(

there will never be another season of horrible histories with the original cast (six idiots)

Summary: silly history show that is hosted by a talking rat with a variety of fun signs and fun other characters like Death and a historical news report guy with ADHD. also uhm a lot of people really like Matt Baynton dick turnip for some reason

HORRIBLE HISTORIES BOOK FRANCHISE:

Horrible Histories is a series of non-fiction children's books written by Terry Deary. The books, published by Scholastic, delve into different periods of history, presenting facts in a humorous and often gory manner. The series aims to make history fun and engaging for readers by focusing on the unusual, terrible, and gruesome aspects of the past.

Each book in the series covers a specific historical era, such as the Awful Egyptians, the Measly Middle Ages, or the Terrible Tudors. The stories are told through amusing anecdotes, illustrations by Martin Brown, and timelines, often featuring shocking facts, jokes, and quirky characters. Some books also include activities, such as puzzles and quizzes, to further engage the reader.

The first titles in the series, “Terrible Tudors” and “Awesome Egyptians”, was published in 1993, and since then, the series has expanded to include more than 30 titles, covering various historical time periods and regions, like the Rotten Romans, the Vile Victorians, the Cut-Throat Celts and even gruesome guides to places you may know such as the USA, France, London and more !

The books have been translated into multiple languages and have sold millions of copies worldwide. By presenting history in this unique and irreverent manner, Horrible Histories has played a significant role in making history more appealing to readers, helping to inspire their interest and encourage further exploration.

Martin Brown is an illustrator best known for his work with Terry Deary on the popular children's book franchise, Horrible Histories. He started off with illustrating greeting cards and now writes his own projects and draws illustrations for the recent Horrible History books such as “Up in the air”, “Right on Track”, Paws, Claws and Jaws”, and the upcoming new Horrible History book “The Truly Terrible History of the Toilet”.

Martin Brown’s illustrations play a significant role in the franchises' success, as they bring the gruesome and humorous aspects of history to life. His unique style combines a cartoonish aesthetic with realistic detail, creating a vivid and engaging visual experience for readers.

Besides reading the books, you could also play some Gruesome (not really, I just added that word for fun) Games like the Horrible Histories: The Board Game, Horrible Histories jigsaw puzzles, Horrible Histories Battle cards, Horrible Histories: Gruesome Game-A-Thons and many more !

Pros of reading Horrible History books:

FRIGHTENING FACTS !!!!!

MORE ILLUSTRATIONS !! PICTURE BOOKS 🔛🔝 !!!

dude the books are genuinely so fun theres pop up books, sicker activity books, coloring books, journals, puzzles and MORE ?????? also horrible history themed stationary stuff ANDD horrible history figurines which is like ,, well wicked.

Cons of reading horrible history books:

I haven’t ran into any cons yet so THATS A WIN FOR THE BOOKS !

Summary: READ THE BOOKS DAMN YOUR EYES !!!! god I absolutely love the books so much they’re so fun to read when ur bored and the illustrations were the reason why I even got into Horrible Histories so let’s all say “Thank you Martin Brown” I’ve learned so much from reading these books ANDDDD I spend less time on my devices woohoo !

HORRIBLE HISTORIES: GORY GAMES:

(I don’t know much about Gory Games because uhm I haven’t watched them yet I’m too busy watching Horrible Histories and the Beatles Saturday morning cartoons archived on youtube)

"Horrible Histories: Gory Games," a spin-off of the well-known BBC historical comedy sketch series, “Horrible Histories," is a children's game show that premiered in 2011. Created by the same team behind the original series, it's aired on CBBC. It also has a companion app for iOS and Android.

Hosted by Dave Lamb and Rattus Rattus, the show focuses on obscure historical facts. Three young contestants, known as "Horrible Historians," compete to collect "Year Spheres." These spheres represent years, either A.D. or B.C. Scoring A.D. years adds to their point total, while B.C. subtracts. The winner is determined by the contestant with the highest score after three rounds of historically-themed challenges or quizzes.

Pros of watching Horrible Histories: Gory Games:

THE ANIMATED CHARACTERS ARE THERE WHATT !! AMAZING RIGHT

You get to see Ben Willbond is a georgian costume

WATCH THE SHOW FOR YOURSELF I HAVEN’T WATCHED IT YET

Summary: if you wanna watch kids answer historical trivias then watch Horrible Histories: Gory Games (episodes can be found on youtube !!)

ANIMATED HORRIBLE HISTORY CHARACTERS:

(prepare for a long long LONGG explanation)

Canon/Official Information:

The reoccurring animated characters you may remember seeing in a normal Horrible Histories episode are probably the Rotten Romans soldier, Gorgeous Georgian lady, Frightful First World War british soldier or the Measly Middle Ages peasant. But do they have any background other than being a character from that era ?

[DING, DING, DING !]

These lovable but forgettable cartoon characters you’ve probably seen before make appearances in Horrible Histories: Gory Games, Horrible History book covers, Horrible History merchandise and even in the Horrible History games.

The animated/cartoon characters are used for the animated sketches or era headings in the 2009 Horrible Histories show. They also made multiple appearances in the Horrible Histories: Gory Games show, usually introducing the era topic, questions and answers. While most of the characters are recognized from the shows, almost all of them originated from the Horrible Histories book covers.

You may be surprised to hear that some characters have official names like this Victorian Gentleman, did you know his name was Howard ? Now you do.

How about this Tudor lady from an animated Terrible Tudors sketch ? Her name is Alice.

The Roundhead chief ? Oh yeah, his name is Victory.

We don’t get much information/background about these little shits, but when we do it’s usually shown in a subtle or way that wouldn’t be mentioned again. So what do I do ? LIST DOWN EVERY SINGLE FACT ABOUT THEM. (Probably not every single thing about them, but a lot of facts that you may not know !)

Since my discussion about the animated characters might be a bit too long, i’ll be breaking some of the subjects I’ll be talking about into 4 topics:

Canon facts

Fanon information (Things I made up about them)

Crabby Clash (Fanon once again !)

Summary

CANON/OFFICIAL ANIMATED CHARACTER FACTS:

The animated characters can interact with non-animated characters.

The mummy giggles alot

The Vicious Viking has a daughter (Fanon name: Eirunn)

The caveman is a father of 2 boys.

The Measly Middle Ages peasant’s family business is pig farming.

The Terrible Tudors headsman (Book cover character) does doodling

The (other) Measly Middle Ages peasant is a pilgrim.

The miner minor’s (Wales book cover character) father is shown in “When I grow up”

The Viles Victorian gentleman has a wife (Name unknown).

⬆️ He also sells cakes at science fairs !

The FWWI soldier has a trench mate (Shown in HH: Gruesome Game-A-Thons)

The Terrible Tudors Headsman has an official voice claim, voice actor unknown

There’s an animated HHTV News reporter named “Simon Skirmish” (Shown in “Protesting with Pankhurst” S9 EP3)

Animated Simon Cowell is canon in the animated Horrible Histories dimension

The Vile Victorian gentleman was ran over twice

I would name abunch of other facts I know, but I don’t want to make this post longer than it already is.

FANON INFORMATION:

(Note: This is just MY personal fanon opinions, other people have their own views, names and headcanons for these characters :-D)

Since BBC won’t give us more background about the animated characters, we’ll settle this the old way like any other fandom would; MAKE HEADCANONS !!!

Me and a few other HH fans gave most of the characters their own backgrounds and who they are, I’m truly taken back with what their creative minds came up with. You can check some of the names I’ve given the characters with the help of a friend in this post !!

I really don’t know where to start since there are so much fanon topics I could discuss right now, but here are a 2 topics I chose to discuss for now :-)

RELATIONSHIPS:

Headcanons:

(You may want to read the fanon names before reading my headcanons)

Ma-Nefer is blind (due to the fact that his pet falcon that Senouphis trained to rip his brother’s eyes out so he could become Pharaoh), his artificial eyes serve no purpose.

While Ma-Nefer was stuck at his burial, his only companion was a mummified cat he named “Geb”.

Senouphis gets a reoccurring nightmare where Ma-Nefer comes back from the dead and takes his revenge, of course that would never happen ,, yeah right.

Wycliff used to have a pet parrot, unfortunately he still hasn’t gotten over his parrot’s death.

They all hate Rattus (except for Médard aka the frenchie)

If Madeleine was ever to die during a bombing, Madeleine’s daughter would think of her doll as her mother and treat the doll as how Madeleine treated her.

Ma-Nefer is willing to forgive Senouphis.

Egbert is unaware that he’s related to the other medieval peasant.

Archie is the troublemaker, Toby is the problem solver.

Eirunn wants to be a vicious Viking just like her father, Ragnar supports her decisions but thinks that she shouldn’t be adventuring at her age.

Chopsalot loves plum pies he would devour one in SECONDS.

Rip Chopsalot you would’ve loved raisin muffins.

Ronnie likes to write poems and record his life in the trenches.

Lady Jane despises Egbert (peasants), she will not survive 5 seconds standing near him.

Benjamin is BALDING.

My mind has gone blank at the moment, so I don’t really know what else to say but I post a lot of animated HH character stuff so if you’re willing to listen to me ramble, then make sure to stay tuned :-)

CRABBY CLASH:

“What is ‘Crabby Clash’ anyways ?”

It’s an HHAC (Horrible Histories Animated Characters) AU where all historical periods/eras go to war against eachother, some eras/periods will have alliances while some will be on their own.

As of right now, I stil haven't figured out the alliances yet, but the whole story is completely up to you! Who wins in the Crabby Clash? Yes, that's the name of the AU (corny I know :-( ).

FUN FACTS about the Crabby Clash/HHAC:

The non-animated HH characters (Bob hale, Charles the II, Mike Peabody, Sue, Death, etc ..) are canon in the universe too.

A little conflict between 2 eras was the reason for the war (just like any other world war).

Women from some eras are able to go to war (because I SAY SO IT’S MY AU).

there will be yuri angst and brotherly angst so you should totally be interested in my au

The AU is still in the making, if you’d ever like to suggest something for my AU that would be heavily appreciated <3

And that’s about it I suppose :-) thank you for coming to my ted Jimb talk and see you next Friday night folks ! walks off stage and gets swallowed by an ottoman

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Combined my two hyperfixations together (Epic and One piece) so here have a tier list on whether the strawhats would get cursed by Circe from greek mythology or not

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Shark Genitals & World Building

So, I've seen this Q&A a few times now and it really got me thinking about Fish-man biology.

Now, to be clear, I think it's pretty clear Oda isn't being entirely serious. When you look at how he designs his characters he goes for whatever is fun. He's not doing extensive research on whatever aquatic species he slaps on his fish-men or Merfolk characters. This is why for a lot of them, if you look up what they are mixed with they rarely share much if anything with the animal he's picked.

Saying a character has two dicks is funny, so Hody has two dicks--that's all.

But taking the answer more seriously the idea that at least some (because they do vary so widely from fish-person to fish-person) have changed genitals because of their added fish anatomy is interesting from a world-building perspective.

As someone who has a special interest in animal biology and has watched a lot of documentaries I can say that fish have really diverse breeding strategies. So, I guess, if Hody can have two dicks because he's a shark, I wonder if this could be true for any other fish-people and merfolk.

We see that at least some fish-people do have children the same way regular humans do, but to my knowledge we don't see any pregnant mermaids. Given how much larger Neptune is then his wife, and how massive Shirahoshi is, I think it makes sense that perhaps like many fish, Otohime laid eggs that were fertilized separately (this is actually how goldfish mate).

It could be possible that the way mermaids or even fish-women have children depends on the father. If they are not compatible in size they can reproduce Ovuliparity (the way I imagine Otohime did), or if they are of similar size they either go the more human route or, after copulation they lay fertilized eggs (like the skate cases often called mermaid purses you find washed up on the beach).

There's also something to be said for the variations fish have with gender. Some fish are capable of changing gender. It's more common that female fish become male (protandry), usually the largest of a group replacing the dominate male in the group. This happens mostly with coral reef fish like wrasses, groupers and parrot-fish.

Meanwhile, anemone fish, like clown fish change from male to female. When the one female dies the remaining male will become female, while an outside male will become that new female's mate.

Then there are Black Helmet fish which are both simultaneously and take turns releasing eggs and sperm when they spawn.

So, if fish-people and merfolk had similarly diverse genders and ways of reproducing I think that'd just be really neat. It could also lead to some fun misunderstandings between fish-people, merfolk and humans.

Of course, I don't think Oda ever put that much thought into it. He just does whatever he finds fun character design wise. I mean, it's not like Arlong has barrels like Sawsharks do, and Jinbe looks nothing like a whale shark. On top of that the story isn't really focused on that type of world building. Nor do I think he could really showcase something that deals so much with sex--even if it is fish sex.

Still, makes for some really great head-canons.

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Gonna be critiquing a bit one piece, but don't mind it,

it's very long but it's light minded, it bother me, sure, but it's not like it gonna make me drop or whatever, it just bother me and i have thought about it as to why.

It's mostly long cause i lose myself in my point and end up repeating a lot

THERE IS SPOILERS FOR UP TO WANO

Tldr : it's basically to relation/familly and the theme of freedom

The thing that, according to me, may make pre-time skip more special than post ts,

Is the people making the group.

Pre-timeskip it's honestly just a bunch of random people, sure, luffy is Hero Of The Marine Garp's grandson and usopp is yassop's son

But usopp also is just anyone, he's known to also be who "we would all be" if we were in op, no special power, no amazing and incredible talent that one in a million would have, he's a creative boy who trained his skills because he had a dream and his father was his idol

Other than that, nami is a random kid, sanji was a random kid, cook who was a pirate adopted child , chopper is a reindeer who got excluded for difformity*2, robin sure, she's a bit special but like anyone that would have survived in her stead in ohara, franky is a amazing carpenter's and mermaid adopted child

None of them got really very special connection and family other than luffy and usopp, and maybe robin, brook already had multiple connection to Roger with laboon and straight up having met him

The' post time skip arrive,

Sanji is a king's son and a genetically modified human, alright, fine,

Franky knew roger and all and was straight up invited on the crew, amazing, fun, alright

Zoro is ryuma's descendant ("god of swords") ??? (Not even revealed in story but sbs plz 💀)

Already, the whole "strawhat heads" are full of big name who got strenght in their blood and high name, he's not a big name in the crew, but i remind again usopp is "emperor's (shanks) official sniper" son's

And it's not even limited to in-crew,

O-tama, which other than momo was a big attachement for Luffy to wano (and for his brother too) turns out to be a kurozumi, (half crew) vivi who's already a princess of the people who were there when the wg was founded turns out to be a D.

It honestly makes me afraid for character such as franky /and especially nami/ because "we don't know who their parents are" (and i refuse to think it's not tom and bell-mere. Whoever anyone else are their genitors it don't matter, they are not relevent to them)

The whole first half of one piece was all about liberty, building your own life, "following wills" instead of having a destiny, the whole bond is not blood,

(and it still follow post-ts for a bit with doffy and cora having the exact same origins but having two entirely different life and way of seeing and doing things, and cora and law considering each other as brothers, when corazon doesn't consider doffy his brother but doffy hold very long onto him being his brother and law being his familly still, family is a choice)

Then the second half- just- put everyone in a place that all make them seems it's fated, it's in their blood,

Where does the freedom appear in being the best swordmaster when your grandpa was "the god of swordmaster", the best sniper when your father is also the best sniper, etc etc

I don't know if that's the case, i hope not, but it looks to me that oda did it for sanji, then saw how many fans liked their favorite character having more to their title please their fan, and just, kept going

I'd argue being a random guy and being super high level is more impressive

Anyway, it's fanservice.

I have nothing against character having high relations and thing under their name right from the beggining (especially if that ties with what they're doing/why they join) (vivi princess, robin, Franky w pluto, yams being kaido (emperor) son, brook is albeit a bit unnecessary but logic nonetheless)

But giving them when it does nothing but make them less "special" because they were in fact Special From Somebody Else, is shitty to do in excessiveness, especially when it bring nothing (why does zoro being ryuma descendant is important ??? Especially since that undervalue ryuma giving him shusui ! It could have been a bit better if like, someone saw zoro's face, recognized the damyo who "was known as ryuma's descendant" (even if none of that is said/shown) traits in him and decided to let him keep the shusui it would have been still disappointing but at least it would have built something ! )

Again, the possibility of him going "oh yeah ! Nami has celestian blood that's why she's so good at detecting climate changes and atmosphere in general ! It's also why she can hit luffy (as we were shown innate haki there) !" And then, idk, turning out to be birkan (originaly moon people, same as ener) and in fact it wasn't pirate it was the governement who faked an attack to get rid of her family and bell-mere suspected that a bit and she had in fact illegally run away from the marine and that's also why she lived far from the village and didn't get marine-retirement money and was so poor) is possible.

And in fact it's also possible he doesn't even include it properly in the story but just drop the whole lore in a data book, just like he could bring back ener to give a reason for it.

And all that "family lore bring so much" feel so much, muuuuch saltier considering his answer in an sbs of someone asking why nearly all the mother are killed or unknown being "mother are the antonym of adventure"

Anyway, i feel like oda forgot a lot about freedom as he advanced in one piece

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God au

What if Jinbe gave each god a sea animal as a symbol of there friendship

(Usopp got seals; a reference to selkie au)

Usopp getting seals is so adorable actually they're all so mischevious--

Sadly Chopper handles animals, if Jimbe ever gave Usopp a gift it would be a rabies shot

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What kind of episode title is "luffy confronts the harsh reality" 😭😭

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I know I've said this before but Im much farther in one piece now that I must reiterate: everyone on the strawhat crew is so aro/ace coded and at the same time theyre all dating each other

[one-idea]

Here's an idea: time travel fix it, but the time traveller is Zeff.

Casually fixing what he can for his Eggplant's future Nakama, like bribing Mihawk with a nice wine to mention what Arlong is up to to Jimbe.

I love a time travel fix it with an unlikely hero. Because the Strawhats have a lot of information about what needs to be fixed. Their time travel fix it’s make sense. But the fun ones are their allies who know major events but don’t know everything.

(I saw someone try this with Mihawk and like the man only knows major events that the strawhats get into. Also he’s way more likely just to show up and watch the chaos while drinking wine.)

Zeff being sent back is so fun. 1) he’s a great character who obviously loves Sanji and would want to do what’s best for him. But also 2) he has no idea what half the inciting incidents are! How will he ever know what to stop?

He does have some information though. So let’s say he gets dropped 21 years in the past. He’s still a pirate. Ohara was just burnt last year and Rodger died 3 years ago (fact check me)

Most importantly Sanji is about to be born. His little eggplant is about to be born into one of the worst family on the sea. Well not if he has anything to say about it. He’s still Red-Leg Zeff, the pirate captain.

He knows they can’t do a full frontal assault but some sneaking around gets him to Sora. And a quick “how do you feel about taking all the kids and running?” She’s in. Anything to get them away from Judge.

And it’s stupid easy because they are babies who are only a few days old. Judge only cares about their test results he isn’t watching them. So Zeff and a few of his crew just nab Judges wife and kids, and quite a bit of loot.

Zeff is booking it out of there. But not without kick judge through at least one wall durning the escape.

He makes the decision to quiet the pirate life early. He’s got Sora and the kids to worry about. They open the Baratie early. He knows exactly which cooking staff he’s hiring.

As he separated from the crew he tells them that if they run into a girl named Nico Robin to bring her to him.

He starts establishing the Baratie as a location for all to dine in. But this time he’s focused on making connections. Keeping his thumb on the pulse of both pirate and government movement.

Raising the five kids he’s acquired along side Sora, the genetic programming takes but without it being supported as they grow eventually gets out of their systems. Sanji being the most in touch with his emotions followed by Reiju. Their brothers struggle with emotions but are a lot better and more adjusted than they are in cannon.

About two years into this restaurant one 11 year old Nico Robin is delivered by his old crew. The girl is super freaked out but he sits her down and tells her that’s she’s safe, he’s got ears everywhere and will know if the governmental coming after them, and he won’t let them take her. Plus who’s going to be looking for her at a high class restaurant. It also helps that he’s got a gaggle of children already so she can stay off the floor hanging out with the kids. Sora also dyes Robin’s hair purple and that with age is enough to make people not immediately recognize her from her bounty poster.

5 years later the red hair pirates a bouncing around the East blue and Zeff waits. Waits until one day Shanks comes in one arm short and bragging about his son. (It helps that Sanji and his siblings are helping out so Shanks and Zeff are just casually talking about their kids.) He grabs the captain and pulls him to the side and tells him that Luffy is in danger and that there is another little boy on that island, a boy who is the son of his old captain. Shanks thinks he’s crazy at first but he knows things about Luffy. The scar under his eye, and other things.

Enough to make shanks curious enough to turn around and find Luffy and his TWO new brothers. He quickly collects three children and returns to the Baratie. (Kicks door open while holding three children “you were right!” Zeff surprised by the third child but not mad) (I don’t think he knows about Sabo)

Luffy and Sanji get on like a house fire with Luffy loudly declaring that Sanji will one day join his crew as his chef. And Zeff is standing there watching them with a proud smile, because somethings are just meant to happen.

Meanwhile Shanks as turned to look at Zeff

“anything else I should know about?”

Zeff just snorts “a lot. You still friends with Hawkeyes or have you to made it official yet?”

(With the Baratie around earlier he had to witness young Shanks and Mihawk flirting, it was painful)

Shanks gets sad “he’s mad about well you know…” the missing arm. And Zeff feels bad about that but he had no clue how the man lost it in the first place so there was no way he could stop it.

“If you run into him tell him there’s a crazy kid in the east blue gunning for his title. If he wants to keep things interesting he might want to train him.” (The Baratie is Mihawk’s favorite establishment Zeff could also tell him but he has a feeling the swords master would listen to Shanks over him.)

This is how Mihawk shows up at a dojo where a 10year old Kuina and 9 year old Zoro are training. (A year before Kuina’s death) he sees their skill and hears Kuina’s father’s opinion about females and training. He knows it’s an opinion that is also popular in Wano where this man is obviously from, but it’s not the way the rest of the world works. He approaches and offers to take over the training of the girl “who won’t make anything of herself” and the “feral gremlin using sword handles for teething.” Kuina’s father isn’t to sure about all this but he can’t really refuse the greatest swordsman in the world nor will Kuina or Zoro stay once they hear about the offer.

Mihawk has now obtained one verbally polite girl who will break every rule the moment his back is turn and one backpack leash gremlin.

He and Shanks are regulars at the Baratie for parenting advice. Luffy meets Zoro’s and again claims him as part of the crew. Years later Zoro and Sanji argue over who will be the first official member (Sanji: Luffy asked me first! Zoro: but I was the first one to physically join the crew!)

But currently the three run a muck on the Baratie pulling pranks on their older siblings (Ace, Sabo, Kuina, and Reiju are all the same age) or just Sanji brothers (they are still learning emotions and will sometimes join in on the chaos, other times they are a rival faction but if they ever get to mean Luffy and Zoro put them in their place)

but eventually Luffy runs into Robin (she tries to stay out of the way as much as possible to not get the Baratie in trouble. Zeff tells her she doesn’t have to but Trauma is a thing) Luffy loves her instantly. She quitely reading a book and Luffy joins her for story time and she never gets mad at his interruption and is so patient with him. He looks at her with a grin of a small sun and tells her “when I’m captain you’re going to be on my crew!” Robin is a little freaked out because she doesn’t want to bring the world government down on this little boy. But Zeff talks to her later and tells her that Luffy isn’t a force that can be stopped. It takes time but in the next ten years Robin comes around to the idea of being on Luffy’s crew with Zoro and her little brother Sanji. As soon as Luffy claimed her he told the others. Sanji was pumped! Zoro just accept it but he comes around to really love Robin.

At the same time that the boys are all being adopted Zeff is making some calls and contacts. The Baratie has been open for over 9 years he’s got some high connections. He eventually gets a hold of Jimbei and tells him that Arlong is in the East Blue and causing trouble. (Arlong has just started in the East blue, Zeff has no clue of the time clock) he points Jimbei in the direction of Cocoyashi.

Jimbei gets their right at the time of Arlong raid in the village. He walks in right as Arlong and Bell-mére are having their confrontation. I don’t know exactly what happens (I haven’t met Jimbei yet) but he’s able to stop it.

Bell-mére asks how he knew they were in trouble and he tells them about the Baratie. The village wants to thank the man who alerted Jimbei so Bell-mére goes (she is a retired Marine and probably the best sailor.) and takes Nojiko and Nami with her. Of course Shanks is visiting with the boys and Luffy and Nami instantly hit it off. “This is my Navigator!!!” Shanks is laughing because the kids going to have a whole crew before he has a boat.

Once Luffy is ready to set sail he meets up with Zoro and the two head to the Baratie to pick up Nami, Sanji, and Robin. Zeff points them in the direction of Suyrup village to “get a ship” where they pick up Usopp and save Kaya. (This absolutely does not make Usopp’s feeling of inferiority worse by the time they get to Water 7. No way. It’s not like everyone else on the crew until Vivi and Chopper have known each other for 10 years. He’s not the odd man out in any way.)

Zeff doesn’t have a lot of information about their adventures so he can’t truly stop anything but he does know some thing. (Nami leaving the crew. Luffy and Zoro being from the east blue and having connections with Shanks and Mihawk (Mihawk totally goes the the Baratie to drink during the time skip. Zeff knows Zoro is his kid) he knows Ace is Roger’s son and that he dies. But he doesn’t know anything that isn’t in Sanji’s letters or the news paper (which is full of lies)

He makes the best decisions he can for Sanji.

He saves Sanji from Zeff as soon as possible

Accidentally saving Sora, Reiju, Ichiji, Niji, and Yonji

After Sanji set sail Zeff decides to expand the Baratie. It’s a chain

Patty and Carne take over the East blue branch

Reiju runs the one in the grandline.

Ichiji runs one in the west blue

Niji runs one in the south blue

The north blue doesn’t get one until Judge is dead they all agree on that

Yonji bounces from place to place helping as he is needed

Zeff and Sora open one in the New World.

Zeff might not know everything the Strawhats went through but he knows the major events and by having a home base in almost every sea he’s got ears everywhere. His old crew is still out there acting as ears for him and bring him news.

Anything he can help the Strawhats avoid or remove from their path he sends word

He tells Shanks about Ace.

Accidentally getting Luffy, Ace, and Sabo adopted

Saving Sabo from the Celestial dragons

Giving all three boys the chance to train with the Red Hair Pirates and learn Haki early while also getting a feel for the Grandline and New World

Ace’s death is prevented because he knows about Blackbeards plans and tells Ace to watch out for the man and to not trust him. It helps that Ace grew up with Shanks who never liked Blackbeard at all.

He tells Mihawk about Zoro

Kuina is accidentally saved

Both get to train with Mihawk far before their adventure. Mihawk loves it because the two are “trying to kill him” but they are also competing with each other and it’s MESSY they are so dramatic in their own weird way and he’s living for watching this gremlins fight while he drinks wine. When Perona shows up he finally has a goth child who wants to dress presentable and drink wine while making his other children. The family is complete.

He puts out feelers for Robin having no real hope she will show up

Accidentally gave her a loving home and help her feel safe while also preparing her for the adventure ahead.

He points Jimbei in Arlong direction. He has no clue what Arlong is truly up to.

Accidentally saves village

Saves Bell-mére’s life and kick starts the Strawhats.

The Strawhats still have a lot going on but because of advance trading some received as children and the stronger bonds.

He can’t do anything to Chopper, Franky, Brook or Usopp because their trauma is already passed Franky/Brook or he doesn’t know their stories well enough to intervene, Usopp/Chopper.

But he does make the safest home possible for his little eggplant.

[fluffywing-e-tarot]

Garp and his three Godly Grandsons

It had been months since Kolby and Helmepo became his students. They both were exceptional. Koby was ignorant of that mark of Tsuisu left on him.

"Koby, do you know of the ancient gods of the world?" Garp questioned across the Wei Chi boared

"Not all of them, sir." Koby siad "I know there are multiple. But the one I'm fermilar with is Nika."

It was understandable. The kid was trapped for 2 years on a pirateship. Nika was an obvious choice for a situation like his.

Garp thought of his own mark that all three of the little rascals admitted to doing, but some instinct said there could only be one. His bet was that Astrus did it.

"Well, they are more than Myth Koby." Garp fished in his drawer for the gift Sabo left in his quarters. Without saying hello again.

"This is a collection of their mythos it helps to be at least familiar of their stories."

"Thank you, Sir." Acepted the book.

"Don't let anyone else read it." Garp warned

When he finally encountered the runaway Luffy, he saw the moment Koby entered Luffy's sight.

Luffy shouted in the ancient tongue. Garp wouldn't be surprised if it translated to (Tsuitsu you theif )or (bastard ). Luffy wrapped his stretchy limbs around Koby wailing.

Garp sighed. " Luffy yes I know your brother marked him. Now will you just let go." He grabbed Luffy by the scruff.

"But Koby was going to be Mine" Luffy wailed.

"Not another god scuffle," Garp groaned " don't attack your brother for this Luffy. we can't have another Storm like the one you and that other kid had over Shanks."

"Koby!"

Fist of Love!

Luffy stopped crying. Clutching his head but had released his student.

"Old Man what was that for?" Luffy accused.

"Scram before I have to arrest you Brat!"

.~°~.

It was close to a month latter when Astrus appeared on his ship. Feet kicked up on his table. Shackled.

"what's this I hear about Sabo swippeing a mark from Luffy?" Ace said. Unbothered by the chains around him.

"Ace please go back to the Cell. I can't deal with you slipping out."

"Come on Gramps tell me The details "

"How did you come to this information?" Garp said. Knowing that there was no messenger god running around. As far as he knew.

"Jimbe mentioned that the Revolutionary's God was smug about something."

Garp growled hiding his face in his hands. "Promised me you won't get into a fight over this with your brothers."

"Shit, it's That bad."

"Yes, I would rather not experience what two of you can do, with your gathered powers." The event he was talking about was long before he reunited Nika with his elder brothers. It was when Nika and Kanato fought over Shanks and his crew. A giant storm picked up where they were. That was with them confined to the bodies of children and Minor miracles. Garp really didn't want to find out what fully functional Gods could do.

" Fine I promise I won't fight my younger brothers over this." Ace swore holding his followers sign of promise.

"It's my new student. He arrived at his conscription post with Luffy. But at some point before I arrived. Sabo marked him. " Garp said.

"Once someone is marked there's not much to fight over. Unless their multi attuned. Then it's a matter of persuasion to shift the mark from one to their preference." Ace shrugged "Has there been any Gifts delivered?"

"Yes a book on Mythology of you all, and A sun pendant from Nika." Garp said.

Ace grinned wickedly. Producing a small book on star navigation. From nowhere.

" Give that to your student." Then the God of the Stars vanished. Laughter remaining behind.

"Roger you're a Bastard that left me to deal with your consequences" Garp groaned.

Yet he loved his Grandsons. That also happened to be millennia older than him. They were all Gods after all.

First

[astr-ll]

it’s so wholesome to see jimbe learning about how the straw hats operate like they’re about to die but nami hands him a talking shell of franky inexplicably talking like a robot about cola energy and he has to be so normal about it

[buff-muffin]

has anyone talked about the connection between the slavery of fishmen and the world of one piece sinking into the sea? i feel like there is a connection there that needs to be talked about.

Obviously they were most likely enslaved simply because of their strong connection to Joyboy and the fact they had probably assisted in the war all those years ago, and with Joyboy's loss they were enslaved as a punishment. They became slaves stronger then any normal person, were seen as nothing but a tool and with propaganda as a weapon, no one would question it.

But the connections between the fact that every Celestial dragon was bound to have a Fishman or mermaid and the flooding of the entire world feels like there's an extra layer of connection there. And with all of Arlong's speechs about of fishmen are superior to humans in every single way and that they rule the seas. there could be a level of FEAR going on. Trying to eradicate the one race that would be nothing but CONVIENICED if the world was to flood. Maybe they were enslaved so when Imu's plan was moved into action the fishmen would live too far in fear of them to do anything. and boy has that back fired between Fisher tiger, Otohime, Shirahoshi the sun pirates and Jimbe.

[lawqual1ty]

Home (Trafalgar Law x Reader)

Pov: For a little context you have been teleported to the world of One Piece almost two years ago, resulting in you becoming a pirate as you try to look for a way back to your world... However during a tough battle you end up severely injured after winning, Law together with Jinbe tried to look for you after the battle...

Trigger warning: Blood!, injuries, homesick reader, broken bones, feelings of nausea and fainting

It was finally over... I had finally defeated him... I can't believe it...

My head was spinning... I was so dizzy... I was coming down from the adrenaline rush from earlier, my body was in immense pain, it hurt to even breathe... But I had to stand... I had to get back...

I started wandering around... My legs hurt... One of them was definitely broken or sprained, there was no doubt about that... But I had to get back...

I had to get back... Home..

Home...?

Where's home...?

I was lost...

Home...

Why did that word feel so... Foreign?

As if I hadn't been home for...

Years

"Y/N!"

I raised my head, my eyesight blurry as I looked at a blue figure approaching me in a rush...

Who was it...? I couldn't tell... I was exhausted and covered in blood... I just kept walking

"Y/N-YA!"

Ya...? I chuckled clearly amused... The only one I've heard use the -ya is Law... But... That can't be

He's not real...

Am I starting to hallucinate...?

Was I... Dying...?

It didn't feel like it... I was just in pain...

Why were they so... Panicked...? I'm confused... Should I run...?

My eyes widened as I saw who it was... A smile of relief appearing on my lips almost uninvited

"Jinbe..."

I smiled softly as he ran towards me, as soon as I noticed his presence my legs started giving out...

I felt light headed... I can't fall right...? I shouldn't... But...

my body wasn't responding...

"YOU BETTER REACH HER JIMBE, ROOM"

I saw a faint blue glow appear in front of me... Suddenly the warmth of a pair of strong arms surrounded my limp body, holding me close

My breathing became softer...

He was... Really there...

"Home..."

I whispered softly, my head snuggling against the blue warmth of my savior... I heard a soft sigh coming from above me followed by a pair of rushed footsteps arriving next to us

The last thing I saw was Law and Jimbe smile at me relieved...

"Good job, Ori... You did well"

I started feeling myself tear up...

It felt warm but suddenly another thought filled my mind...

I turned to look at Law with pleading eyes...

"Law..."

I started sobbing with the last of my strength

"I want to... Go home... Please..."

I noticed his eyes widening at my words, almost as if I had struck a nerve as I cried quietly... The tears and sadness keeping me awake...

"I no longer... Know what's home..."

I kept talking before I slowly felt my conscience slip away, Law quickly ran for me noticing my deplorable state...

With those last words I fainted...

I knew I wasn't home...

But I had a feeling that I would find it...

Soon enough...

I could make a part two for this one... Should I?

[sh0esuke]

" Past Love "

𝗠𝗲𝘁 𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝗰𝗲̀𝗻𝗲 : Arlong The Saw.

𝗥𝗲́𝘀𝘂𝗺𝗲́ : Fraichement sorti de prison, Arlong se prépare à rejoindre East Blue. Il quitte ses compagnons de toujours, y compris Jimbe alors que celui-ci est la raison de sa libération, l'équipage des hommes poisson se scinde en trois et, sur le moment, cela semble faire sens. Arlong n'a aucun regret. Il se prépare à prendre la mer et semer terreur sur son passage, sans se douter qu'il est actuellement suivit. Mais qu'il ne s'inquiète pas : la mystérieuse ombre lui courant après ne tardera pas à se révéler.

𝗔𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 : référence à l'esclavage, mutilation, amputation..

ENG : PLEASE DO NOT STEAL MY WORKS. If you want to translate it, ask me first then we can talk about it. If you want to find me on Wattpad, my account is in my bio, this is the ONLY ONE i have. FR : MERCI DE NE PAS VOLER MES OS. Si vous avez envie de les traduire, merci de me demander la permission avant. Si vous voulez me retrouver sur Wattpad, j'ai un lien dans ma bio, c'est mon SEUL compte.

𝙽𝚘𝚖𝚋𝚛𝚎 𝚍𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚝𝚜 : 𝟑,𝟐𝟐𝟒.

Commentaires, likes et reblogues super appréciés. Tout type de soutien l'est, merci beaucoup !! <33

Le bruit des vagues qui s'échoue sur le rivage a un effet calmant. Le soleil brille directement sur le sable à nos pieds, il en est devenu brûlant même si je suis incapable de le sentir ⸺un léger nuage de chaleur émane du dessus⸺, je me doute que même la mer doit s'être réchauffée elle aussi, en surface. Elle est cependant d'un calme plat. C'en serait presque paradisiaque. La forêt de palmiers derrière nous accentue cette impression. Il fait bon. Aucune tempête ne pointe le bout de son nez, pas de folie hivernale ni une averse de foudre en vue.

L'air marin s'infiltre dans mes poumons, puisque nous nous rapprochons de la mer son parfum salé s'accroît. Les mouettes aux alentours beuglent à cor et à cri.

Mes pas se font rapides.

J'ignore Kuroobi et Octy. Ils essaient de me retenir, mais je passe aisément entre eux deux avec mes bras proches de ma poitrine afin qu'ils soient incapables de s'en saisir. Je trottine jusqu'à rejoindre Smack et Arlong.

Surpris, Smack me zieute.

Quant à Arlong, trop occupé à s'appuyer contre notre ami, ne me regarde pas.

« Comment vont tes blessures ? » je demande.

Instinctivement, j'approche ma main de son visage meurtri. Il est dans un sale état, la vue de tout ce sang éparpillé sur son épiderme bleuté me serre l'estomac, il y aurait de quoi remplir plusieurs verres. Sa chemise ouverte me laisse contempler les gouttes qui ont réussi à descendre jusqu'à ses hanches et bas ventre. Elles ont eu le temps de sécher. S'effrite sous mon toucher. Mes doigts se crispent. Sur le moment, force d'habitude, je m'apprête à le caresser. Mon pouce se presse contre sa joue et—

Arlong s'empare de mon poignet.

« Ne me touche pas. »

La prise qu'il exerce est violente, il resserre ses doigts et m'arrache une plainte. Son regard se fait perçant.

Tous les autres nous observent.

« Je te permets pas. »

Grognant, je récupère ma main. Arlong me laisse faire et tourne la tête.

« Dégage d'ici, j'ai plus besoin de toi. »

« Je— »

Crack. Crack.

Les morceaux de mon cœur fissurés me broient de l'intérieur. Ils pénètrent ma chair, s'immiscent là où ils ne devraient pas et laissent un liquide amer me marquer au fer rouge. L'impression est douloureusement familière. Mon corps n'est plus qu'une boule de chair poignardée de toutes parts. Je ne suis pas seulement humiliée, je suis blessée. Tentant de garder la face, je grimace et fronce mes sourcils. Arlong et Smack me dépassent, ils me laissent seule avant que le reste de nos compagnons suive le mouvement.

Octy pose une main réconfortante sur mon épaule, je la repousse. Sans attendre je me tourne en direction de Arlong et le coupe.

« Tu sais très bien que ma place est ici ! Je n'aimerais n'être nul part ailleurs. »

Il m'ignore.

Je vois Smack hésiter. Il tient fermement Arlong mais ne sait pas si il devrait s'arrêter ou continuer d'avancer. Son silence est pesant. Il est lourd, m'étouffe de l'intérieur. Je suis étranglée.

« Arlong. »

Rien.

« Arlong, merde ! »

« Ferme la. » il grogne.

Mon visage se froisse.

« Je t'ai choisi, non ? J'y crois pas, qu'est-ce que tu veux de plus ? » insisté-je.

Il est toujours de dos. Ils sont sur le point de rejoindre la mer, me laisser là sans même chercher à résoudre nos différents. Je n'arrive pas à y croire. Après tout ce que nous avons vécu... C'est si facile pour lui de tourner la page ? Ça ne lui pose aucun problème de faire une croix sur moi ? C'est impossible. Pas alors que je vois la violence avec laquelle il serre le poing. Je sais que ça n'a aucun lien avec ses blessures. Mais tandis qu'il s'éloigne de moi, je ne peux pas m'empêcher d'être terrifiée. Si il part je ne m'en remettrai pas.

« Écoute, » m'interrompt Octy. « il est encore contrarié parce que tu es partie avec Jimbe, laisse lui un peu de temps. Tu sais bien qu'il ne pourra pas t'en vouloir indéfini— »

« Mais tu voulais que j'aille où ! Je ne suis en sécurité nul part ! »

À ma plus grande surprise, Arlong se stoppe, mais je me doute que ça n'est pas parce que mes mots l'ont touché. Ça doit plutôt avoir un rapport avec ma voix qui s'est cassée. Il me sent sur le point de pleurer.

Ça tombe bien parce que c'est le cas.

« Jimbe était mon seul protecteur pendant que, comme un idiot, tu croupissais en prison ! » m'écrié-je. « Je suis incapable de nager, je suis incapable de me battre comme vous, je ne maîtrise même pas le karaté des hommes poissons ! C'était lui ou la mort ! »

« Tu as servi les hommes qui ont tué Tiger. Jamais je te pardonnerai. » il grommele.

« Je t'en prie.. »

Mes mains s'accrochent à mon short.

« Arlong je n'ai plus que toi. »

« Ça ne me plaît pas non plus. » je reprends. « On est plus ensemble pour une raison, et je méprise ce que tu es sur le point de faire mais je suis coincée. Prends moi avec toi. »

Il ricanne.

« Ça t'est si facile de supplier ? Je n'ai pas besoin d'un poids mort. Vas-t'en. »

« Non. »

Il m'est difficile d'être certaine de ce que je fais. Je suis plus que contrariée en cet instant, blessée aussi et perdue. Le reste de ses hommes ne bouge pas. Ce sont nos amis d'enfance, des anciens compagnons de Fisher Tiger. Nous sommes tous liés, notamment par là où nous avons tous grandi ; le district des hommes poissons. Je sais qu'ils n'auraient aucun mal à m'abandonner pour Arlong, leur hésitation suffit cependant à me réconforter. Beaucoup m'en veulent d'avoir choisi Jimbe, Arlong n'est pas le seul, mais j'apprécie le geste.

Toutefois sur le moment je me fiche de ce qu'ils font. Personne ne parle hormis Arlong et moi-même. Les supplications de Octy ont cessé, à présent mon ami se contente de me fixer avec impuissance.

Aucun de nous ne sait encore où cette discussion nous mènera.

« Je partirais si c'est vraiment ce que tu désires. » j'annonce finalement.

Mes bras se resserrent contre ma poitrine, la prise de mes doigts sur ma peau m'aide à garder les pieds sur terre. Je m'y accroche désespérément. Je me mords l'intérieur des joues et répresse mes larmes qui, d'une seconde à l'autre, menacent de couler. Elles me brouillent la vue. Je suis convaincue que si je cesse de batailler contre moi-même, je succomberai de chagrin.

« Mais je veux d'abord que tu me regardes. Regarde moi dans les yeux, Arlong, et dis-moi que tu me détestes. »

L'homme poisson que j'ai autrefois aimé m'est méconnaissable. Alors que j'ai vu toutes les versions de lui, alors que je l'ai aimé de l'enfance jusqu'à ses années adultes, aujourd'hui je ne sais plus qui il est. Sa haine ne fait pas que l'aveugler, elle le rend cruel et le change. Ses yeux ne me semblent plus aussi tendres et lumineux qu'auparavant, je suis persuadée que ça n'a aucun lien avec les sentiments que nous avons auparavant ressenti l'un pour l'autre.

C'est quelque chose de plus profond qu'une simple histoire d'amour.

Le silence d'Arlong me fait douter. Il reste stoïque, et je suis même à deux doigts de penser qu'il ne m'écoutera pas. Il va m'ignorer et m'abandonner sur cette fichue île déserte. Il va une dernière fois me broyer le cœur. Et ce coup-ci je ne m'en remettrai pas.

Si il me laisse..

Si il part, il n'y a que la mort qui m'attend.

Un fossé nous sépare. J'ai beau avoir lâchement fui Jimbe après leur combat pour le rejoindre, j'ai beau lui avoir tout offert de mon cœur jusqu'à ma vie, aujourd'hui Arlong et moi ne partageons plus rien. Le souvenir de notre relation s'efface avec le temps, et je ne suis pas sûre que nous partagions les mêmes réminiscences, ainsi que nous soyions d'accord sur la manière dont tout cela s'est fini.

Sur le moment, je suppose qu'il me déteste réellement. Et je ne peux pas lui en vouloir.

Arlong serre le poing. Je l'entends pester et converser brièvement avec Smack. Le temps qu'il se décide, Octy glisse une de ses mains dans la mienne. Mes larmes roulent le long de mes joues. Elles cascadent abondamment. J'hoquète et contemple son dos. Son sang tâche le sol à ses pieds, une de ses blessures a dû se rouvrir. Son combat avec Jimbe l'a sérieusement abîmé, je me demande même comment il fait pour rester conscient. C'est sûrement sa colère. Elle est si palpable et destructrice qu'elle l'aiderait à surmonter n'importe quoi. Je m'accroche à Octy. C'est peut-être la dernière fois que je suis auprès d'eux tous.

Je réalise soudain pourquoi Arlong met autant de temps à se retourner.

C'est bien la première fois qu'il se doit de prendre une décision en tant que meneur. Il vient à peine de devenir capitaine et voilà qu'il doit choisir entre me recruter ou m'abandonner. Il me voit comme une traîtresse, à ses yeux j'ai sali la mémoire de notre héros à tous mais il doute quand même. Je ne saurai dire si c'est pire ou une bonne nouvelle. Est-ce que ses sentiments pour moi le font hésiter ?

Je sais qu'il m'aime encore.

« Arlong— » s'exclame Smack.

Mes yeux clignent. Je les relève dans leur direction très rapidement.

Arlong se détache de Smack et tient sur ses jambes de lui-même. Il retire même son bras de son épaule. D'un geste sec il crache du sang par terre et me pointe du doigt. Son regard est dur. Malgré tout, il est partiellement troublé, j'arrive à y apercevoir une faible lueur. Elle est familière. Il a réussi à me couper la respiration en un instant.

« T'as toi-même subi la cruauté des hommes. Tu as vu de quoi ils étaient capables. »

« Qu— »

« T'es une hypocrite. » me coupe-t-il.

« Tu crois que je le sais pas ? »

Je frappe mon poing contre ma poitrine. Malgré mes sanglots, je riposte. Je n'essaie pas de me défendre, je ressens juste le besoin de parler.

Tant de choses me pèsent sur la conscience. Elles m'écrasent.

Je suffoque.

« J'ai été esclave je te rappelle ! Ces fichus Dragons Céleste m'ont pris ce que j'avais de plus cher avant de me laisser pour morte, tu crois que je m'en veux pas d'avoir servi ceux qui les protège ? J'ose même plus me regarder dans le miroir ! »

Je me frappe la cuisse : elle est faite de bois.

Elles sont faites de bois.

« Je suis incapable de rentrer chez moi, où est-ce que tu veux que j'aille ? »

Mon autre main s'accroche à celle de Octy. Je ne la lâche pas mais j'avance d'un pas, je ressens le besoin de me rapprocher de Arlong.

J'ai toujours détesté être loin de lui.

« La surface est trop dangereuse pour moi, » j'insiste. « les humains vont tôt ou tard s'apercevoir que je suis une sirène, prothèses ou pas. Et je déteste Jimbe. Après ce qu'il t'a fait je— »

À force de balbutier, je perds mes mots.

Mais mes paroles semblent avoir attendri Arlong. L'expression de son visage n'est plus aussi dure, ses poings se sont ouverts. Sa bouche est même légèrement ouverte. Je jurais qu'il m'écoute attentivement.

« Je ne veux servir personne d'autre. Ma vie t'appartient, fais-en ce que tu veux. »

Je tombe à genoux.

À force de tenir debout, d'avoir mal au cœur tant celui-ci palpite avidement contre ma cage thoracique, et de crier, j'ai perdu mes forces. Je les retrouve en touchant le sable chaud et en laissant la lueur des rayons solaires entrer en contact avec mon visage. Elle réchauffe mes larmes. La douceur de la nature me prend dans ses bras. Elle me berce tendrement. Et alors que je fais toujours face à Arlong et que je suis présentée sous lui, plus vulnérable que je ne l'ai jamais été auparavant, la vie me paraît soudain bien cruelle.

Mes doigts s'enfoncent dans le sable. Je m'y agrippe. Les grains s'échappent de ma poigne, ils parviennent à me fuir.

Puis, clignant des cils, je parle.

C'est ma dernière tentative.

Après ça, je refuse de résister, j'accepterai mon sort quel qu'il soit.

« Si il te reste une once d'humanité, alors aie au moins la décence d'en finir avec moi, parce que si tu me laisses je ne survivrai pas. Je ne veux pas d'une telle vie. »

Quelques-uns de nos amis murmurent des protestations, j'entends même Octy et Smack geindre mon prénom.

Cette journée commençait si bien.. Jimbe utilisa son titre de Grand Corsaire pour libérer Arlong de l'emprise de la marine le matin même et ainsi le sauver de lui-même, il m'assura que cela pourrait m'aider à réparer nos liens. Je m'étais faite une joie de le retrouver, tant de fois je l'avais cru mort, ou à jamais prisonnier des humains. Mais tout a dérapé. Nous n'avons pas retrouvé le Arlong d'antan, plutôt une version haineuse et terrifiante consummée par sa rancœur.

Il a défié Jimbe par fierté, désirant restaurer l'honneur de Fisher Tiger avant de lamentablement perdre. Et lorsqu'il a pris la suite, je n'ai eu d'autre choix que de le suivre. Malgré les supplications de Jimbe, j'ai couru au travers de cette forêt tropicale, j'ai tout envoyé en l'air pour lui.

Il n'y a pas de retour en arrière.

J'ai été esclave plus longtemps que j'ai été libre, voilà qui est bien cruel, et malgré le tatouage de l'équipage des hommes poissons qui me dore la peau par dessus cette autre monstruosité, les résidus de cette vie me rongent petit à petit. J'ai la sensation de n'être qu'une coquille vide. Fisher Tiger m'a sauvée, il m'a recueillie, il a recouvert les marques de ce passé cauchemardesque par des nouvelles et Arlong a su faire de moi une véritable femme. Il m'a appris ce que cela faisait d'aimer et d'être aimée.

Aujourd'hui, si je retourne auprès Jimbe, tout cela n'aura plus aucun sens.

Je n'ai même plus ma place dans le district des hommes poissons.

Et la terre des humains sera mon tombeau si je m'y attarde.

Je ne l'ai pas supplié par amour. Malgré notre passé commun, il le sait aussi je suppose, je lui demande une telle faveur parce que le suivre à East Blue est mon seul moyen de tourner définitivement la page. Là-bas, le monde doit être différent. Il saura s'y faire un nom et me protéger. Je saurai me rendre utile.

Le silence qui plane entre nous devient si palpable qu'il me touche au visage. Je le confonds avec la chaleur du soleil.

Arlong n'a toujours pas bougé, si bien qu'une éternité semble s'être écoulée depuis mon discours. Je jurai qu'il se fait tard. Nos amis ne disent plus rien. Nous attendons tous son verdict avec impatience dans un mutisme commun. Il est évident que je n'ai pas ma place avec eux, mais si jamais.. si jamais il acceptait...

J'en viens à fermer les yeux.

Toujours rien.

Ma gorge se serre.

Je sanglote et retiens mes larmes.

Il va m'abandonner, c'est—

L'on me stoppe. Une poigne s'empare de mon bras.

Elle est violente. Je suis prise par surprise sur le moment et lâche un cri aiguë, il me racle la gorge. Brusquement, je suis propulsée sur mes jambes. L'on me force à me redresser.

J'ai à peine le temps de rouvrir les yeux que Arlong dépose sa main sur le sommet de ma tête de manière à cacher mon visage et qu'il passe son bras dans mon dos. Il me plaque contre son torse. Je n'ai aucun moyen de m'échapper. Le geste peut paraître affectueux mais il le fait d'une telle brutalité qu'il me coupe la respiration. J'en ai mal aux poumons.

« Tu viens avec moi. »

Mes lèvres tremblent.

« Je les laisserai plus nous faire du mal. Ils paieront tous. »

Je rapproche mes mains de ses clavicules, ainsi je me tiens à sa chemise et gémis contre lui. C'est plutôt un bruit étouffé, à l'instar d'un braillement. Je suis incapable de m'arrêter. Mes doigts sont glués à lui. Je refuse de nous séparer. Je suis convaincue que si je le laisse partir je me réveillerais en plein cauchemar. Mon corps tout entier succombe au chagrin. Je suis poignardée, encore et encore par la tristesse de mon existence. Je ne peux que chercher du réconfort auprès de lui.

Son enlace me donne une impression de sécurité. Il m'accepte parmis ses hommes et me cache dans son étreinte dans le but de me laisser fondre en larmes. Il me cache pendant que mon cœur s'ouvre.

Ma peine est certes dévoilée, mais le reste nous appartient.

« Arlong.. »

Je n'essaie même pas de les sécher.

Mon visage est trempé, ma vue brouillée.

Pleurer n'est pas une honte. Fisher Tiger pleura sur son lit de mort, nombre de fois ai-je vu Jimbe ou nos camarades sangloter. Ça n'est ni humiliant ni embarrassant. Je ne peux pas m'empêcher de geindre contre lui alors que je me sens si triste. Le monde s'effondre sous mes pieds. Tout me tombe sur la tête. Mon cœur me fait horriblement mal et mon ventre se tort dans tous les sens.

Je ne sais pas ce que l'avenir nous réserve, j'en ai assez vu par le passé.

Je me fiche de ce que Jimbe peut bien faire ou penser, je me fiche de l'île des hommes poissons et de l'air supérieur de ses habitants envers ceux du district des hommes poissons. Je me fiche de tous ces gens là. Pour être honnête, je ne vois un futur avec aucun de ces deux choix. Jimbe m'a aidée lorsque je n'avais plus rien, j'ai toujours su que ma place n'était pas à ses côtés. En tant que ancienne esclave, servir le Gouvernement Mondial est contraire même à mon existence. Quant au royaume marin, il n'en est pas moins responsable et cruel.

Je ne me sens comprise qu'ici.

Et peu importe si je ne suis pas d'accord avec les choix d'Arlong. Entre la peste et le choléra, il me paraît un bien meilleur choix. Je n'ai pas espoir de le sauver. Je sais qu'il est perdu : ce qui m'importe sur le moment, c'est de me laisser aller à mon chagrin. Il me réconforte du mieux qu'il peut.

L'odeur de son sang envahi mes poumons, elle me saisit à la gorge, son goût métallique est fort et amer, et j'imagine que la force avec laquelle nous nous enlaçons doit lui faire mal. Il est encore grièvement blessé. J'aime à penser que notre proximité lui fait du bien, car à moi elle m'en fait, ça n'est peut-être rien, mais ça reste tout de même la promesse d'un avenir moins sombre. Ainsi, je sais que quoi qu'il advienne je serai là pour lui. Vice-versa.

Pas seulement parce qu'il m'aime, mais parce que nous partageons bien plus désormais.

Je lui dois la vie.

[oatmealmika]

What OP Character Watch : Oppenheimer or Barbie?

feat. luffy, zoro, nami, sanji, usopp, chopper, robin, franky, brook, law (no jimbe cuz i couldn’t decide)

Luffy

— actually idk

— i THOUGHT barbie, but i think he definitely accidentally got oppenheimer tickets and couldn’t tell the difference between the movies 🤷‍♀️

— when the group was talking about barbie on the way back, luffy was mad confused

Zoro

— barbie

— he cannot watch oppenheimer, his brain will explode

— don’t just don’t y’all

Nami

— barbie

— she’s a fashionista, what’d you expect?

— apart of the margot robbie protection squad

Sanji

— both

— after watching oppenheimer, he takes off his black coat and reveals a pink suit under it to watch barbie in

Usopp

— barbie

— but he definitely lies and says he watched oppenheimer

— easy to catch the lie since the moment you ask questions he flat lines

Chopper

— oppenheimer 😳

— was ready to watch barbie, but he wanted to go wherever robin went…

— had to leave the moment the movie started cuz it was too much

Robin

— as i said, oppenheimer

— gets decked out in a black and white suit

— hot 😝

Franky

— barbie

— pink speedo and everything

— barbie fanatic

Brook

— same as sanji, but reversed

— watches barbie first, and then oppenheimer

— doesn’t change outfit tho he goes in pink

Law

— both, but on two separate days because both of his outfits for each are two lavish to change into so quickly in the movie theater bathrooms

— now i would say he wears his onigashima outfit but in pink and white but he would think of doffy too much so he’d have to change it up.

— but he’d look GREAT, as always for my little fashionista 😚

— a few days later, he goes to watch oppenheimer. instead of the classic suit, he wears his onigashima outfit but in darker colors like black, grays, and deep reds

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[charkyzombicorn]

God au

Flower festival

It it’s like a mouth long festival usually only celebrated on spring island. There is no talking allowed during the time and people only communicate through Floriograph. They also dress in elaborate costumes dawned with flowers of there patrons god or demigod (cooks were daisy, child were sunflower, and everyone weres snowdrops)

First day of the festival, at dawn when the sun ries, everyone lets out one last shout before going silent.

The rest of the festival is filled with Music, (no singing tho) dancing and traditional Midsummer festival activities. It’s not A very well known holiday but it’s super fun and unique)

I LOVE THIS SO MUCH I CANNOT DESCRIBE HOW MUCH I ADORE THIS--

The gods rarely speak either because they love these mortal traditions and it's an excuse to give flowers and dance more. Luffy really really loves this because Usopp acts flustered more when he can't fall back on his words, and everyone is talking with the beauty Usopp makes in the world, and Usopp always looks so much more vibrant when his gifts are being loved and utilized so much, and Nami might have to make the ozone a little thicker and bring a little more rain so Luffy doesn't accidentally burn the flowers and the people but she doesn't mind

Zoro likes the tradition and also likes making fun of Sanji by giving him moss and branches and weeds because Sanji refuses to lose by yelling at him abt it

Chopper always gets bashful at all the snowdrops, and since there's music he likes putting bells on his antlers when he walks among the mortals - he also lets kids dress him up a little if he shows up in his god form because he really really doesn't want them afraid of him - there's usually at least one kid that's scared

Robin usually disguises herself as a very well-known flower merchant (Shepard isn't a real person, but they don't need to know that) that's famous for having so many different kinds of flowers from all over the world and selling them for dirt cheap.

Franky welds so many flowers for Robin for the festivities she has so many different kinds she adores every single one and if a single petal went missing she would notice instantly, Franky also plays a lot of music

Jimbe and Brook turn the waves crashing against rock into a symphony every grain of sand in the ocean's grasp churns into a song just for Brook that the whole planet could hear if they just listened close enough.

[hauntingblue]

Mihawk fuck off!!!!!!!