#keyword attempted

[zaacoy]

boop war giving me the energy to draw heres a thems

[silverheartsystem]

Word of the day: velumpus

[bluepandadraws-log]

PregnancyMaxxing(inspired by @the-mic-drop and @actuallyjustabiscuit 's fuckin' hilarious comments on the Fallen Over comic)

[chanrizard]

CHRIS BANG #4 🐺 221128

[littlecrittereli]

Wild Kratts beach episodes my beloved

[stars-n-spice]

"Can You Feel The Love Tonight"

but it's TechPhee and it's Crosshair and Wrecker sneaking around and watching them, being pouty about their brother being "stolen" from them.

[moongothic]

You know I wasn't going to post about this, but the more I think about it the more it drives me up the walls

So when Luffy and co release Crocodile from jail, it's specifically under the threat that if Crocodile tries anything funny, well, Iva-chan has a trick up their sleeve to put Crocodile back in-line.

So what the fuck was that actually about? What is Crocodile's secret weakness? I'm specifically looking at the way this is phrased in the manga, because the anime's added dialogue kinda messes with what's implied here. But what Iva specifically says is that Ivankov in particular holds the key to one of Crocodile's weaknesses, but they'll stay quiet about it as long as Crocodile behaves himself ("Vataashi wa koitsu no yowami wo hitotsu nigitteru", a very clunky but literal translation could be "One of his weaknesses is within my grasp". The way Viz translated the line is a bit different so I'm not bothering with getting a cap of the panel, you wouldn't be able to tell how these lines were phrased in Japanese based on Viz's translations anyways) (The dialogue Toei added was Crocodile furiously shouting at Iva-chan, telling them to not say anything and Iva-chan reminding Croc to watch his tone or else they'll reveal Croc's past to everyone. A lot of people don't remember this was in-fact added by Toei, hence I wanted to clarify/remind what happened in this scene originally)

And now. Obviously. When Oda went out of his way to introduce a brand new character whose entire personality is being queer and their power is giving people magic HRT. And then like five chapters later re-introduces Crocodile. And tells us that these two have Secret Beef. And never proceeds to fucking tell us what the hell that was about. Yes, the natural conclusion one would come to would be that Crocodile is stealth trans. That is basic, good storytelling. You (re)introduce two characters, tell us they have beef, one has a very specific ability; you're supposed to connect these dots in your mind. So that now, if Oda revealed to us tomorrow that Crocodile was canonically trans, it would not surprise anyone because it's already been set-up in the story, by this very scene. It's a logical conclusion.

But. I'm becoming more and more convinced that Iva-chan's blackmail might actually not be about Crocodile being trans.

Like the general fandom assumption for the past 15 years has been that Crocodile's stealth trans, but we actually don't know he's stealth. He could be openly trans, and between that being a borderline requirement for Crocodad to be real (since he would've been a Shichibukai for years before Luffy was even born) and the possibility that his earring could specifically be a gay earring, like. Yeah. Crocodile could be openly trans. If Crocodile's perfectly happy to let the whole world know he's gay, then him being trans shouldn't have to be a secret either. We the readers could just be unaware of it because it wasn't relevant information to us, and his transition would be old ass news in-universe and not worth bringing up.

And thus, if Crocodile isn't stealth, then Iva-chan can't blackmail him by threatening to out him, becaus he can't be outted.

Now for a while I did considder that Iva-chan could've been actually threatening to detransition Crocodile if he tried anything funny. Surely he would hate that, so much so that he might not have wanted to even hear Ivankov suggest it. But thinking about it. Unless Iva-chan can use Armanent Haki or get Crocodile moisturized, they shouldn't be able to hit Crocodile actually. Like Croc's Logia makes him impossible to hit unless he specifically allowed himself to be touched. So even if Iva-chan tried to surprise attack Crocodile with Estrogen, Croc should just turn to sand automatically, the attack should not land.

Meaning Iva-chan shouldn't be able to detransition Crocodile against his will, at least not without Haki and we don't know if they can use it, so that can't be Crocodile's weakness either.

And so we have to ask the question. What the fuck is that weakness then that Ivankov mentioned?

All we really know is that Crocodile doesn't want this weakness to be brought up, it's a secret. And for all we know Iva-chan might be the only person in the world who knows about it.

And I just. Like.

There is one weakness, kind of a universal one that many people could have, one that has been brought up time-and-time again post-timeskip, one that has become more and more relevant in the story, especially now at the begining of the Final Saga.

A secret weakness.

If pregnancy is what cracked Crocodile's egg and he transitioned immidiately/soon after giving birth, then it's entirely plausible Iva-chan could know Crocodile had a secret child. And surely he'd want nothing more than for his child to be safe, not end up in trouble because of him. And Ivankov most certainly could put that child in danger, especially now that Crocodile was officially no longer on the World Government's side, there'd be no protection for the baby. All Ivankov had to do was leak the information out, that Sir Crocodile had a child, and anybody who had beef with him could get their revenge by attempting to find the child.

Like I'm just saying. This could line up nicely, actually

[mandg-readings]

And with that Chapter 27 is done 👏 I bloody love Quidditch chapters but it can be a bit of a ballache trying to find sounds for them without overdoing it.

[sonnysonder]

Okay so I am going to ATTEMPT to take up my moral responsibility and write a q!Fit character analysis. It will be posted on my ao3, sonny_sonder.

I'm gonna have to go back through vods to find sources and points of interest. I already have a few points I want to discuss in the fic.

qFit's adaptability, and how it shapes almost everything he does

His loyalty, unconditional for only a few

What children, including Ramon, mean to him

HIS GAYNESS??!!???!?!?!

If you have ANYTHING about his character you think is worth discussing or you think would help feel free to shoot me a DM/Ask or whatever you want.

[vwormish]

He's real... :(

[noonbeam-stims]

Can you do a stimboard for when the bubble wrap is nuclear. And more specifically when the attic is a problem. With themes of pink, green + blue and computers and all that jazz. Looks away.

nuclear bubble wrap - problem attic stimboard with pink, green, blue, and computers requested by anon :3

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[arendaes]

Pikes Peak is covered in snow today so I made an attempt to get a picture while out with my roommate.

Also my town's namesake under the cut, looking very fall-like

[gwensy]

guess who DID NOT SLEEP i spun remy lebeau around in my brain for like 2 hours and now im gonna make iced coffee and attempt to continure daredevil 2016

[bangool]

very quick attempt at drawing my favorite pic of Hao

[dragonbornoflegend]

am i about to attempt to drive 3+ hrs to see my favorite band live? maybe.

stay tuned to see if i die horribly or anything ig

[mechahero]

stylization attempt