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ANON…!
…who asked me “How. would Shanks react when he sees gear 5.” I ACCIDENTALLY DELETED YOUR ASK I’M SO SORRY. but let me respond.
at this point in the story i’m very sure we will actually see this reaction. and i’m very sure that Shanks knows the exact nature of the fruit Luffy ate—mostly because of this scene:
Dorry and Brogy are at Egghead to find Luffy, and in the same breath call him “Sun God.” a few chapters before, we saw Shanks talking to dorry and Brogy before he left Elbaf. I don’t think that the giants knew back when they met Luffy on Little Garden that Luffy is the same as Joyboy is the same as Nika. I think we are meant to infer, from all this, that Shanks is the one who told the giants that Nika is Here, in the World, that Luffy is There, and that Luffy is Him.
as for Shanks’ reaction to seeing gear 5…I think very much about the reactions of both Bonney and Vegapunk when they saw gear 5, Bonney’s tears and Vegapunk (I would call it) enraptured expression, calling Luffy beautiful…I think it could be along that range, or even More (I will explain below). now…
it’s my personal theory that Shanks is Nika’s greatest devotee—who has dedicated his life to seeing Nika brought into the world, to Joyboy’s return. I see this in connecting the dots on my cork board with my red string with pins in Roger’s statement to Rayleigh that their meeting was fate, to Roger saying he wished he could have met Joyboy, to Shanks’ tears over whatever it was Roger told him after Roger returned from Laugh Tale, to Shanks’ crew talking about how pirates are free, to Shanks . to how now, again, I am sure Shanks knows of Luffy’s powers, and looking back on his reactions to news that Luffy is making his way through the world, he always looks. well.
(it KILLS me, also, that this particular one happened at a WEDDING. ODA. UM. H-HELLO…)
I think very much about Oda’s offhand statement that Shanks is emotionally immature, I think about how Shanks relentlessly teased Luffy and finally expressed how much Luffy means to him after Luffy was in danger (Luffy is surprised and moved in chapter 1 when Shanks calls him “friend”!), I think about Shanks’ response to his crew saying pirates are free (“stop filling [Luffy’s] head with crazy ideas.”) I do think we will see Shanks’ true reaction to Luffy’s transformation, but I wonder if Shanks will hide his reaction from Luffy and Oda will show it only to us, the reader.
as a shipper I would find that possibility deliciously devastating. HOWEVER if it does happen like that I WILL write 1000 fics pushing them into situations where Luffy does see it because that is what feeds my soul. Shanks kissing Luffy’s hands, the hands that have brought down tyrants, Shanks kissing Luffy’s feet, the feet of his god who walks the earth. that Shanks smiled when he sacrificed his arm to save Luffy because he knew that to Nika, the Sun God, a sacrifice of food will give you his favor forever. how Shanks knows he cannot be the favorite of a god who loves all the world, but Luffy’s flag makes him feel like he could be. how Shanks wants to kneel at Luffy’s feet, but Luffy, but Nika, but Joyboy, does not want anyone to live a life on their knees. what the Experience of witnessing his god will be like for Shanks—Nika this laughing, dancing god, heartbeat the rhythm of a drum. His god, the god he has devoted his life to, sacrificed his flesh for. I think about the way Shanks COULD react, to seeing gear 5, and I think of all the great artworks of spiritual practitioners and mystics and saints and monks experiencing religious ecstasy. I think about the concept, in aesthetics, of the Sublime….
is this what we will get? I do not know. if we don’t, I will write about it (tbh, I have a couple of drafts combing over these themes and concepts that date back to the month gear 5 was revealed). so. I Will Make It Happen.
in addition to this, I would very much like to write about, whether Oda goes into it or not, how all of this gets Shanks all mixed up; loving his god, loving his boy (I think about the moment post-Wano where Shanks is looking at Luffy’s new wanted poster, the photo taken of Luffy clearly with Nika’s power awakened—and he is thinking about his happy memories of spending time with Luffy when Luffy was young) loving the man Luffy has become, how Luffy reminds Shanks of himself, how Luffy reminds Shanks of Roger, how Shanks wanted to keep Luffy safe, back then, how Luffy is the savior of oppressed and the vulnerable, now, how Shanks believes Luffy will usher in a New Age and how that will and has not been without struggle and sacrifice. Shanks, as a son of the Figarland family, a dynasty of slavers, leading a life of repentance, wanting absolution. I want to write all that WITH dimensions of sex and romantic love in their bond. To speak one more time of the canon, I think Shanks has ills in his soul (as so many of Oda’s characters do). I think as much as he has ever done Luffy will free Shanks from those. I think this will be perhaps the most intimate part of Oda’s story and I think Oda has had it in his head for all 27 years he has been writing this story and probably for a very long time before that. now…
now. am I, as they say, a “crazy fangirl” for any and/or all of the thoughts above? well. it is my experience that shipping shankslu (and ofc with lushanks agenda) is being in a state, as an audience member of this story, between hypersanity and utter delusion. either I’m God(a)‘s prettiest princess or I’m worse than the ZKK bros. either just the sheet of this ship has melded my shippers goggles to my head and it is so one with me I can’t look at the text without it, or when this ship first struck me like a bolt of lightning 3 years ago it was actually Oda, the #1 shankslu shipper, reaching out through the collective subconscious and suplexing me actually. which will it be? only time will tell.
#I’ll return to this when the next chapter releases#anon…I don���t know if I actually answered your question. this is all my brain is giving rn tho sigh#tbh I could talk about this endlessly AS YOU CAN SEE but I will stop myself#THANK YOU FOR WRITING TO ME ♥️#shankslu#lushanks#shanks/luffy#luffy/shanks#find me lovelies…
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He stabbed himself
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i love one piece so much
#one piece#monkey d. luffy#nami#roronoa zoro#vinsmoke sanji#usopp#nefertari vivi#tony tony chopper#nico robin#red haired shanks#buggy the clown#bartolomeo#gol d. roger#luffy#sanji#shanks#chopper#one piece fan letter#op
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One Piece final battle
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#one piece#mihawk#dracule mihawk#one piece mihawk#akagami no shanks#shanks#red haired shanks#mishanks#akataka#redhawk#monkey d luffy#monkey d. luffy#one piece luffy#luffy#straw hat luffy#one piece fanart#roronoa zoro#zoro#one piece zoro#ronoroa zoro#zoro one piece#one piece art#one piece comic#sorry for another shit post comic ndjaksndjkas#i saw a b99 meme that was basicaly the first page of this comic and i had to do it#i wish i had made a final version with good linework etc but i actually have to work on the comics i am being paid to make#not ANOTHER shitpost for one piece ndjkasndjkas#and drawing mihawk's den den mushi sure was an experience#ugly ass thing lol
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the history book on the shelf is always repeating itself
#something sinister happens in my brain when I think about the 1 and a half parallels between these two like uhm#silly and grumpy. I’d get into it but we’d be here all day#one piece#luffy#roronoa zoro#zolu#red hair shanks#dracule mihawk#mishanks#OPLA#one piece fanart#my art
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did he tho?
inspired by this post
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i love the idea of luffy not wanting to let go of shanks after the arm incident and being by his side during his recovery
#they’re so important to me your honor 😭#evichuart#shanks#akagami no shanks#red haired shanks#op shanks#luffy#monkey d luffy#op luffy#one piece#one piece fanart#opfanart
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some luffy father figure appreciation
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#my art#digital art#one piece#monkey d. luffy#portgas d ace#sabo#akagami no shanks#shanks#asl brothers
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kids these days dont appreciate anything...
#IM GONNA SCALP BARTOLOMEO HIS HAIR I HATE!!!!#one piece#one piece fanart#fanart#myellowart#bartolomeo#monkey d luffy#shanks#benn beckman#lucky roux#yassop#limejuice op#comic
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how does shanks manage to have some kind of sexual tension with every warlord in the sea whilst also having practically zero screen time. ramona-esque dilf of the east blue. luffy wants to be king of the pirates but is stuck sailing through the several deadly seas of his dad's evil exes. they see the straw hat and it activates their fight reflex. half-convinced that shanks gave it away with full knowledge of this
#one piece#son. return my hat after you've defeated my several evil exes#how does one man have so much divorced energy with so many people while also not being present to give this context#monkey d. luffy vs. the world#yeah im still watching the anime#forgive thy sins of weeb posting#opla#shanks#red haired shanks#mishanks#shuggy#CJ's op watch-through
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thinking as ever about luffy’s flag as a declaration of love. i remember you, i will repay you, i will keep our promise, look at me. i’m coming to meet you. all wordless, all unspoken, but there so plain—a message from across the world, just for shanks.
you give a boy your old straw hat and ten years later you see he’s made it a part of the symbol that he sails, that he fights, that he dreams under. how do you feel?
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HAPPY ONE PIECE DAY!⚓
#one piece#monkey d. luffy#roronoa zoro#nami#vinsmoke sanji#nico robin#usopp#tony tony chopper#portgas d. ace#portgas d ace#sabo#uta#brook#jinbe#nefertari vivi#shanks#red haired shanks#yamato#trafalgar law#eustass kid#franky#luffy#op yamato#op uta#sanji#chopper#op
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Costume partyyyyyyyy!
#i'm back baby#help so many characters to tag#opfanart#trafalgar law#op buggy#shanks#bepo one piece#perona#portgas d ace#revolutionary sabo#sabo#vinsmoke reiju#vinsmoke ichiji#vinsmoke yonji#vinsmoke niji#sanji#monkey d luffy#luffy#one piece jinbe#one piece usopp#usopp#nami#op nami#roronoa zoro#nefertari vivi#brook one piece#tony tony chopper
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a comic about wine, a wager, and reconnecting through your weird kids
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this behemoth of a comic is finally done - and just in time for zoros birthday huehue. initially i wanted to make a zolu introspective from an outsider POV and was like you know who would have really funny input on this … mihawk. and then it spiraled into seven pages of mishanks sitting and talking. i thought it would be funny if mishanks ended up doing self imposed couples therapy the day mihawk brought luffys bounty bc well. its kind of hilarious to think abt mihawk realizing shanks was onto something all those years ago after he meets zoro and luffy. like sure this new generation is batshit crazy but my god are they cooking. anyways. cheers. get some kids
#one piece#i seriously cannot explain what came over me in order to make this#tldr: mihawk saying hubris is ok if you do it in a cool way#anyways#happy birthday RORONOA ZORO#mishanks#zolu#dracule mihawk#roronoa zoro#red haired shanks#monkey d. luffy#opla#one piece fanart#my art
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https://twitter.com/Blink_Mints
#one piece#monkey d garp#monkey d luffy#portgas d ace#sabo#nami#nojiko#bellemere#shanks#uta#dadan#chopper#trafalgar law#marco#dr kureha#donquixote doflamingo#donquixote rosinante#tom san#franky#iceburg#nico robin#jaguar d saul#roronoa zoro#sanji#smoker
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