#kuina hcs

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when you can could you please make some kuina x reader it can be about anything really thank you 😊

Dating Kuina Headcanons!

✎ pairing ; kuina x reader | warning ; season 2 spoilers, a little short | a/n ; sorry for the wait anon <3 hoped you enjoyed this!

feedback is highly appreciated!!!

honestly it would just be so cute

whoever confessed first wouldn't matter because both of you would be fiddling and nervously chuckling at each other

either way

kuina would be such a totally cute lover

concerned for your safety that is for sure!!

big tough mama bear. cares for you a lot

get hurt and live? dont scare her like that!!!

kisses you before sleep

absolutely the sweetest

kindly fight off the transphobic/homophobic assholes that treat her badly??

she'd be so in love with you if you do

haha, get pissed off by her dad when she tells you her story. do it.

she'll tell you it's okay already and that you didn't have to get angry but appreciates that you care a lot

I have a feeling that either she can't cook or she's an amazing cook. no in between.

i also think she just wants to be held and hold you

her hair ties are always on your wrists and she finds it so darling

maybe keep some pens around for her to bite or whatever she chews on that ain't toxic

surprise behind hugs everybody?

she'll smile and compliment you brightly but would have a big surprised look on her face when you return it

her hands on her face maybe

a little terrible at flirting.

believe me, i think she can give you advice and all that

knows the basics

but when it comes to her applying it onto herself?

a little awkward

i mean did you see that wink she sent last boss?

but other than that, she's the fine line between awkward and charming

she would do your hair if you wanted her to

would get protective if someone ever hurt you or disturbed you in some way

drop kick their ass

when she fell in live with you, she definitely had a lot of them sparkles in her eyes

watches everything you do with admiration like

comforts you after games

goofy and silly and would brag about you to chishiya

im sure he practically knows almost everything about you now

if chishiya believes you're good at the games, he'll probably bring you into the plan

*insert kuina screeching*

"no way! they could get hurt!"

it would take a lot of persuasion and reassurance to get kuina to even consider it

also you would probably scold her ass after she came back from fighting laat boss are you fuckin kidding me??

(andjustlikewhatshedidwithannintheendofthegames-)

she'd hold and squeeze your hand in the end as the fireworks blasted the sky

my god imagine the partly dorky, partly sad, partly relieved and hopeful smile she has on her face

if you knew each other before the borderlands, she'd make her way to find you

like extreme limping

speed limping. extreme speed limping.

even the nurses went crazy

and if not? you'd meet her in the hospital almost the same way you met her at the beach

she'd be next to some dude with bleached hair and you'd notice her because she's staring at you

it appears the bleach blonde captured this and looked at you as well

the same cute awkward giggling

either way, you're gonna end up together in a cute ass way either way

unless of course you di-

[fmlopla]

I’ve been thinking about how the sanji/kuina dynamic would work if Kuina had been able to join the strawhats too. Would she hate the twirling, would she think it endearing? How would he treat her? how would all this affect Zoro?

Her complicated relationship with gender would be such an interesting match to Sanji’s.

[pseudopigeons]

ONE PIECE RAREPAIR WEEK

Day Six || Flirting || Kuina / Nami @oprarepairweek previously thought about a kuina lives au and figured it'd be really funny to torment zoro if kuina and nami hit it off. Nami blatant favouritism for women my beloved

[suguruuuuu-chan]

T4t Zosan save me....save me t4t Zosan...

[cheapdollface]

i love how everyone collectively agrees that if zosan were to ever have a child, they’d have a daughter. girldad zosan just feels right.

[t4transara]

alice in borderland headcanons that make me go insane 🚙 season 2 spoliers under the cut!

cw suicidal thoughts, attempted suicide, self loathing, mentions of blood, using cigarettes as a coping mechanism, implied arisu x usagi, angst overload ☆

kuina and chishiya had this secret meeting spot only both of them knew where they sometimes talk about anything that comes out of their head which eventually ends with one of them opening up about their life before the game along with their own struggles. when chishiya went missing after the king of spades appeared, sometimes kuina would go there hoping he would be there but he never showed up.

usagi and arisu sleep together in the same tent, sometimes when arisu is sleeping he tends to have nightmares about his friends which causes him to start crying in his sleep. usagi comforts arisu as tears fall out of his eyes, apologizing to her for being a burden and he needs to be strong if he wants to protect her. usagi continues reassuring arisu telling him he was never a burden and she is already happy with him in her life. the tears stopped dropping and arisu pulled usagi for a tight hug, both of them spared no words but continued to be each others arm for the entire night.

tatta never had real friends his entire life was filled with fake people and he could never express himself with others fearing that they would look down on him, it suddenly disappeared when he started to get more closer with arisu and expressing his personality and humor more. arisu never judged him but laughed and smiled at his stupid comments and remarks, tatta never felt more happier in his entire life.

chishiya smokes a cigarette when he needs get something off his head, he often reminisces about his life wandering whether the choices he made as a doctor was partially his fault. even though his boss told him it wasn’t still it hold no purpose for chishiya because it eats him up from the inside no matter how much he tries to deny it.

ann is interested in photography she owns a digital camera and captures of what she thinks is beautiful. in a world filled with so much despair and horrible things happening she wants to be reminded theres always something good waiting behind the dark.

arisu, chota, karube as a joke had matching bracelets for their friendship anniversary. when chota and karube died in the 7 of hearts game, arisu checked on them to see if they still had theirs to his shock they still wore their bracelets he took them from their bloody bodies and carries it with him to honor their death. whenever arisu is going through a difficult time he always manages to get a bit of strength knowing a piece of his bestfriends were with him.

aguni misses takeru alot, he misses his presence and memories he had with him he wonders whether if he should have died in the beach and joined his bestfriend instead. suicide lingers a lot in the back of his head sometimes he hears his bestfriends voice tempting him to do it. the thought eventually gets to him and he sets a date where he would then heiya unexpectedly appears in his life and a part of her reminds him of takeru but he doesnt know why, but he doesnt want to repeat his mistake again and he chooses to protect heiya. she eventually grows on aguni sometimes he accidentally calls her by his deceased bestfriends name, she gets confused about it but decides not to act upon it when she sees a slight spark in his eyes when he mentions that unfamiliar name.

chishiya knows how cruel the world is towards the unfortunate he seen it himself as a doctor. he came to the terms to suppress his feelings not expressing it to anyone, it eventually leads him to lack any empathy towards anyone. no matter how much he forces himself to understand he doesnt feel anything when he sees someone on their knees begging for their life after losing a game. so why did it feel different during the jack of heart game, when he saw his partner, ippeis lifeless body? this was supposed to be normal for him to see such a horrifying sight of someones life being taken during a game. instead he feels remorseful remembering how ippei wished for all of this to end so nobody else would die in a such sincere tone. chishiya himself remembers and heard countless last words of the people he was partnered before they got killed, so why does this feel different?

[spiralingemptyness]

why does zoro keep getting… roped into brotherhood/adopted into brotherhood

first their is Kuina

then we got Johnny and Yosaku

and then we got the two boys from water7

Then we got Perona, yknow their sibling dynamic

…

i could probably list a shitload more

but i cant really remember rn… its been a day

[theroundbartable]

Broke: it's unreasonable that Kuina died by falling off the stairs, as she was powerful enough as a child to defeat adults and ....

Woke: it's sobering, actually, that such small incidences still have an Impact on the people in One Piece and that fragility is still a thing.

Bespoke: Zoro has been terrified of stairs ever since. Nothing terrifies him more. That's why he jumps off and down ships all the time. I mean.... Have you ever seen Zoro on stairs? They are fucking dangerous. In this essay, I will ....

[niragiinborderland]

aib found family

bbq dad: aguni

“i’m not a regular dad, i’m a cool dad”: hatter

responsible uncle (cool dads brother): kuzuryu

eccentric aunt with a suspicious amount of money: mira

wine aunt: an

gremlin child: niragi

emo sibling : last boss

weed cousin: kuina

gamer brother: arisu

golden child: usagi

responsible uncles arsonist child: chishiya

still has to sit at the kids table: tatta

[1pcii]

SHADAHKNKAS saw u in the notes of some kuina posts and that made me realize that there is simply a bond with kuina and tashigi fans, who may even often be the same fan, because AOUGHHH KUINA I CARE HIM SO MUCH episode 19 literally changed me forever. swords + gender struggles are all you need to hook me on a character sometimes Maybe. the whole greatest swordsman promise... sob. also. something about zoro promising his name will reach the heavens and trans kuina. which made me think.. what if kuina and The trans fear of dying then having your deadname on your tombstone that you can't do anything about because you're dead. kuina dying before they even get to figure everything out and all of a sudden he's just known as kuina forever, and then zoro making a name for himself in kuina's honor or something idk (i like zoro's backstory) (KUINA )

THERE ISS. people who theorise that they are secretly related or the same person or direct parallels are so close to getting it but don't imo (no shade to those theories tho, I just personally find them narratively unsatisfying).

like they are parallels in that kuina is symbolic of the sexism people suffer and tashigi is an adult woman who has come out the other end sword swinging but ultimately so unsure of herself as a result. also the (trans)genderisms, we are all hand in hand 🤝.

MAN KUINAS STORY BROKE ME DOWN ON A BASE LEVEL AND REWIRED NY BRAIN. I had to take a break from reading just to let it soak in it's so good, a swordsmans promise indeed, that scene was beautiful, I love zoro the world's first a accidental feminist <3. zoro carrying on her dream with his will never not have me in hysterics.

FUCK YEA THATS SUCH A GOOD IDEA. I have soo many thoughts about baby!zoro and kuina and trangenderism. egg kuina cis zoro, egg kuina STEALTH TRANS ZORO ABSVDJFBKSHDKDN <333.

little baby zoro looking at his grave with the uncontrollable urge to carve out those letters. to carry and rearrange them and make sure they get back to him in the afterlife spelling 'worlds greatest swordsman'.

trans kuina makes me so emotional because ultimately I don't know if they were canonically trans but it's my FAVOURITE 'what if' for them. they never really got to be anyone outside the dojo masters daughter. the failure of a heir and the girl who beat zoro 2001 times. who would they have been if they got to grow up? come to terms with themselves and unlearned all that heavy, painful biases pushed onto them? as a transmasc who's studying into a (cis)male dominated field myself ik, the feelings of 'betrayal' and 'proving misogynists right' and imposter syndrome and inadequacy issues and perfectionism they might've gone through,,, sobbing my eyes out HE MEANS EVERYTHING TO MEE.

zoros backstory is genuinely one of my favourite parts of the manga idc how 'simple' it was it's still beautiful.

[foundgirlpigeon]

Zoro and Sanji when they find out both of them are transmascs

[fizhle]

I think we all forgot Kuina's whole character bc we all thought she was trans but on my rewatch the only reason she wanted to be born a boy was so her dad would be proud of her

She didn't want her chest because, in her eyes, it reminded her of the fact that she would grow up to be weak

You can still hc her as trans idrc but yknow

[exepolars]

aib hcs

1. usagi's fave colour is orange. brilliant sunset orange, the kind she'd see and breathe in when sitting at the top of a mountain. she remembers her father in that light the most, his smile lines deep, crooked with love as he looked to the dying sunrays.

2. arisu's favourite colour is blue, a plunging and open sky ripe with freedom. it makes him think of the infinite possibilities of life, of moving forward and stepping into the azure future. he thinks of giving up less and it reminds him of hope.

3. chota has an addiction to tetris. he's constantly on the leaderboards, either tapping away on his phone or shirking off work on the computer. it's terrifying to watch him play. when he's playing, it's like the world becomes fuzz. karube once broke into his apartment bc he was knocking and chota wasn't responding.

he didn't even realise someone was behind him until karube grabbed his phone and chota screamed. his fear of the intruder was secondary to him losing his full clear streak, he admitted. they tease him a lot about it.

4. kuina has a butterfly tramp stamp on her lower back. she got it early on in her transition, and it was a moment of rash impulsion she sometimes regrets. in the borderlands, there were more important things to do than to be embarrassed of it, but in normal life, it's strange.

the first time ann sees it, she doesn't think much of it. as kuina and her become more comfortable with each other, she feels the urge to reach out and trace it growing — but she tries tucking that want away, no matter how it tries to take flight.

of course, the butterfly represents get metamorphosis as a trans woman.

5. sometimes when arisu falls into deep grief as he blames himself for his friends' deaths and usagi knows words can't reach him, she offers his hand and he squeezes for as long as they need.

6. because chishiya worked at the hospital pre-borderlands, he used to take breaks out the back. he tried smoking, but it never stuck. there were often stray cats in the alley who would peer at him curiously. as cat laws go, of course, they love anyone who seems disinterested, and they would roll on their bellies for pets.

sometimes he'd oblige, and the cats would push their furry heads into his hands. mostly he'd just stare and ignore them until they tottered away.

after the borderlands, the cats were still there, of course. he opens his hands for more pets these days. there's a certain trust in their eyes that says, i understand you too. if on their monthly checkup to his apartment to make sure he's not being a hermit, arisu and the crew spot an extra friendly meowing creature drinking from a bowl of water near the kitchen, he'll deny any accusations of adoption.

[sharpsuite]

CHISHIYA & KUINA

I've addressed this before that I tend to write Chishiya as somewhat of a blend between live action & manga portrayals. Not that the two are in total conflict with each other, they aren't. This reminder is just a bit more RELEVANT to remember in this post and in regards to the relationship of Chishiya & Kuina in the live action vs what we end up seeing in the manga. One point I don't see get mentioned very often though is Kuina in the live action was plenty aware of what Chishiya was doing, as opposed to the manga where she has a very HOSTILE approach to Chishiya's scheme. Or rather, she's ACCEPTING of it in the live action compared to the manga, which in a twist, does make Chishiya like her more and creates a closer bond rather than what we see in the manga. ( And of course for those who prefer writing Kuina in one portrayal or another, I'm happy to work with your portrayals! ) In the live action she simply quips that she feels bad but is pretty casual about it and is content to follow after Chishiya as he's headed to leave.

Don't get me wrong. I adore the artwork & fun stories and such of these two in fanon. But Chishiya ISN'T someone who is that attached to people. ( It's an important part of him - not just his lack of value of life, but lack of CONNECTION and understanding. ) In the manga he was just going to leave without her. Even in the live action, he was 100% willing to walk away and leave her if she wanted to go back to save Arisu from the situation that they (albeit mainly Chishiya) caused. But he does make the suggestion in the live action that she could go save Arisu if she wanted to. In some way, this is a rather NICE move on Chishiya's part. Chishiya doesn't give options to people. Or if he does it's heavily manipulated so it is more of an ILLUSION of choice than actual choice. For example, like i talked about here in this post, I genuinely think he planned to kill Arisu if Arisu disagreed to be part of Chishiya's scheme. Safety measures for him. So it's HELP or DIE. A choice, but not really a choice.

But the choice he offers Kuina is very real. He won't help her. But if she would feel better, then she can go back and help Arisu. He won't stop her, but he won't assist her either. The fact stands that HE CONSIDERS HER FEELINGS when he doesn't have anything to gain from it. Considering Chishiya's personality, it's a significant gesture from HIM even if it would be normal to other people. When she chooses to stick with him, he's a bit more willing despite her knowing more of his true colors, he's more willing to assist like the five minute craft bombs he made in season 2.

I think Chishiya is genuinely BAFFLED by Kuina's decision to stick with him. It's very OPPORTUNISTIC at first on his side. Chishiya is a manipulator, he takes fairly gullible and kind people like Arisu and Ippei and uses them to his benefit. He admits as much without shame. So if someone is sticking by him and he can use them? Why not? It benefits him. That said, he does come to value her company and in both sources he takes Kuina's assessment of Arisu into consideration. ( Enough to bother asking what she thinks of him at least. ) And in both versions, despite Kuina's hostility in the manga in the aftermath of the card theft compared to Kuina's WILLINGNESS in the live action, he's easily willing and accepting to keep her with him. He likes her company enough to value having her around with him OUTSIDE of just immediate usefulness. Although her physical strength compared to his lack thereof certainly doesn't hurt. It's not necessarily a best friends kind of care, but there's some value there to him enough that he wants to keep it around.

Maybe with time he opens up more and i'm certainly happy to explore this in threads and such! It's just that he's NOT attached at the hip, not quite as caring at it might seem or fanon makes it to be. Not without development at least. But he does value her regardless and would like to have her around if possible - but he's still going to put himself and his interests first.

[jugemusequencer]

is there someone you tend to ship with mira?

errrmmmm if we’re going off of my specific hcs — chishiya bc i fuck with t4t gay transmasc manipulative crazy any prns bfs . but other than that i usually either ship her with like . women . just in general . like ann or usagi or kuina

[1pcii]

i mean this in the least self promoting wya possible but ah, i have a short compilation of times zoro is seen sleeping with his swords,,, if that may interest you

because yes!!! i think about that so fucking much 😭

do you think zoro hugs wado to sleep sometimes because he just misses his best friend. do you think. do you