#magic shank

[sil-and-seals-blog-something]

OOOOOOOOOOO

This tags and everything you’ve put down are lovely!

Also, YES YES YES! I like your thought process. I think Danny could be like, the Ancient of Heroes and Space while being the embodiment of Balance (as his ghost half was immediately born within a portal, which we don’t see for the only two other Halfas. Vlad had a slow process and Ellie had no process. Danny could literally be straight up claimed by the Infinite Realms and Living World equally). We also know that there’s a relic that can mind control ghosts/ecto-entities, so we can build off of that and say Vlad got a relic similar but not exactly like it. Like, if Danny goes against an order, then it acts similar to a shock collar (except instead of a shock, it does either something like draining his powers or something worse than a shock) type of thing maybe, and a relic affecting someone’s power would probs mess up a summoning? Add on some blackmail and Vlad’s able to prevent Danny from fighting back in a human way as well!

Also, yeah, the JLD are freaking out most likely over The Balance not being able to be summoned, that’s like, bad bad news, especially because it didn’t feel like a rejection of the summons, it was a full on “this number can’t be reached at this time, try again later” (like improbably-luminescent said earlier), which has much worse connotations than a simple summoning rejection.

(MAGIC SHANK!)

Also, everyone will feel a shiver of dread upon learning that 1- Danny made a way-too-powerful magic sword and 2- gave it to Damian “Stabby Robin” Wayne Al Ghul of all people

Practice Your Skills

“You ever look at someone and wonder how hard it would be to get past their defenses and stab them.

Damian snapped his head to the side, looking at the young boy now standing beside him.

The boy put his hands up in front of him with a wince, “Not that I ever do that. Totally not, whaaaat???”

Damian huffed and turned back around to watch the gala participants.

“It’s just you kinda looked like you were contemplating the logistics of stabbing Mrs.Halterguild for squeezing your cheeks.”

Damian scowled. Then, after a moment’s beat, “It would not be very difficult. She is nearly blind in her left eye, I would be able to approach without repost.”

The kid hummed, turning back as well before motioning to another group to the far right, “What about Mr. Beckensmith, he’s a retired vet right?”

Damian rolled his eyes and scowled harder, “The man has only seen the battlefield of an office as he bribed his way from being fully enlisted and instead managed to pay for increasingly higher ranks and medals. He is a disgrace.”

The kid cocked his head to the side, looking suspicious for a second and then nodding with concession, “Fair enough, I bet I could get close enough too.”

Damian scoffed.

“What, don’t believe me?”

Damian leveled a doubtful glare at the civilian, making it clear by looking him up and down, “Hardly.”

The other smirked dangerously, “If I can get close enough to poke him and get away without being noticed, will you believe me?”

Damian narrowed his eyes but nodded succinctly and watched as the boy immediately took off, making a few loops around other people before finally backing up to Mr. Beckensmith and poking him on the opposite side as a group moved past.

Damian pursed his lips. Interesting. Certainly better than he would expect from an amateur. And an amateur civilian at that.

When the boy returns to his side Damian brushes off the asks of meaningless praise.

“Come on, I did it, now you have to go poke Mrs. Halterguild without getting caught.”

Damian sneers, “And why would I do that?”

“Because I don’t believe you either, the woman’s old but I bet she sees you and squeezes your cheeks again. Old ladies just have a sixth sense for that stuff you know.”

Damian nearly growls but sets off on his task. He makes sure to stay on her left side, but the woman turns at the last second, forcing Damian to use a passing waiter as cover to remain hidden and finally get close enough to poke her gaudy dress.

Then he sidles back up to the boy on the edges and provides his best ‘I am more capable than you’ scowl. The boy simply laughs and says, “Who’s next?”

They spend the night like that, choosing each other’s targets to attack non-lethally as though they were attempting to stab them, and Damian finds the gala going by in a significantly less tedious manner.

Right up until the boy laughs at him when he chooses a target. Only one bark of laughter escapes, but it is enough for Damian to consider stabbing him as well. If only with a butter knife.

Instead, Damian grinds his teeth and asks, “What is so different about Masters, do you really believe you would be unable to succeed?”

The other gives a breathless chuckle, “I’m pretty sure even you wouldn’t be able to successfully stab Vlad Masters,” The boy’s shoulders sag even as his jaw tightens with irritation, “He sees everything.”

Damian narrows his eyes. Something naws at the back of his brain but currently the critique of his capabilities takes precedence.

“I would be capable of stabbing Masters even without my favored sword,” Damian scowls and stands taller with annoyance.

“Sure you can, man,” At this, the boy quirks a sharp smile, “If you can actually get him, I’ll personally get you a magic sword,” he says with an air of amused indulgence. Like he thinks Damian is some insipid child saying he will find a fairy.

Damian grits his teeth and shakes the other’s hand, then immediately sets off after his target. How dare this civilian question him! He is the Son of the Bat, this is not even a challenge!

Damian growls as his approach is thwarted for the third time by the man turning in his direction and almost spotting him. How dare he! He will not fail!

Just as he reaches to jab the man in the side, already poised to make his escape, Masters whips around and clamps his fingers around Damian’s wrist with a vice grip.

“Really Daniel I thought we were over-“ Masters pauses, looking at Damian critically as he glares at the man’s offending hand, “You are not young Daniel.”

“Remove your hand from my person at once,” Damian growls.

Instead of listening to Damian’s very sensible directions, Masters tightens his grip and twists his arm, most likely in an attempt to hurt him.

“Now why is a child attempting to-“

Damian doesn’t wait to hear the rest of the man’s words, sliding a dagger into his other hand and swinging towards him, until that hand is caught mid-movement as well.

“Heh-Hey there!”

Damian snaps his head to the side just in time to see Grayson take his dagger and slide it into his pocket. He ignores the bark of laughter he hears from across the room.

Masters’ hand disappears from his arm suspiciously fast, “Mr. Wayne, what a pleasure!”

Damian looks over his other shoulder to see his father standing behind him, a thin smile on his face, “Vladimir!”

His father’s figure quickly obscures his vision, putting an arm over Masters’ shoulders in a way that clearly makes him irritated but forces him to follow as he is steered away.

“Dami, I thought we talked about the stabbing at formal events,” Grayson says through a strained smile as he looks over the crowd to make sure no else saw.

“Tt, it was merely a demonstration of my skills, he was in no real danger until he refused to release me. I simply sought to correct that mistake.”

Grayson pinchesthe bridge of his nose, “Demonstration for who, Dames? We all already know your skills.”

“Tt,” Damian scowls and turns away.

Instead of pushing it, Grayson simply sighs heavily, “Just stay out of trouble for the rest of the gala okay? We’re almost done.”

Damian scoffed and waited for Grayson to leave. Once he does, Damian finally looks over to where he had been lingering with the boy.

Gone.

Clearly he’d taken the cowards way out when he’d seen that Damian had been accosted by Masters.

Pitiful.

Damian spends the rest of the night scowling from the wall and looking serendipitously for a head of black hair and blue eyes unrelated to him.

Of course it’s not until they are actively leaving that Damian sees him and immediately splits off of from his family.

He approaches with irritation, preparing to grab the other by the shoulder when suddenly he turns around and blue eyes meet Damian’s green.

“You,” Damian sneers.

“Me,” The other shrugs. He has an amused smile on his face, though it was strained at the edges.

They stare in silence for a minute, before the other’s smile grows and sharpens once more, “I didn’t expect you to actually try to stab him, y’know,” A slight laugh escapes him, “Not that it was unwelcome by any means, but still, unexpected.”

Damian scowls again, glaring at this foolish civilian.

“Oh, I never introduced myself did I?!”

The boy exclaims and holds out a hand, smile dangerous, “Daniel Fenton. Or if we’re being technical,” a pause as Damian finally returns the gesture and finds his hand trapped, “Daniel Masters, a pleasure to meet you Damian.”

“Hurry up little badger,” A voice says beside them, and Damian notices that it is indeed Vladimir Masters.

The man approaches, placing a heavy hand on Fenton’s shoulder, making the boy go taut, and then they both step into a dark car, leaving Damian on the front steps.

Damian’s anger flares and he shoots a glare directly to the boy getting into the car. It dies the moment they meet eyes and Damian sees the fear hiding in the other’s eyes.

Fear that Damian is all too familiar with.

Fear that reminded Damian of himself. Reminded him of his own eyes when he’d been under his grandfather.

But why did Fenton look like that?

[madokkakin]

berry picking season 🍓

[wuyushun]

clown melancholy

[shuggymaniac]

The Romance plot to my “Magic kingdom AU” story with shanks and buggy summarized…

[shallowoak]

Every little thing he does.

Shanks and Buggy for @lunarforrest ❤️

[joy-girl]

Oh? 👀👀👀

[kartoffelstern]

Magical Pierrot Buggy ☆

ordinary student by day, flashily causing chaos fighting evil by night! (Cross Guild magical girl AU)

[p4nicaker]

happy valentines day! (opla edition)

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big thanks to @rosie-tyler for her support and @chartasomnianty for putting up with my awful lines!<3

[ginathethundergoddess]

Another gift for @missmungoe !!!

This is for her story "Moon and her Maiden" which is a selkie au! This is a spoiler for the final chapter.

Please give it a read! It's incredible!!!!

[vinyl-artwork]

Bud Shank - Magical Mystery, 1968.

Photographie de Ivan Nagy

[an-au-blog]

Ok so- what about a Royalty + Magic Shuggy AU? (+ Fem Buggy 'cause I love her)

In this AU, Shanks is a prince in the human world, while Buggy is a princesse in the magic world. They meet during their childhood while Buggy "accidentaly" (she just wanted to have a little adventure) goes to the human world, and the red head is enchanted by her uncommon blue hair and red nose. The two start to see each other regularly, but, they never tell each other they're royalty.

Shuggy were 7-8 when this happen, and their friendshipp ends up turning into a secret unofficial relatonship when they're 17. Everything is fine, until Shanks is named the King at the age of 18 and they fight (probably 'cause the richs initiated to intent to arrrange a marriage between Shanks and their daughters, and him kind of "don't do anything", while he does but don't have much/none result. Or Shanks ends up thinking she only wants money, because Buggy never accept shows up in front of the kingdom), leading to a break up.

Buggy is upset, really upset. She thinks about going back and telling the truth about her not being from his world, but then she see Shanks in a "date" with a girl (a daughter from some rich man), and thinks that actually he never loved her and just wanted the "emotion" from having a big secret. That now he is with someone he really loves (he isn't, he is regretting leting she go).

+10 years later, both were 29-30 and they never talk or even see each other again. Shanks only tells about Buggy to Benn and Mihawk (both don't believe it totally), while Buggy only tells her childhood best friends from the magic world, Alvida and Crocodile. She and Crocodile marry forced by their parents (but they don't mind. Yes, their marriage won't be with romantic love but at least they will be with someone they trusth).

Shanks, Benn and Mihawk, while going to a reunion in another kingdom, accidentaly go to the magic world after a accident in their ship. They are send to the king and queen, to be decided what do with them. Can think how much Shanks is surprised seeing the love of his life married?

Buggy decide to let them heal the injure before going back to the human world, and in the castle. She's confused, after more than 10 fucking years she's seeing her past lover?! And he's wanting to talk suddendly?!

Crocodile knows she never really moved on about Shanks, so even if this will make some fights with theirs parents, he's ready to divorce to her if she wants to marry Shanks (Crocodile may be serious but is a good friend).

Well, hope you enjoy the AU! I am a new anon and you can gave me any nickname you want ^^

I've never had an anon ask for a nickname themselves, so I will give you the very human name of: " J i m ", you are now human Jim, congrats!!! :))

Ok you covered a long timeline! I can tell you've thought about it for a bit.

Some of my thoughts if you don't mind...↓

I'd like to think that kid Buggy would escape to the human world as a break. A break from her duties and all the pampering. Yes, she lives being treated like a princess, but for a kid especially, it can be tiring. So maybe she travels with her own powers, or maybe a magic item. Though my favorite is if it's a type of tunnel or hole that she found, like in Alice in Wonderland or like in Coraline. The first time she crawled through with her big pompous dress and got it all dirty so she got scolded. From then on she learned to take a second pair of clothes before she crossed to the other world.

Shanks on the other hand, in my opinion, would be a very wild child. A bit like Luffy. So him stumbling onto the place where Buggy crosses from world to world seems very probable hahaha.

I think for Shanks it was love at first sight. He couldn't stop staring at her, he would think she was the most beautiful girl in the land. And the more he got to know her the deeper he fell in love with her. For Buggy it probably took at least a few months for her to develop a crush on him. After all, he's nice to her, he's fun and funny, he treats her like an equal and seems to like her too.

Shanks being with another girl is the ultimate betrayal. For Buggy, the one who has so many insecurities. Being replaced by the boy she gave her first kiss to? The one she wanted to get old with? Her best friend - the only one she thought could understand her, the only one she could trust?

When she marries Crocodile, she keeps complaining about Shanks. Always. Shanks this, Shanks that, even on their first wedding night - she flops onto the bed grumpily and starts talking about how she told explicitly that she didn't want that shade of red roses because they made her think of Shanks and the maids still put those exact ones. All Crocodile did was refrain from arguing and just thought about how good this marriage would be for the economy of both their kingdoms. With time they become good friends.

One day, Crocodile - in his study, hears the door slamming behind him to find his wife out of breath and red-faced. Before he could ask what was going on she told him "I- I just realized something... I..." she was ashamed and hesitant to say it "I think I still love him..."

Crocodile did his best not to roll his eyes.

She bites her lip and mutters another sentence that would make Crocodile's head spin "He uh... also he kinda followed me here... into our world..."

"He what!?" Crocodile dropped his inked-feather and almost fell off his chair.

[beebobeebo]

Dickie and Dewie are horrible human beings, but I also would've watched 12 seasons of them just trying to make it through prison.

[shuggymaniac]

Finally!

The continuation of This storyline, and this time it is Buggy’s POV….

Shoutout to @tttooohappy who would listen to me rambling about this AU and helps me built it!

-Buggy never noticed anything wrong at the start. How could he have? Growing up, he was just a baby; he had every want and need handed to him and every desire fulfilled. Especially with his father, the king, roaming around almost every second of his life.

-He wanted to play “horse ride”? The courtroom would be filled with servants and even high-born nobles who were all on their hands and knees, ready for him to ride and command. He wanted to draw on the castle walls? Different art supplies would be prepared for him to use, causing him to create “art” pieces that are still there even now that he is an adult. His favorite food was too hot because he ate it too fast and burned his tongue?.... Well, that’s not Buggy’s fault, it was the chef’s, at least that’s what his father always told him, if he got hurt in any way whether with him falling or cutting himself, it was never his fault, it was the one who was in charge at the moment fault. Buggy would wonder where they were the next day, only to be told, “They didn’t take good care of you, so they had to go”. so he forgot them.

-Then there was his “mother” Buggy did not know she was his mother until he was 3 years old, when a maid addressed her as such. “What’s a mother?” The question shocked the maids, who then looked as if they wanted to cry. They explained to him that the woman who always smiled at him and cared for him was his mother, the woman who birthed him, and the 4th wife of the king. Which was crazy to the toddler because he thought that he only had his father the king for a parent.

-And explaining that forced the wondering young mind to question many things…

“What does 4th wife mean?”

“Why is mother number 4 and not number 1?”

“Mother isn’t the only mother? I have other mothers?!”

“They are not my mothers?”

“Siblings? What is that?”

“I have brothers and sisters? What are those?!”

“The 3 women who join me and my father during meals and always stood on the side with kids following them are my siblings, and just some nobles?”

-It was like a flood was broken, showing everyone that he indeed was the awaited prodigy. His mind hungered for knowledge at such a young age, he hated not knowing things. So the next day he marched into the courtroom towards his father, an act only the heir as the power to do. He glanced to the side where the first wives stood, and behind them were his “Siblings”. Young Buggy then did something no one dared to do: he confronted the king. “Father, why have you never told me I had siblings?”

-It was a simple, innocent question, yet the courtroom fell deadly quiet. Buggy never understood why. His father always told him to ask and never be shy about his questions, no matter what they were, “Why is the sky blue?” “Are we inside the carriage's stomach?” “Why do we hurt bad people?” simple question. The king only laughed, and instead of answering with his usual long lectures that answered his questions, the King only answered, “Because they are not important.”

-Buggy waited for his father to continue, but he didn’t. he glanced over to where his “siblings” and he noticed how the wives looked sad or upset, and his brothers and sisters did not look at him, except for one who despite him wearing glasses Buggy can tell he did not look at him with love and care like everyone else did.

-So, since his father never told him anything, Buggy took it upon himself to research his older siblings. He first tried to ask his mother, but she only repeated his father’s words, “They are not important, you are far more important than them.” And if he whined to try and force her to answer, she would mistake it for wanting food or more toys. It didn’t take long for Buggy to realize that his mother was useless when it came to information, so he turned to the next best person for it. His head-maid.

-He asked the older woman about his older brothers and sisters, he wanted to know everything about them. She hesitated at first, but gave in to his demands and started talking about his siblings from the eldest to the youngest. And Buggy’s eyes would have popped out of his skull from how wide he opened them. He was astonished with his siblings, which encouraged the other servants to chime in and tell him about his brothers and sisters.

-Buggy would have never thought he’d say this not even think it but, his father was wrong, he was SO wrong because his siblings are so important, they were amazing! Leaders, fighters, healers, great magic users all in all. He NEEDED to know them personally!

-In the mornings, it was the routine for everyone to gather in the courtroom, greet the king and wish him a good morning before standing to the side and waiting for the heir to arrive so they may break their fast, which included the royal family. Buggy would march in the courtroom, greet his father before taking his hand and babble about whatever dream he had, during of which no one is allowed to speak, it was one of the King’s favorite things, since his prodigy didn’t dream childish dreams.

-So imagine his and everyone’s shock, which instead of going to the king, Buggy sprinted to where the young princes and princesses were the moment those double doors opened. And with a big smile on his face, he pointed to Marco, “Can you turn into a giant phoenix?” causing the eldest prince to pause, confused. Buggy never stood the hesitation but if he had looked behind him, he would have seen how the magic king’s eyes were watching him and Marco closely.

-Marco only nodded, and Buggy let out a loud squeal of excitement. “I want to see it!” He demanded like a normal child his age would, but he wasn’t just a simple child. Reluctantly Marco turned one of his arms into a giant firey wing. Making Buggy smile before he frowned.

“No! I want to see your full form! Turn into a phoenix!”

“Uh.. it would take too much of my power, and I’m still trying to control it so…”

“Oh…I’m Sorry, I just wanted to see a phoenix.”

-Buggy was a genuine and polite child, at least his servants made sure to teach him to say thank you and sorry, unlike his father who saw no reason for it, so his anger was predicted when he heard his heir saying those words to someone who he deemed “unimportant.”

-That day, breakfast was between the king and Buggy, the rest of the family absent. When asked where they were, the king told Buggy to never ask about them again, and they spent the entire day together. The king showed Buggy the many spells and transformations that he can muster, which he insisted were far greater than “that boy’s” small phoenix. “and some day you will be able to do the same if not greater!”

-Despite his father’s attempt to quench Buggy’s thirst for everything amazing, he still wanted to know about his siblings more. But for some reason, he was not able to. It was like they were avoiding him, which was impossible, why would they avoid him? He was Buggy the heir to the magic kingdom, everyone “loved” him, so why was it hard to have his siblings treat him the same?

First, he decided to stalk observe his siblings from afar, and his servants were very eager to help their young prince connect with his family, or whatever they wanted to call it. He didn’t care if they cried every time, he asked a sibling's name or what their order was; as long as they answered with full details, he was pleased.

-His eldest brother, Marco, is a great magic user focusing on the element of fire. It shone blue, which means it was far hotter than regular red or orange fire. He was a great fighter and well educated, grown men came to him for pieces of advice and opinions, some even challenged him intellectually, but they failed. Buggy was mostly mesmerized by how his eldest brother flew in the air. “I want to fly like that!”. But despite all of that greatness, he always looked sad, like something was bothering him, but why would he be?

-Then came Smoker, he always hung around the soldiers, training with them, and when he wasn’t there, he would go to one of the family's private teachers to practice his ability. Seeing his body disappear into smoke and fly around made Buggy feel jealous. This was the second sibling who could fly, and he still can’t. interrupting his “observation” was Bonnie, who ran into the room demanding something from smoker, who, with a strict face, reached for her. Buggy was terrified; he thought he was going to punish her, but instead Smoker lifted the little girl in the air and started playing with her. This made the young prince’s stomach twist, he was jealous….but of a different kind.

-Next was his eldest sister, Vivi. He wasn’t sure what she did. She seemed as if she came out of a fairytale, at least that’s what his servants said as they “observed” with him. They spoke of her kind nature, beauty, intelligence, and care for others. How she made a sanctuary for endangered animals, which made the young prince desire some animals as pets. But it was the only thing that interested him about her; everything else sounded so boring to him. Until the eldest maid confessed that when she was a teenager, she was a rebel, she defied everything and everyone and sneaked away at night to do who knows what, it wasn’t until a while before Buggy was born that she changed her way. And that upset Buggy because her teenage self sounded so awesome, he wanted to know more!!

-“Observing” the twins was not an easy task, during one of them at least. Doflaminco seemed to like to slouch around and be alone, making him think that he was just lazy. However, his servants were quick to correct him, explaining to him how he has a terrifying ability, unlike his older siblings who mastered the elements Doflaminco used…Strings. Buggy would have laughed right then and there if he weren’t aware of what they meant. His father, the king, did give him a rundown of the many magic abilities he must master when he gets older and strings were no joke and for someone of his brother’s personality to have this ability told him enough as he told everyone to leave immediately.

-As if hitting 2 birds with one stone, Buggy found not only Rocinante but also his next target after him, Law. And seeing the interact made Buggy think that Law was looking down on their older brother, and he couldn’t blame him, Roci couldn’t take 2 steps without tripping on invisible air. But the longer he “observed” them the bigger that familiar ugly feeling grew in him. The same feeling he had when he saw Smoker and Bonny, because even though Rocinante did most of the talking, while Law buried his face in a book, they still spoke normally and even when they fought it was… playful and had no malice behind it. Buggy didn’t stay long while watching the two , he didn’t even want to know what Law did… he just didn’t want to feel like that anymore so he stayed away….

-Foxy was… not as impressive to “observe”. He first saw him being followed by a group of whom Buggy thought were his servants, but it was actually his “Friends”, which the young prince asked the servants what it was. Those friends praised Foxy and admired him greatly, but what made Buggy think little of him was the fact that Foxy was a gabbling addict. He doesn’t gamble only money but also his own “friends”, promising the winner to take them if they win against him. But Thanks to his ability to slow down time and being able to deliver multiple attacks in one second allowed him to win all those bets. But Buggy was still unimpressed, because he knew that his brother could do so much more than that with his power, but from how he is using it, he is too reckless, which makes it a possibility for to lose against someone who’d catch on to his tricks and win against him.

-Pudding was peculiar to Buggy. Like their sister Vivi, she smiled and acted kind to those around her, but Buggy felt something was off with her. that she was hiding something. And wasn’t the third eye, his eldest maid, told him about it and the reason of why she is keeping it hidden. Buggy thought it was stupid, why hide herself, she was a princess, if someone upset her she should just send them away, at least that’s what his father always told him to do. He then saw a sceen where a servants accidentally saw her third eye, and Buggy witnessed how she used her powers to erase the memory from the servants mind, the young prince would have been impressed if he wasn’t terrified. Did she use that ability on him? How many things did she get away with while using that? Buggy put it on the lift of “priority spells” that he must master later on.

-Bentham was a turning point for Buggy. Yes, he looked weird. Yes, he acted funny. But he was so…so…SO FLASHY!! This brother wasn’t afraid to show what he liked; he dressed as he wanted, and he wore makeup to express himself. Buggy always thought that makeup could only be worn by women and in a specific way. Can boys also wear makeup? Can he wear makeup? Can he put crazy makeup, too? He looked down at his royal clothes and thought of how boring he looked; he only wore what his father ordered the servants to give him. Buggy always wanted to wear stripes, dots, maybe feathers, and furs. And each of them would burst with colors. Then Buggy remembered Smoker with Bonny and Rocinante with Law. He imagined him and Bentham living the same moments. This made the ugly feeling that Buggy recognized as Jealousy blossom into hope of a close connection with an older brother.

-Buggy didn’t take long with Perona. Because she TERRFIED him!! The ghosts floating around her and the way she floats around like one of them, it scared the young prince and what made him bolt out of wherever he was hiding is when one of the ghosts accidentally passed through one of his servants which made the poor man fall to the ground whiling mumbling “I’m sorry to be born”. Nope, Nope, Nope, he won’t be next, Nope, Nope, Nope, Nope, Nope!!

-Trying to “observe” Bonny was difficult. She was always surrounded by a family member, and Buggy was still nervous to reach out and interact with them. But, sometimes his eyes would meet hers, and when she waved and smiled towards him, it made Buggy blush with small excitement before waving back at her. He would look forward to their “meetings”. But when it stopped, he asked his servants, since his father doesn’t seem to care for his other siblings for some reason. And they told him how Princess Bonney fell ill with an illness that gave her “blue scales”. Driven by the need to help her, Buggy took advantage of his full access to his father’s personal library and searched for any illness that caused the same symptoms. His father praised him when he saw the small prince surrounded by columns of books. {Looking back, Buggy wonders if he would still praise him if he knew that he was not studying but looking for a cure for his big sister.}

-Buggy would create a potion that would enhance his healing abilities, but only for a few moments, so he needs to make it count. Making sure his path was clear, and with the help of his loyal servants distracting the guards. Buggy made his way inside Bonney’s room and took the potion before trying to heal her. Now, when Buggy saw her “Blue scales,” he thought they were beautiful like gems. So, as he was healing Bonney, his magic caused the scales not to disappear but to turn into what the prince thought of them the first time he saw them, which were sapphire gems.

-Looking down at his first hard work, Buggy was proud of himself. Bonney’s breathing was normal, her fever was gone, and Buggy found himself falling unconscious to the ground. When he woke again, he found himself in his room surrounded by many healers, who had terrified and worried faces that morphed into great joy when they noticed he was awake. The first thing he asked was if Bonney was ok. And only his servants answered him telling him that she healed fully.

-When the king came to visit his son, he showed great worry for him, as he gently repremended him for doing something so reckless.

“I understand you wanted to test your healing abilities so soon, but it was too risky to test it so soon and on such a great illness.”

“I wasn’t testing, Father. I wanted to help Bonney. You see, I found this potion that enhances my power, and I thought it would help since I already know how to heal small wounds, I just needed to-”

“Buggy.” The sound was cold and dangerous, the young prince heard it many times, but never towards him. Had his father’s red eyes always looked that terrifying? “I understand you are young and learning, but I never EVER want to see you interact or do any favors for any of those spares unless you will get something useful in return or hold it against them, understood?”

-Buggy would simply nod before his father’s demeanor then returned to his previous self as he smiled and ruffled his blue hair.

-Looking back at it, Buggy wished he had listened to his father, not to have gone behind his back to still and try to reach let alone hope to have a happy relationship with his siblings. Not to have thought that his mother would keep his secrets like their mothers did. If he did, maybe he would have stayed ignorant of how things were truly were in this castle, what he was to his father, what was expected of him to be, and how everyone saw him.

-Maybe if all of that had happened, he wouldn’t have been so miserable now. But at least there is an annoying red-headed sun that seems to brighten his days.

((I think I’ll write “the incident” in a separate post since this one got too long!))

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One piece Uta cosplay in Benin 🇧🇯

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Monkey King 2009 Episode 7

Huh. Is it just me or did they do something different with the animation this episode? More detailed faces? Additional expressions, maybe? The transitions aren't as smooth, but there seems to be...more there, somehow.

Anyway, in making up for the last two episodes I guess, this one is just fun. Ginseng Fruit is an absolute character. I'm not sure I like them, exactly, but then, neither is Stone Monkey, so there we go lol.

The monkeys being perfectly okay with random little guys clambering over them is one of my favorite things. They're immune to this sort of thing. Or like...mostly. We had a bit of a sample size this episode.

Marshal Ma: Immediately starts stress-scratching but makes zero effort to actually remove this weird little creature from his person. Marshal Liu has to rescue him.

Marshal Liu: Perfectly at ease with this weird little not-monkey hanging off of him. Cool as a cucumber. An absolute pro. A Dad, even.

Stone Monkey: GET IT OFF

(Stone Monkey succumbed to the inevitable and let Ginseng Fruit clamber over him and go on rides as they please eventually, but also they WILL get slung into the stratosphere if they can't hang on and Stone Monkey doesn't see how that is any of their concern. Train that grip or die, little buddy.)

They were trying to endear the four generals to us in the beginning of the episode too, I just know it, but I am holding strong. They need to properly apologize at this point before they get ANY slack. That said, them actually trying to do their jobs (to varying degrees of success) and actively looking out for their exhausted troop, was pretty all right. Sure, the fact that they can't manage to figure out how to man sustainable defenses without running their forces into the ground before any battle or siege even has a chance to start isn't good, but we already know they aren't great at their jobs and that's probably meant to be the point. Maybe a nod to how frequently Flower Fruit Mountain got into deep shit without Monkey King in the actual book.

And, okay, if the Demon King had actually been testing their defenses during this time, I'd cut them some slack, but we know he wasn't. He was busy fumigating his house and losing to fruit babies. He has a life outside of you!

Also, General Ba not even pretending to be doing anything besides shit-stirring was kind of funny.

Them not immediately letting on that they know exactly who Stone Monkey is was...probably cool of them, though? Not throwing the kid under the bus of this total stranger. Or they were just messing with Ginseng Fruit because they could. They're monkeys, Ginseng Fruit is Dramatic; maybe it was just too tempting to resist the mischief. Or they just wanted to pretend Stone Monkey didn't exist for awhile! The possibilities are endless.

Stone Monkey gets woken up from a nap and immediately chooses violence against random infants. (He is going to regret that.)

Hilarious how, so long as they were arguing and Ginseng Fruit was insulting him, Stone Monkey was perfectly happy to hang around, but as SOON as they start loudly praising him to the heavens, he panics and runs for the hills. Relatable. Little does he know, no one will ever reach Ginseng Fruit escape velocity. You are friends now, Stone Monkey. The choice was never yours. Face loss with dignity. (He does not. I haven't really felt the need to share screenshots in awhile, but this whole episode has me wanting to, because Stone Monkey's faces while Ginseng Fruit ran him down were great. Boy was struggling.)

But also, wow, he really does like his friends a little mean, doesn't he? Stone Monkey has a type, and Ginseng Fruit is not it. Good thing Ginseng Fruit has decided this isn't their problem.

Speaking of, I was gonna make a comment about Six Ears being inexplicably missing again for an entire half an episode, but turns out Stone Monkey was going to visit Jade Rabbit this whole time, so, you know. I guess that's their go-to excuse now for when they need a reason Six Ears and Stone Monkey aren't attached at the hip? Last time they just had to do it and hope no one noticed. (We noticed.)

Also I'm sure Six Ears being left totally alone while the Demon King and Company were screaming about flattening Flower Fruit Mountain in the beginning of the episode isn't going to lead to any unfortunate circumstances.

AWWW. Jade Rabbit protected Stone Monkey! She's got him tucked behind her when she goes after Ginseng Fruit, and even more notably, Stone Monkey stays there. I'm pretty sure Ginseng Fruit traumatized him. The Demon King wishes he had what Ginseng Fruit has. Literally. (Also also...so Stone Monkey SEES the crater left from where she went after Ginseng Fruit and even makes a 'wow I almost witnessed a murder. wow I might STILL witness a murder' face while Ginseng Fruit is held at wand-point but...says nothing to vouch for this kid. Leaves them to fend for themself entirely. Cold, Stone Monkey.) (He will also come to regret that.)

Jade Rabbit's really a, uh, 'kill them all, let Someone sort it out, maybe' kind of a girl, huh? Shoot first, ask questions never. She is out for BLOOD. That rock VAPORIZED. That's a nice little warm-up for what she wants to do to another, somewhat monkier shaped rock. She really went from ':)' to 'MURDER' in .2 seconds flat, and that is not an exaggeration.

And, look, she's going for Stone Monkey's entire, literal life almost immediately after this, but backing up I have to say that Stone Monkey's embarrassed/apologetic smile and Jade Rabbit's answering embarrassed smile while Ginseng Fruit did their thing was so cute. They're cute.

And then Jade Rabbit's slow death glare over her shoulder.

[insert boss music]

Run.

(Stone Monkey's blank Default Smile Face when he dodges Jade Rabbit's first murder attempt is also extremely funny. He is having a day today.) (This episode is so funny.)

And don't let me forget to mention!

Appreciation for the fact that, even while running for his life and still actively being pursued by divine vengeance, Stone Monkey is 100% ready to switch gears over to Gotta Rescue Six Ears mode on a dime.

But also: What are the chances?

Just glances casually to the left while sprinting away from a Murder Rabbit shooting death beams and, oh, hey, there's Six Ears getting MOBBED just down that hill! What a coincidence!

Like, not only do we find Six Ears surrounded by enemy soldiers like they're iron shavings and he's the magnet in a kid's science demonstration, but they somehow managed to find him in the MIDDLE of a RANDOM PART OF THE MOUNTAIN, presumably NOWHERE NEAR the main body of the troop considering how close they are to the Forbidden Forest, with Six Ears probably not having been doing anything but minding his own business and taking a nap away from the noise or whatever else it is he does when off by himself, like, not only this, but also Stone Monkey manages to run right into them.

Quick, what do you think is more powerful? Six Ears's 'Designated Damsel' danger magnet aura or Stone Monkey's inexplicable ability to cut a straight line toward him at any given moment of duress?

Jokes aside, Six Ears was holding his own pretty well, though! Stone Monkey's coming in like an irate comet in a few seconds, so he'll definitely be fine unless the Demon King manages to grab him as a shield and run first, but Six Ears managed to hold out against most of them by himself! Pretty sure he killed a dude, too? Ehhh I'm sure it's fine. He's doing a good job! He shouldn't beat himself up too much for needing help! (He's definitely going to beat himself up too much.)

...Oh, hey! It occurs to me that Jade Rabbit and Six Ears are almost in sight of each other.

!!!

Let them be friends.

Or the pettiest of mortal enemies. I feel like that could work too, but also that those are probably the only two options.