#like a spy thriller movie

[faceandamy]

Dirk Benedict as John Mackie in The November Conspiracy (Also known as The Feminine Touch)

[videoreligion]

The Killer Likes Candy (1968)

[evansbby]

me during the entire ghosted trailer: 😐

[a-wild-things-rambles]

Rereading Captain America 2004 for the millionth time and while the winter soldier is one of my favourite marvel movies, it don't hold a candle to the original run.

Mostly because it's a movie, but man it suffers from not having the slow build up and rising tension of the comic, not having the decades of history, and a massive supporting cast.

the political drama and the corporate red tape, the world spanning missions, the other captain america's, the grief and history that interrupts the story, all the different threads and payoffs, Steve and Sharon's relationship, sheild and furys meddling and interference.

God I just love the damn comic.

[mx-mind]

Cars 2 confirms the car equivalent of pissing is leaking oil and then opens the movie with the British spy car leaking oil to make the villains slip and slide around

[televinita]

Today's books-in-the-wild story comes to you from Goodwill, where an elderly man tried to recommend Vince Flynn to me because "those books are great, and he's local! He lived in the Twin Cities, and then he got famous nationwide because Rush Limbaugh liked him and recommended his books on his show."

I appreciate the enthusiasm, sir, but that did not help your case.

[iamthedukeofurl]

Scott Pilgrim is, I think, the best example I can think of for establishing a setting's Nonsense Limit. The setting's Nonsense Limit isn't quite "How high-fantasy is this". It's mostly a question of presentation, to what degree does the audience feel that they know the rules the world operates by, such that they are primed to accept a random new element being introduced. A setting with a Nonsense Limit of 0 is, like, an everyday story. Something larger than life, but theoretically taking place in our world, like your standard spy thriller action movie has a limit of 1. Some sort of hidden world urban fantasy with wizards and stuff operating in secret has a nonsense limit around 3 or 4. A Superhero setting, presenting an alternate version of our world, is a 5 or 6. High fantasy comes in around a 7 or so, "Oh yeah, Wizards exist and they can do crazy stuff" is pretty commonly accepted. Scott Pilgrim comes in at a 10. If you read the Scott Pilgrim book, it starts off looking like a purely mundane slice of life. The first hint at the fantastical is Ramona appearing repeatedly in Scott's Dreams, and then later showing up in real life. When we finally get an explanation, it's this:

Apparently Subspace Highways are a thing? And they go through people's heads? And Ramona treats this like it's obscure, but not secret knowledge. Ramona doesn't think she's doing anything weird here. At this point, it's not clear if Scott is accepting Ramona's explanation or not, things kind of move on as mundane as ever until their Date, when Ramona takes Scott through subspace, and he doesn't act like his world was just blown open or anything, although I guess that could have been a metaphor. there's a couple other moments, but everything with Ramona could be a metaphor, or Scott not recognizing what's going on. Maybe Ramona is uniquely fantastical in this otherwise normal world. And then, this happens

Suddenly, a fantastical element (A shitty local indie band finishing their set with a song that knocks out most of the audience) is introduced unrelated to Ramona, and undeniably literal. We see the crowd knocked out by Crash and The Boys. but the story doesn't linger on the implications of that, the whole point of that sequence is to raise the Nonsense Level, such that you accept it when This happens

Matthew Patel comes flying down onto the stage, Scott, who until this point is presented as a terrible person and a loser, but otherwise is extremely ordinary, proceeds to flawlessly block and counter him before doing a 64-hit air juggle combo. Scott's friends treat this like Scott is showing off a mildly interesting party trick, like being really good at darts. The establish that Scott is the "Best Fighter in the Province", not only are street-fighter battles a thing, Scott is Very Good at it, but they're so unimportant that being the best fighter in the province doesn't make Scott NOT a loser. So when Matthew Patel shows off his magic powers and then explodes into a pile of coins, we've established "Oh, this is how silly the setting gets". It's not about establishing the RULES of the setting so much as it is about establishing a lack of rules. Scott's skill at street-fighter battles doesn't translate to any sort of social prestige. Ramona can access Subspace Highways and she uses it to do a basic delivery job. It doesn't make sense and it's clear that it's not supposed to. So later on, when Todd Ingram starts throwing around telekinesis, and the explanation we're given is "He's a Vegan" , you're already so primed by the mixture of weirdness and mundanity that rather than trying to incorporate this new knowledge into any sort of coherent setting ruleset, you just go "Ah, yeah, Vegans".

[coldforestnight]

[doctorjohcoy]

watching movies about middleaged men wishing they were butches, obviously im deprived

[cobragardens]

Every Anglican church has a basin of holy water. It's not, like, in demand as a criminal product. It's not guarded. It's not even really supervised.

It's usually not even kept near the apse. In one Anglican cathedral (Manchester Cathedral) I visited regularly, the basin was kept next to the entrance, and the lapsed Catholic I was with dipped his fingers in and crossed himself with it out of sheer habit because apparently Catholic churches all have holy-water basins next to the entrance so people can do that.

And btw churches aren't even locked during the day. Like, there will always be somebody around in the church who will check in on you at some point, but I don't think you'd have to visit more than half a dozen before you were left alone with a basin of holy water for long enough to scoop some into a water bottle, especially in 1967. A lot of them are big historic monuments and have literal tourists wandering around them unattended.

Even if you decide to go to all the completely needless effort of breaking into a church and stealing it at night, it is a church, and it is 1967. It does not have a security system. There are no cameras. This is not Ethan Hunt breaking into CIA Headquarters. The locksmith could open the door and just...fill up a jar of holy water and leave. I cannot overstate how wildly unnecessary a heist for this substance is.

But! This is also the era of the spy thriller, and it's the year the bullet-hole stickers that were a promotion for the James Bond movie at a petrol station appear on Crowley's car window--

--and he is wearing his Spy Turtleneck.

This means Crowley has spent the last century thinking about how to get his hands on some holy water, and the solution he has generated is not "Offer a random kid £10 to bring me a bottle of water from the holy water basin in the church and tell him I'll give him another £10 if it's dry and wrapped in two towels," no. The Wile E. Coyote answer he has come up with requires a locksmith, a guy called "Spike" to be "the muscles," and Sally "going down on the ropes."

[videoreligion]

The Killer Likes Candy (1968)

[valerianonyx]

Tour Bus Behavior

Sodo:

-in time out next to Papa because he couldn't behave

-liked to steal all of Aether's snacks even if he didn't actually like them

-likes to take one of Rain's earbuds and lay his head on his shoulder on the way back

Rain:

-usually reads or listens to game soundtracks or podcasts

-does not like to be touched (some exceptions) when he has his earbuds in or actively reading, but will let some people hold his hand

-helped Sodo steal snacks and would give them to Swiss and Phantom as well

Swiss:

-used to sit next to Sunny and play sentence games, A-Z signs, I spy, etc.

-insists on picking the music, is the reason why there isn't any playing on the bus rides anymore (he played cbat once, only got 15 seconds in)

-likes playing with the hands of whoever is sitting next to him on the way back, usually silently 

Phantom:

-always clung to whoever is near him or clings them to him

-loves joining and observing others in their elements: likes reading over Rain's shoulder if he is sitting with him, playing games with Swiss if he's next to him, watching thrillers and dramas with Cirrus, watching Mountain drum rhythms onto his own thigh, etc.

-whole bag of fidgets, Mountain, Cirrus, and Sodo have their designated ones from it because they use his so often 

Aether:

-used to bring all the snacks and extra waters (Cumulus would help prepare the things that weren't packaged/processed)

-ghoul pillow, anyone and everyone who wants to rest on him can

-jams to his music with his headphones on, one side on, one off, the entire time unless someone needs to talk

Cumulus:

-loves to bring small foods and baked goods as treats there and back, tried getting Sunshine and Cirrus to help but they almost burned the kitchen down, but Aurora did pretty well

-gets really into the movies Cirrus picks, very overdramatic in her reactions (but valid in doing so)

-lets Aurora lay on her and watches videos on her phone with her on the way back

Cirrus:

-brings popcorn for the movie viewers

-does not let anyone else pick out the movie (Sodo ruined it, she trusted his intuition ONCE and it was a waste of an hour and a half of her life, she won't let it happen again)

-will push off anyone who tries to cuddle her, and will steal their favorite items from them if they piss her off (but she will brush hair or file nails for the ghoulettes, Phantom, Rain, or Mountain)

Aurora: 

-usually having 3 am talks (in the afternoon/evening) with Swiss, will also play games (Cirrus enjoys joining in as well)

-also enjoys reading, but mostly graphic novels and manga, will hold the book in between her and these people if she's next to them: Swiss, Phantom, Cumulus, and Mountain (only Phantom and Mountain actually read along with her though)

-will put stickers on her bandmates and their things until they notice

Sunshine:

-would read food, fashion, and true crime blogs with Cumulus over her shoulder

-liked throwing small items (as in a piece of pencil lead, small pebbles, and other unnoticeable things) at Sodo, giggled enough to give away that she was the culprit instantly (Swiss would also do this with her, and occasionally Cirrus or Mountain)

-if she was next to Rain she would try to tune into the podcast he was listening to without making it obvious (he would turn up the volume so she could hear better)

Mountain:

-doesn't really care who sits next to him, nobody bothers him besides when Sodo, Sunny, and Swiss mess with each other 

-likes window seat, eyes never leave the view of the outside unless someone wants to show him something, then they have his full attention

-if someone is laying on him he will usually trace patterns or tap rhythms onto them, or just hum soft songs 

[alpaca-clouds]

So, You Wanna Write A Solarpunk Thriller

Based on the blog I wrote yesterday about conflict in Solarpunk stories and how people either don't understand how stories work, have never read a book, or plainly act more dumb than they are. Because, yes, you can in fact tell almost any sort of story in a Solarpunk work - without resorting (like, sadly, way too many writers do) to "Actually the utopia is a lie and Solent Green is people!"

Meaning: If you need a "dark secret in society" to have a conflict in your story, you have a skill issue.

But let's talk about the genre that usually comes with those kinda dark secrets. While not necessary for the genre per se, it is a common trope here. Thrillers.

Ironically we all have some picture in our heads what a thriller might be - even though it might be one of the most loosely defined literary genre. Though probably we will think first of some movies.

The top 10 thriller movies according to this list on IMDB, the top ten thrillers are:

Seven (Police/Crime)

Silence of the Lambs (Police/Crime)

Shutter Island (Psychological)

The Sixth Sense (Supernatural)

Zodiac (Police/Crime)

Inception (Crime)

North by Northwest (Spy)

Identity (Psychological/Crime)

The Game (Financial)

The Prestige (Psychological/Crime)

Something you will note to your surprise: None of those actually feature a central conflict based on the society having a dark secret. In fact half of them are basically just Mystery movies with higher stakes (which is what turns them from mystery/crime drama to thrillers).

In fact I would argue that at least half of those movie plots could be rewritten fairly easily to take place in a Solarpunk world without any problem. Like, sure, The Game would not work, because this story very much is build around capitalism existing. And one could argue how those stories, where the main character is a cop need to be changed (because I know that my vision of a solarpunk does not involve cops).

In fact, going through the list of those 50 movies in total, I count a total of 6 movies in which a government conspiracy is part of the central conflict. Out of those 6 movies 4 are Cyberpunk.

Generally speaking, there is a variety of concepts for thrillers. There is the police/crime thrillers, but others as well. Wikipedia lists those kinds of thrillers:

The legal thriller, spy thriller, action-adventure thriller, medical thriller, police thriller, romantic thriller, historical thriller, political thriller, religious thriller, high-tech thriller, military thriller.

And I might add, I am very much missing the psychological thriller in there.

So, what am I saying here?

Basically: All you need to write a thriller is high enough stakes. In the end, a good thriller works by the stakes being high (though what means "high" might also vary from subgenre to subgenre), and by the readers or watchers understanding the stakes well.

So, that said, let me go through the kinds of thriller we have named above and name one example each for how the story could be made solarpunk.

Legal Thriller: The easy example here would be the fight for a Solarpunk world. Either pre-Solarpunk and a group of environmentalists is taking a big company to court for what they did against the environment. Or in a Solarpunk future I could also see some former rich folks trying to bring down the Solarpunk society by trying to find loopholes in the legal system - and a group of lawyers fighting against it.

Spy Thriller: This one will depend a lot on how you construct a Solarpunk future. The easy answer here is a world in which not all of the world is solarpunk - and we basically have a cold war happening between the solarpunk state and the old world state. Works out fine.

Action-Adventure Thriller: A good chunk of the movies in these genre feature natural catastrophes. So... Uhm... An earthquake will still happen in a Solarpunk world - and people try to survive. Easy. Next?

Medical Thriller: Another easy one. There is a break out of a new pandemic. People work hard to prevent further spread. Bonus points: Here we can actually use the setting to show the advantages and the shortcomings of a Solarpunk society, that is an anarchic and socialist/communist society.

Crime Thriller: (I will say, no police, because I do not believe in Cops in Solarpunk.) Again, even though it is to be assumed that crime will go back a lot if we create an equal society, there will still be some people who will kill. And there might still be a serial killer. And there will be those, who will try to capture that serial killer. Again. Easy.

Romantic Thriller: Okay, let's face it. The romantic thriller is so watered down by now that it is "a thriller that also has a strong romantic subplot" for most of the part - rather than the romance being the source of the trilling elements. But for the sense of saying the actual "romance turning into a thriller"... Let's be honest. Even if we had a Solarpunk world in which polyamory was the norm, there would be still crimes of passion - and just plainly abusive partners. So, here my prompt: One partner in a polycule goes to a mental crisis. In the attempt to protect them, the polycule gets drawn more and more to violence.

Historical Thriller: Uhm, okay, I will leave this one out because historical and scifi setting do not quite gel xD

Political Thriller: We have a more anarchic world, but there are still some people who hold more influence, because old habits die hard. Some of them try to use political tools to get the world to revert into the old ways, just to gain more power for themselves.

Religious Thriller: Let's face it. This genre is often very close to horror. But to go with the non-supernatural way... No, I do not believe in forbidding religion in a Solarpunk future. However, there is the issue that religion will always make it easier for cults to form. So, this is the story of a young man who gets into the claws of a religious cult - but only realizes too late what he got into.

High-Tech Thriller: (Translate: SciFi Thriller) Alien, but Solarpunk. The only difference: There are in fact people trying to help. They just fail to do so.

Military Thriller: Like the spy thriller - but instead of cold war it is open war.

Psychological Thriller: I am going here with a parent who gaslights their adult child, while the adult child tries to differentiate reality from the fiction presented by said parent.

So, why did I do this?

Basically just to show you: If you really think the only story you can tell as a Solarpunk author is how the Solarpunk utopia is in fact an illusion made to paint over a corrupt system, then it is very much a skill issue. You just are not very good at telling stories.

Thankfully there is a cure for that: Consume more stories. Watch movies. Read books (or listen to audiobooks). Read comics. Watch shows. Just consume more media.

[l0ca1-s1mp]

~❀W-E-L-C-O-M-E❀~

~*Hello! I'm Nicky (specifically spelt N-I-C-K-Y) or you can call me Ny Ny. I'm a local pansexual, goes by She/Her, and I'm a M-I-N-O-R! My birthday is March 18th (along with my Ds oc Nikki Ohnosaki we naturally born Pisces). My favorite food is Fried rice, and my favorite color is orange🟠*~

(Moving on lol)

❀Learn More About Me❀

~*I'm a big anime dweeb/game fandom dweeb(DUH! Have you seen my whole blog)*~

Favorite/Recent Animes:One Piece, Demon Slayer, Kimestu Academy, Case Closed, Dandadan, Sailor Moon, JJK, Glitter Force, Spy X Family, Apothecary Diaries, Toilet Bound-Hanako-Kun, and all Gibli Studio films

Games:TMNT, Sonic, Dead Plate, Going Live, Roblox, Minecraft, Stardew Valley, Obey Me, Gacha Life, Crush Crush, Demon Slayer game (forgot what it's called), One Piece games, and any Romance Games

Hobbies:Drawing, listening to music, posting art and videos, simping over anime men (OOP- ignore that tee-hee), reading, playing games, spending time with family, eating, writing, and going outside

❀Things I Love and Hate❀

Things I love:

Anime

Food

Plushies

Giraffes, Cats, and Turtles

Friends

Family

Anime men-

Sleep

Games

Being alive-

Romance/Thriller/Comedy

Halloween/My Birthday

Music

Canon x Canon

Ocs

Watching Movies/Shows

Watching Butterflies Or Birds

Doing Art In General

Dancing

Singing

Being Silly

Writing stories (or jurnoaling)

Sleepovers

Admiring The World's Scenery

Showing Off

Yapping About Anything

Making fake edits(acting like I'm the main character bruh😭)

Collecting Rocks

Collecting Seashells/Sea Items

Freetime

Things I Hate:

Bright Lights/Colors (neon)

Traveling

Getting Yelled At

DNI/Proshipping

Sweet Potatoes, Red Bean Paste, And Some Seafood

Being ignored

People Being Hated Or Shamed On

Ads

Bugs, Snakes, And Spiders

Drama

AI

Being Cold

Judged/Mocked

Ask games

Being Flashed (Like WTF)

Pedos, CP, Animal/Child Abusers

School

Presentations

Brainrotted Kids (Also Babies)

Being annoyed/interrupted

Country/Rock Music

Melanie Martinez

Britney Manson

Porn bots

Traitors/Bastabbers

Being Pressured

Pumpkins, Pears, Kiwis, Bananas, Coconut, and berries (except strawberries)

Blood

Ed Sheeran

Sean Diddy (Jay-Z, R-Kelly, Etc)

Sharp Objects

Winter

Math And Spanish

Spammers/Exploiters

Banana And Pumpkin Bread

Dying-

Venting/Trauma Dumping

Screeching And Bone Breaking Sounds

(Learn about me section complete)

❀Anime Favorites Of All Time❀

(Copied from old post, also this is a new category of this post)

~MY TOP 5 FAVORITE DEMON SLAYER CHARACTERS~

Sabito/Makomo/Senjuro/Kotetsu🦊🌸🔥👺

Tamayo/Yushiro/Rengoku/Inosuke💉🔪🔥🐗

Genya/Mitsuri/Muichiro/Giyuu🔫🍡💨💧

Aoi/Kanae/Gyomei/Akaza/Kaigaku🦋🪨❄⚡

(Ships I Enjoy-Canon x Canon-Canon x Oc)

Sanemi x Kanae

Obanai x Mitsuri

Tanjiro x Kanao

Sabito x Nikki

Zenitsu x Nezuko

Inosuke- x Aoi

Giyuu x Shinobu

Taro x Natsuki

Inosaki x Miki (👈Not my oc!!)

Yushiro x Tamayo

Doma x Enmu

Tengen x His Wives(Hinatsuru, Suma, and Makio)

Demon Slayer Fan Since:2019

~MY TOP 5 FAVORITE ONE PIECE CHARACTERS~

Corazon/Paulie/Shirahoshi/Koby🤡👨‍🔧🧜‍♀️🦸‍♂️

Usopp/Ace/Sabo/Luffy/Yamato🤥🔥🎩😈

Buggy/Zoro/Sanji/Nami/Law🤡⚔️🍳🤑💟

Ms.Kaya/Perona/Boa/Uta/Chopper👸👻💗👩‍🎤🦌

Shanks/Yassop/Crocodile/Mihawk🍺🔫🐊🗡

(Ships I Enjoy-Canon x Canon-Canon x Oc)

Paulie x Miyake

Sanji x Nami

Franky x Robin

Usopp x Kaya

Sabo x Koala

Shanks x Buggy

Koza x Vivi

One Piece Fan Since:2024

~MY TOP 3 FAVORITE CASE CLOSED CHARACTERS~

Conan (Jimmy Kudo) 🎭

Ai/Rachael📸🌧

Amy/Richard🌺🥋

(Ships I Enjoy-Canon x Canon-Canon x Oc)

Jimmy x Rachael

Conan x Ai

Case Closed Fan Since:2024

~MY TOP 5 FAVORITE DANDADAN CHARACTERS~

Jiji/Evil Eye🤪👁

Okarun(Ken Takakura)/Momo👽👻

Seiko/Vamola👩‍🦳👽

Acrobatic Silky/Zuma👿☔

Aira💃

(Ships I Enjoy-Canon x Canon-Canon x Oc)

Jiji x Aira

Okarun x Momo

Kenta x Vamola

Dandadan Fan Since:2024

(I'm most likely gonna add once I get into maybe more animes that are in my top 5? But right now I only have a top 3)

~About My Main Oc's(The Main 4)~

Nicki Ohnosaki (DS): Is the Shadow Hashira(Ranked as 4th strongest)who took former Flower Hashira, Natsuki Ohnosaki's rank in the core (Etc:Joined the Core at: 16 Former Age:21). She was raised in a house of 2 younger siblings and 1 older sibling, each one with their fair share of abuse by their father, Natsuki being the oldest was the only sibling who could stand up for all her siblings (Natsuki was 9, Nikki was 7, Inosaki was 4, and Kai was 2). On the night of August 18th their family was slaughtered with the only survivers being, their father, name is Timoko Ohnosaki (who got turned into a demon by the lower moon who slaughtered their family), Natsuki Ohnosaki(The oldest sibling of 3, after the slaughter became a slayer at 15 and at 18 because a Hashira to revenge the death of Kai Ohnosaki and her mother Momisuke Ohnosaki), Nikki Ohnosaki (The 2nd oldest of 3 after the slaughter she was taken under Natsuki care becoming a slayer and Natsukis Tsugoku at the age of 16, After Natsuki's death she takes her place ranking one rank higher {at 4th} Getting the title 'Hashira' for her speed, senses, and fighting tactics), and last Inosaki Ohnosaki (The 2nd youngest of 3, after the slaughter he was taken care of by Taro{Natsuki's Bf, Light Hashira}and Nikki after training sessions with Natsuki, after Natsukis/Taros murder, Inosaki makes the decision of becoming a medic to help slayers and the injured in general while Nikki was out on missions doing her role as a hashira. Present he works in the Butterfly Mansion with Ms. Aoi, Shinobu, and the Caterpillar sisters)

(Natsuki's Death & Nikki's Revenge With a Fatal Price.

-Natsuki's mission was against a lower moon, lower moon 2 {her own abusive father} the master had sent her with light hashira, Taro Rimko both were sent on the night of March 23rd and never were seen after that day. The mission was normal until they had found the twisted game of the demon, bodies hung by trees some didn't even have most of their limbs, Both Hashiras were left in pure disgust Taro learned to pray from his father and Gyomei and decided to do so as Natsuki yelled out for the demon to reveal themselves. The demon listened to the command as Natsuki's eyes widened, Taros blind eyes focused on the demon from hearing... It was Timoko Ohnosaki but a uglier and more blood thirsty father, it didn't take long for the rage and flame to strike, the battle lasted until the brink of dawn, Timoko had to finished the two quick.. {TRIGGER WARNING⚠⚠}

Taro was the first to be demolished, his eyes were targeted first one being poked out and held in the hand of lower moon 2 and lastly when Taro was distracted with his bleeding eye, he was K. Oed with his head being ripped ripped off right in front of Natsuki making her boil with rage since he'd token another loved one, her blood boiled as she decided to attack out of anger, that didn't end well.. {TRIGGER WARNING⚠}

The lower moon gripped her head ripping it back before stabbing his fingers into her throat, slashing it aggressively. The sun finally rose, Timoko had fled, leaving Natsuki's body next to her lovers as they both rotted in their own piles of blood.

-Story 2: it was the final battle, Nikki was faced with the death of Tokito Muichiro and Kocho Shinobu, her eyes filled with sarrow as she placed flower clips onto their covered corpeses after she had shredded her demon father mouthing the words 'You'll never be granted with a second chance, not by the devil himself' the battle between her and her father was harsh, loosing vision in her left eye from a bloody slash along with multiple bruises and cuts, but it was finally over she had better demons to take care off, to revenge the lives that had been lost to such merciless creatures. The war was finally over.. Down on her knees with a missing hand, and blind in her left, she'd had survived with a fatal price of her limbs.. She had survived to see the light of day... She had survived to see her brother.

Peace finally came over the remaining survivors of the corps, and peace to all the lives who fight and died in battle. The wind blew as silence was between the two Ohnosaki siblings as they sat in front of Natsuki's, Kai's, and Momisuke's graves as they gave gifts such as food, flowers and last but not least their tears. 'Stay hello to the others for me'

-The end, thank you for reading Nikki's lore

Miyake Suzui (OP):Worlds most known/Wanted engineer, getting the titles for bombing Marines (basically committing genocide 😭) and helping pirates then backstabbing them by stealing their valuables, getting her first bounty at 10 at the high price of 150,000. Years go by ever since her sister had left her, and her other sister had died she found herself in a floating restaurant called 'Baratie' dressing herself up as a guy to avoid Sanji's simping but it all changed when a group of pirates rulled by Dawn Kreig had started a ruckes with another group of pirates a very small but strong group called the 'Strawhats' she finally revealed her identity fight by the side of Luffy until Kreig was defeated, after this Luffy had offered to be on sea but like Sanji she declined acting as cold as she did when she served them beside Sanji. After s bit of convincing she joined their crew as the loyal engineer besides the simping cook Sanji. Her next bounty raise wasn't until after the 2 year span, raising from 150,000 to 240,000,000. (this was made lazily bc I made this at fucking 12am)

(Family Lore & Years spent engineering)

-Gardening was fun as a family time, each caring for a certain part of the garden, Mother and Father focused on the grass, trees, and bushes, Moko and Michii worked on picking and growing fruits, and lastly Miyake would plant flowers. It was all friendly until a ambush by Marines sent by one of the admirals they wrecked the garden the wrecked parts of the house, their parents forced them three to hide and Moko shoved her and her sisters into a bunker, Michii was angered and Miyake? She cried and cried for her parents (I'd like to add their parents we're wanted pirates!her father with a bounty of 23,000,000 and their mother with the bounty of 15,000,000)but Michii covered her mouth as shots were shot, bodies had fallen. After the ambush the three had gotten out of the bunker, seeing blood stains but no bodies. Days pass Moko and Michii had moved on trying to fix their garden and the destroyed parts of the house. 2-3 months pass and the Suzuis met the same fate of a ambush after the Marines found out about the children, Moko had to step up risking her life.. (The trauma man😭) the other two cried as they hid themselves in the bunker without someone older to protect them anymore, soon enough the same sound of a gun firing arose.. {TRIGGER WARNING⚠⚠}

Moko was shot in the heart ending her young life quickly, the Marines yelled for the other children to come out or they'd destroy the house but they didn't leave both were scared both were horrified, the marine army marched in wrecking and throwing objects as dusk neared they finally left. Immediately at dawn the two sisters made graves for the family they lost placing flowers and their own personal items, Michii placing fruits on her parents graves {oranges and strawberries since it was their favorites) and a hairbrush on Moko grave on the other hand Miyake placed her plush of a cat on her mother's grave, a carton of strawberry milk on her fathers grave, and her kimono on Mokos grave.

-Story 2: years pass since the death of their family, Miyake started to study astrology {Moko loved astrology and the sea} as Michii barely came home to see her own sister. One day Michii called Miyake to tell her news, she was leaving on a 'trip for food' but that made Miyake even more devastated than she already was and before her sister left she mutter out the words 'PROMISE YOU'LL COME BACK FOR ME!!'. After the day her sister left she started to learn how to be an engineer, building new things she never thought she could succeed everytime she knew he family would be proud but at the same time she missed Michii. 2 years pass Michii never came back {She betrayed her own family by joining the Marines, the ones who killed her family, but once the two meet when Miyake is 23 she makes up a reason that she only did it to steal and destroy all their plans} after her 10th birthday Miyake was more mature finally fed up with being alone people were shocked she was still alive she was only a love because of her circus loving friend Paco who'd bring her food and drinks while she worked, one person was so shocked they called marine forces to arrest her. The Marines had got there but no trace of her was seen until... All the ships had blown up, the screams of the Marines who stayed behind filled the people's ears, as she left one of the ships with supplies and weaponry that's how she got her first bounty of 150,000.

-The end, thank you for reading Miyakes lore (next one will be shorter)

Kuro Tsuko(DDD): She is a 16 year old girl who transferred to the same school as the alien geeks, not believing that aliens and ghosts exist until she encountered Acrobatic Silky (episode 5 or 6). She didn't know she was possessed by a ghost herself, the ghost of her samurai father (her father was a samurai who slayed Yokais until the day he died from a demon using his own blade to stab him) Out of the group she has the best strategies, best battle plans, and attack tactics. She is the only one who has no siblings and a living mother so she has no lore. Her personality is sassy, funny, and loyal.

Bingo(OM! OM NB!): The knight who guards the Lord's castle, who loves rocks and Simeon- ignore that. Like the brother she too is a fallen angel due to her lovers lie {will explain in 'Cupid's Lore'} Her personality is like a literal bitch, cussing everyone out, even going as far to throw rocks she collected or bite demons for their disrespect towards Diavolo {She hears all} and really caring and loyal.

(Cupid's Lore & The day the hearts would shatter)

-Bingo was the most popular cupid, always on track with building relationships and making them last with her never missing arrows, her herself was beloved by all for her beauty and soft heart {Personality is completely different from her personality in hell}. One day she was confronted by a Royal Knight of the celestial realm, he confessed his love and she accepted it. Everything was sweet from the start but truly this man was hell itself, as years passed he turned more controlling and grew distant but it wasn't enough to break her heart yet...Her lover came back from his duties seemingly annoyed and then yelling at her accusing her of cheating!? She denied it {obviously she didn't, like she's cupid just like she sore loyalty to her job she sore loyalty to her relationship} but that wasn't enough to make him believe, she truly was on the brink of being a weeping angel.

-Story 2: After the rumors had spread of her cheating it finally reached the god. When she was brought to his mercy to explain her sin she denied and finally broke before she was banished she let out her anger on the god and her lying lover.. She was finally banished and fell from the light clouds swearing she'd never forget the betrayal she felt during those final weeks and the friendship she made during all the years.

-The end, thank you for reading Bingos Lore

(All OCS except bingo bc she's mysterious)

(Anime favorites of all time section complete)

❀All my lovely corazons❀

@ackie-slays your art is amazing, I literally can't eat it for breakfast🍳☕🍞

@arie2faced I literally adore you, I was so scared to follow and talk to you bc I thought you were cooler than me, and you still are :)

@aceofstars0 keep being super super amazing! I'm in love with the pretty theme of your blog

@anime-nugg3t you're so amazing and a silly corazons

@a-frogo-sitting-on-a-leafo ahh!! You're so friendly and silly I love it hehe!

@alexy2000 I know we don't interact (much) but you still are beloved by me

@bugzheadquarter amazing, fucking amazing! We also don't interact anymore but I still love seeing your posts and supporting you when I can (also ty for introducing me to Case Closed)

@boo-simplified you were a really long and supportive moot of mine! And you're an amazing artist that I adore and want to eat your art everyday

@cock-ainee I know you've been gone but you always make me happy whenever you are online and post

@certifiedlucifersimp yes. You are my very goofy, pookie, spooky corazon, we interact a lot and I like that! Thank you for the traumatizing but interesting asks and reblogs (Lucifer is watching 👀)

@demonmew25 we also don't interact but I always see your Muzan posts and I smile at your responses, consider me a stalker (Muzan is always watching 👀)

@dumbasscat1 awah!! You're so amazing to interact and talk to!! It makes me smile knowing you also like the same anime as me and reblog it for me to also reblog it (that totally didn't make sense lol)

@donkeybro we don't interact as much either (I need to interact with people more) you're great and you should know that you'll always be apart of my heart with the other 50+ sillies

@eros-the-dumbass I remember when I drew your oc and thats how we became friends and bonded, I loved all the art you made and posted keep making me proud

@gumii-bear I kinda forget who you were, and I feel bad but keep being mysterious and slay!

@gyutarowritings I hope you're doing okay! You haven't been active and it scares me since you were one of the sillies who interacted with me the most, I MISS YOU 🥺💞

@juusou I'd die to have your amazing art style and your artistic abilities! You're also so sweet and amazing to talk and send asks to, ty heh

@kagaya-ubuyasiki you are so nice and sweet you've made my day multiple times! Your art is so good like fruity pebbles I hope that I'll keep interacting with you

@knyinfinity I've seen you interact with me multiple times (I appreciate it) you are also one of my oldest sillies here! I wanna talk to you more as well

@kokushibosbestie you're a new corazon of mine but I already cherish you like my others, I've seen your writing and how friendly you are and I'm excited to interact and (maybe) spam you on my journey

@kitkat-moon I INTERACT WITH YOU THE MOST (as of now) you are a literal sunflower in my life, lighting up my day with your friendlyness and creativity, thank you for being one of my silliest corazons

@kiyokatokito and @ta-ni-ya you both are so nice! Literally the Boba tea to my life, you both are the best duos I could ever have as corazons

@local-giyuu-simp WIFEYYY!! you are the most amazing, craziest, pookiest person I've met on this at alone with @vampp4 you both are so chaotic it cracks me up everytime, keep being the silliest and pookiest duo on here

@larz-barz YOU WERE LIKE THE 2ND TO FIRST CORAZON I HAD ON THIS APP🥹 You also interact with me the most with the great roleplays, amazing and cutesy art, and the amazing goofy and nice personality I'm glad I have a person like you to talk and interact with, thank you for supporting me all the way to this point

@lunaunknown404 I've tagged you in some posts and interacted with your posts and like your art YOUR ART 🤭💗 I've never met such a great obey me artist like you, you're also like how do it say it... Amazing and great! You're also so pookie!

@muichirolover14 YOU. YOU. YOU ARE ANOTHER ONE OF MY BEST BEST BEST BEST FRIENDYS! YOU MAKE ME SMILE ALL THE DAMN TIME LIKE AUSVSISUSVSISBZ!! NO WORDS CAN EXPLAIN HOW MUCH I MISS YOU BEING ACTIVE AND US INTERACTING ON THIS APP! Ms Madam? There is only room for one sun *Cutely shoots the sun in the sky*

@mochimarshii YOU ARE SO FUN TO INTERACT WITH! like you are one of the newest corazons but you make my day all the damn time! Thank you for being so sweet and kind towards mehhh (INTERACT WITH THEM NOW TEE-HEE)

@muichirotokito-122 I MISS YOU 🥺💞 we use to talk all the time and you made me laugh at any chance you could take. Us talking was like ordering a cherry blossom ice tea (which is you)

@misty-sees-you-hehe SONIC FOREVER!!! When I first became corazons with you I was curious to see your blog and when I did I was like "WOAH! THEY ARE SO COOLL!" And you will always be cool, let's start a cult-

@m4tthxw I haven't interacted or talked to yet since you're my newest corazon, but I've seen your oc art and it's amazing!! I hope we can interact and talk soon :)

@noahowls YOUR ART IS SO CUTESY! And youre amazing to interact with, thank you for making me SUUUUUUUUUPER happy

@nothingtoseehere1-2-3 I literally was so glad that we interacted more! I need you're kind personality back! Keep being the amazing pooks you are and never let anyone ruin that (or I'll beat em up)

@naramaiz I tagged this account bc I don't know which to tag, I literally loved your art and how you drew like I miss it, thinking about it gives me so much nostalgia!! (You also were one of my longest corazons, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING SO SWEET AND LITERALLY SILLY)

@pinkwisteria I loved your art and was so scared to interact with you because I thought you were super popular and thought you'd just push me aside, but no! You were open arms to accept me and I literally cried when you became my corazon. I'd eat those masterpieces of art everyday, every year, in my grave- ignore that! Keep being my amazing friendddd awhsgsjs

@pulim-v you also are very new but so kind istg! I haven't interacted much with you (expect a spam someday) but I've seen the art and like it's so cool, amazing, and good!! Hehe

@qwardivior I LOVE YOUR AU'S! Like reading them make me ascend and has me thinking 'What if they were Ghostbusters instead of slayers', I ALSO LOVE THE EXTRA ART THAT COMES WITH THE PACKAGE your blog is the official place I will find home at when I need to find demon slayer au's to draw or if I need something to think hard of. You're also so sweet and like cutesy I will always support you

@ruiglazer you are one of my newest by you are so welcoming! I love your blogs and how nice you are to everyone that interacts with you, I hope someday I'll spam the bee jesus outta your blog until it lags XD

@rion-isnot-an-ai I HOPE YOU'RE DOING WELL ON YOUR BREAK! I'll be waiting for you to come back in the future! You're amazing and so great and like sweet! I can't explain how much I enjoy your company

@ryn-loves-cheese We don't interact much but I love your art! It's so yummy I could just crunch on it (non-stop) I hope you're doing well and you stay good hope we'll interact soon (I love cheese as well)

@r0yal-v4mp AJEISAVSB! I LOVE YOUR ART I LOVE IT I LOVE IT I LOVE IT! PLUS YOU ARE SO AMAZING AND LIKE ARGHHH?!! I CAN'T EXPLAIN HOW SWEET YOU ARE! 'You're to sweet for meeeeeeeeeee"

@seerachii-art YOUR ART IS JUST MWAH! AND THE SHIPS MAKE IT SO MAJESTIC, ADDING THAT GREAT SPARKLE! I literally love your art and you're great and a lovely corazon :D

@shycroissanti YOU. YOU. IT'S YOU. YOU WERE MY FIRST FOLLOWER🥹🫶 I'M CRYING YOU SUPPORTED ME SO MUCH THROUGH MY WHOLE TIME ON HERE, YOU'RE SO SWEET YOU MAKE ME CRY, I'm literally crying right now. Your art and oc's are just French's kiss! Like I literally love you so much (platonic)

@tor-the-tortilla YOU ARE MY BEST BEST BEST BEST BEST FRIENDY! I LITERALLY WANT TO HUG YOU THROUGH MY SCREEN. YOU ARE THE DEFINITION OF GOOFY GOOBER, and thus made me a goofy goober too. I know you haven't made art since you got a job (I'm so proud of you!) But I still look back at it and cry tears of pure joy.

@tokito-dulya20 I haven't interacted with you in so loooooooooooooooooong!!! I want to so bad, why? Because I misses yous and your kind personality

@vexinghearts ARGHHHH! YOU MAKE MY HEART CRAMP WITH HOW SWEET AND FANTASTIC YOU ARE! you're art and ocs make me ascend, like you'll catch me lacking in class because I'm thinking about drawing your silly goobies. HEHE ALSO YOU'RE SO COOL TEE-HEE

@waitinguntililikemyart you might be a new corazon, but you certainly aren't as loved as my other. YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY AMAZING, you made my day yesterday with that box kitty! I hope we can continue interacting and being le-sillies together and hopefully forever (see what I did there? I rhymed)

(Will definitely get more soon. All my lovely corazons section complete)

❀My Music Taste/Recommend❀

(You've reached the end of my welcome blog!)

[abominable-space-they]

A modern LuLaw Au, where Zoro is a huge hot thriller action movie actor. He does everything from historical magical swordmaster movies to modern non-stop suspensful spy chase films

Bepo is also a super famous actor but of the opposite variety. He came up in theater, is the loveable funny dad in family movies, comedic gay uncle in summer block buster type movies, and maybe the love interest in very first date mid market fluffy first date movies marketed to divorced moms and bisexual geeks. He's like Andrew Garfield + Nathan Foad + Harvey Guillén

Perfect in other words

They get teamed up for a wacky odd couple action comedy about an Assassin who has to find his dead lover's estranged brother. The estranged brother is a librarian who speaks 13 languages. They have to go on the run together to find a package that has evidence that can clear Zoro's name.

The movie is a huge hit. At the premiere after party both Zoro and Bepo bring all their best friends.

Both of their best friend groups consist of a motley crew of loveable weirdos

Bepo begs Law to come to the after party with him. It's his biggest commercially successful film to date and a huge accomplishment. It will open up all new avenues in being able to try something different besides the quirky comedic relief. He's elated... and a little overwhelmed. So of course, eventually Law relents.

He was always going to, they both knew it. Law just had to put up a fuss first, lest people start getting ideas about how much of a push over he might be

He's secretly a giant pushover, for a particular kind of chaos... The kind that drags him kicking and screaming into having a good time despite himself, but he always denies it

Law is there for maybe an hour before he's just sick of all of the loud smiling fake crowd. Overwhelmed, he grabs a few beers, and a vape off of one of the long tables full of party favors and escapes to the most out of the way unpopulated balcony he can find.

A balcony where the only other inhabitant is a free range Luffy perched on a railing like a little flip flops and sun hat wearing gargoyle.

Luffy it turns out, wasn't overwhelmed by crowds, but he couldn't stand how fake everyone was, Zoro's manager (Nami obviously) threatened to whoop his ass personally if he made Zoro look bad by getting into anymore celebrity fist fights or accidentally on purpose calling some mega star out on their bullshit

Law is despite himself charmed by Luffy's directness and lack of patience for anything fake ever.

They end up splitting the beer and the vape and hanging out talking till long after most everyone else had already left.

When they finally remember other people exist, it's coming up on dawn and the caterers are trying to politely get them to leave. Both their friend groups have long since left just assuming they both left without telling anyone when they couldn't find them.

In the cold light of predawn Law is a little embarrassed about getting buzzed and staying up till dawn at a Hollywood function with some pretty boy he's never met before.

Luffy is if course unruffled by all of that and drags Law to breakfast with him. He decided that since they were already on their own, there was no real reason to rush off in opposite directions. He thinks all Law's embarrassed bluster is very funny and cute.

And anyway, he knew a place they could eat near by.

Luffy drags Law to the Baratie of all places. Law is so flustered he listened to this hot unstoppable ball of bouncing charisma, he makes sure to point out why the Baratie on impulse at dawn was a terrible plan:

1) they couldn't just walk into to the Baratie dressed for last night's party, from last night's party. This restaurant was much to fancy for that.

2) the Baratie was booked for months in advance unless you were extremely well connected. It was extremely popular with all the right people (and plenty of the wrong ones too)

3) The Baratie was not now, nor had it ever been open for breakfast, it was a five star restaurant not an all night diner!!!

Luffy, shrugs super casualty, beaming mischievous joy at him

"I guess I'm well connected then Torao. It'll work out fine. Come on, it'll be fun"

Law follows him swearing to himself he's only curious what Luffy thinks he can do to get in

Really

When they get their Luffy bangs on the back employee's entrance. An extremely frazzled and probably a little hung over Sanji opens the door

Luffy beams at his friend

"Sanji! I'm starving! We need meat!!"

Sanji was prepping for opening, he scowls at his friend who went missing the night before without telling anyone where he was going again

"... Luffy! Yah! What are you doing here? Where did you go last night? What are you doing with pop rock diva Donquixote Doflamingo's nephew? Damn... You're hungry? Come on in, I have some meats left over from last night's dinner. I can make you guys some breakfast bowls or something."

Sanji knows all the society players and knows exactly who Trafalgar D. water Law is even if Luffy doesn't

Luffy bounces happily through the door.

"Thanks Sanj! What do you mean what am I doing here? I'm hungry! We need meat! We didn't go anywhere. You guys left without me. It's ok, don't feel bad. Lala and I were talking. He's real cool. I think he saved my life. I was considering throwing myself off the balcony in a final act of self sacrifice so I didn't mess up Zoro's party. But then there's Law, with beer, a vape, and my still beating heart in his tattooed hands like the drums of liberation! I could feel the freedom! So we hung out and talked about neat stuff. Then the people with all the shiny trays didn't have any more food left which is sad Sanji. No food. They just asked us to leave, so of course we came here bc we're hungry. I don't know anything about Mingy's nephew or whatever. Don't bring that pink jerk into this. I'm still sad mad from when Crocodad used to bring him to every family gathering. Mingo bahhhh. Lala and I are HUNGRY. Look how pale he is Sanji. We need to eat!"

"I do not feel bad we left you Luffy. You disappeared!"

"Don't be silly Sanji. We were right there"

Sanji gives up trying to talk sense into one of his best friends at this hellish hour. Settling instead on staring silent daggers at Law. Luffy might not know any shame but most everyone else did. Sanji isn't sure what's going on but he's pretty sure he doesn't trust any relative of that insufferable smug bastard Doflamingo.

Law shrugs loose and indifferent

"He's right, we were right there... I don't associate with my uncle, I don't like or trust him any more then you do."

Sanji, nods, he understands not associating with the family you can't quite escape. Still

Raising one gracefully manicured eye brow, Sanji can't help but ask

"LaLa though?"

Luffy leaps into the air, flailing his arms and legs like a particularly ecstatic starfish.

"Yes! Lala! Oh or Tora-ora-oh? Torao?"

Law, looks away, trying to hide the surprising way the nicknames make him blush. He mumbles, embarrassed

"I gave up asking him to stop two hours ago. Maybe if I ignore it he'll get bored"

Sanji absolutely clocking the vibes, snorts a rueful laugh.

"Yeah good luck with that, well don't just lurk by the walk ins Luffy. Take your man to the family table. I'll get you guys all that meat"

Law, spends the next couple minutes in embarrassed silent processing before he comes back around to what Luffy said about Doffy. Like, he knows him because of Crocodile?

"Wait Luffy, did you just call the infamous Hollywood fixer Sir Crocodile, Crocodad?"

Luffy is busy craning his neck towards the kitchen, he crinkles his nose in playful confusion at Law

"Huh? Oh yeah. I have a lot of dads"

Law scoffs,

"That doesn't really explain anything."

Luffy let's his head fall sideways, smiling in thoughtful distraction

"Oh hey! Yeah! I can introduce you to my dads! It'll be so cool! Mihawk will love you I can already tell. Buggy will say he hates you but he won't really hate you. Mihawk says being an utter bastard is Buggy dad's primary love language”

That makes Law huff a small dry laugh

"Is that where you got it from?"

He meant it in a teasing way and for a split second worried that he'd gone to far. People were always telling him his sense of humor was to sharp, to acidic.

Like a surgeon, cutting to the quick of a person

But Luffy only stares at him owlishly, thinking earnestly about the question

"... Oh yeah. Probably. Next time I'm over I'll tell Buggy Dad that. He'll be so happy he'll cry about it. It'll be so cool. Then Shanks will think he's in trouble again and he'll be so relieved the crying's not his fault this time that he'll love you extra. Probably buy you a yacht or something in thanks for getting him out of the dog house this week. You'd look good on a yacht Lala... Or maybe a submarine, a fancy science one not those weird tin cans billionaires keep committing elaborate suicide in"

"I don't need a yacht... a submarine might be cool. A sciencey one like you said. I don't know, no I'm not thinking about that. Luffy, you just name dropped the French Designer single handedly responsible for bringing back gothic romance in high fashion, arguably the most beloved and successful mainstream actor of his generation, and the grand line's Banksy. I know this because my friend Bepo is old college buddies with one of his assistants. Is there anyone you don't know?"

"I don't know everyone. I don't know your friend Bepo yet even though he did a movie with my bestfriend. I don't know who his friend is either"

"Uh Richie, big dude, loves meat almost as much of you, nice enough. He has a giant tattoo of a green lion on his back... He's probably a furry, most Bepo's friends are... but we never talked about it to confirm it. Not a big deal either way..."

"OH YEAH RICHIE! I know him!"

"see? You know everyone"

"You're The Celestial Diva Demon Doflamingo's nephew"

Law sighs deeply

"I was hoping you didn't catch that"

Giggling Luffy shakes his head

"Shihihihihi I catch things fine, I'm flexible... I understand. I understood. Mingy doesn't have anything to do with me bringing you to my family. So it doesn't matter to me if he's your uncle Torao"

"Oh... I... Luffy... Thanks"

Luffy laughs

"Anyways, I didn't know you before but now I do and I'm glad I do. You're really fun Lala. I love fun"

Law swallows thickly, he feels called to being honest, vulnerable even. He doesn't know why exactly but it feels like Luffy will understand the importance of his saying anything at all. He clears his throat

"I'm... I can't believe I'm saying this but... I'm... not mad about it either. Usually people in this god awful town only want to talk to me because I'm the son of famous post modern surrealist painter Rosinante Corazón or because I'm Doflamingo's nephew... Fuck It's exhausting, being expected to constantly perform precious little society Prince every day for their gratification. I love my dad but I hate the looks and the judgement and the expectations for me to follow in their footsteps"

Luffy's eyes are bottomless pools of deep sepia understanding. He nods, emphatic.

"Yeah I get that. Hey, that's why I come here and eat lots of meat! Sanji's dad always yells at me with his big voice and tall hat like, I DON'T CARE WHO'S DAMN BOY YOU ARE. LET ALL SIX OF 'EM COME IN HERE AND MAKE A SCENE. I WAS OUT IN THOSE STREETS WHEN THEY WERE JUST A LITTLE TWINKLE IN THEIR DADDY'S EYES. I'M NOT SCARED OF ANY OF 'EM, NOT SCARED OF YOUR GRANDPAPPY EITHER. LET 'EM COME. YOU COME IN HERE ACTING LIKE AN ANIMAL AND TRASH MY KITCHEN. I'LL PUT YOU ON A LEASH! MAKE EGGPLANT SOLVE HIS OWN STRAW HAT SHAPED PROBLEMS!! It's real great. He loves Sanji so much and he doesn't take any crap from anyone. Sanji wants to be just like him when he grows up"

Thankfully Law is saved from acknowledging how seen, understood, and appreciated Luffy makes him feel by Sanji coming back with food.

Luffy immediately forgets anything that doesn't involve shoveling breakfast steak into his face

Later, Luffy would somehow convince Law to come back to his apartment, where they would fall asleep on the couch together watching Zoro's movies (the only DVD's they had in the house)

Luffy falls asleep chattering about pokemon and beetle battles and all his friends.

It's nice

Really nice. The sort of nice he kinda hopes continues

Law is almost asleep himself when his phone buzzes.

The screen lights up.

It's Bepo.

He totally forgot to text Bepo and let him know that he was ok.

Law wiggles a hand free and arduously texts Bepo back

-Phone mostly dead

-I'm ok

.

.

.

-Met someone...

The response was immediate:

-YOU WHAT?!

-Later Bep. I promise I'll explain. I'm gonna sleep now

-You're sleeping?! Oh you're down bad. Ok ok. I love you but boss please don't forget next time

-Promise Bep

With that taken care of and no witnesses to see him being quite so soft, Law tugs the sleeping Luffy even closer, pulled in close under his chin. He pressed his face into Luffy's mess of dark Auburn curls. For some reason Luffy smelled like sea salt and mesquite smoke. It made Law smile.

He whispered into the top of Luffy's head.

"You just blow into my life with your ridiculous hat and your insatiable appetite. You're're gonna be the death of me Captain Strawhat"

Luffy grumbled sleepily, nuzzling further into Law's chest.

"Torao worries to much. It'll be so much fun, like breakfast. I'm right. Fight me."

Somehow reassured Law grumbled some sort of acknowledgement and was shockingly, soon, fast asleep.

Luffy made such a cuddly weighted blanket. He could get used this

[questalkcomics]

As a spy-fiction nerd, there's plenty of elements in a good spy/thriller story I like, especially in comics, the visual medium give artists plenty of things to work with.

Being the international spy she is, Natasha travel.

A lot.

And that's an element some may miss when talking about her: how she can adapt to any environment.

On land, in the air, in space, water, fire, rainy city, on top of a building, in Siberia, on a train or just targeting someone from across the street.

She can do it all which gives the people working with her the opportunity to mix so many visual elements.

I especially love the underwater sequences.

Now, I love water, I'm a scuba diver and I have a knack when a comic, movie or game takes the action in the sea.

Phil Noto in his amazing work gives us so many memorable scenes involving Nat fighting or working around the world.

We can only hope about a future adaptation or comic book run who will take the Black Widow and her skills everywhere.