#muse;; portgas d. ace

[myristicisms]

What happened..?

There's nothing but darkness, heaviness in once feather light limbs, his eyelids refuse to work with him and his throat feels dry. There's a pulsating in his chest, hot and terrible and angry; ( I'm dead, aren't I? That's right... ) But a dead man wouldn't feel such severe agony, would he? When you die, that's it, or that's what he's always thought anyways. He can hear shuffling beside him, the quiet hum of machines nearby invading his senses alongside a distinctly sterile scent and Ace realizes perhaps he's not dead.

Why?

He felt the tranquility of death's clutches brush over his body, the gentle cold touch something of a comfort to his overwhelmingly hot body and at the time the heat hadn't been from his own flames; magma had left his nerves singing a loud dirge that even now he could still feel. Wake up. Wake. Up. Danger, that's all he could think to be in because who would bother to save him? Why waste valuable resources? Valuable time? ( Pops... Luffy... ) Are they okay? Whitebeard didn't look too good but the man could handle anything, he had to.

It doesn't matter, nothing matters anymore aside from opening his eyes and seeing where the hell he is. Something that proves harder than expected, they feel dry and his eyelids are lead heavy but slowly they raise and almost methodically he blinks, trying to get the dryness to go away. It doesn't.

Neither does the searing agony in his chest.

Amber eyes slowly shift about, taking in his surroundings of the unfamiliar room he's in, momentarily he's half tempted to go back to sleep in hopes of fighting the exhaustion heavy upon his bones but the dread mixing with the agony in his body keeps Ace wide awake, or as wide awake as a sluggish pirate could be anyways. Shallow breaths are all he can take, and even then the very movement of his lungs slowly expanding ache something fierce but then... How are his lungs in tact enough to be able to do that?

Slowly, fingers manage to find their way to his sternum, the tips brushing against wrappings covering his diaphragm and he feels his heart beating beneath his palm. It feels wrong, his body feels wrong. Agony aside, Ace knew his organs had been severely damaged, portions completely destroyed from the heat of that bastard Akainu's magma and yet they're in his body fully in tact, perfectly working with one another to barely keep him alive even with the aid of all the machinery hooked to his body.

Even despite that, all fire fist could worry about was his kid brother. Whitebeard probably had everything under wraps, he had to, pops was the strongest pirate alive, a king among men but Luffy was being targeted...

Soft rumbling thrums through his throat, unfamiliar- no, not unfamiliar just not used to anymore, a feeling to his long since useless vocal chords. It's raspy, painful with the way air pushes past the muscles of his larynx to make the sound and his lips, dry and split painfully move into shape: Weak as he is, one word tumbles from the pirate's dried tongue while his eyes stay skybound, staring at the ceiling blankly.

“ Luffy..? ”

lil starter for @sleeplesswork | Law :)

[viridescenttemple]

THINK I SETTLED ON HOW I WANNA DRAW YAMATO

bonus hole'd hat

[i-am-minty-fresh]

I think as a fandom we have not formally discussed the potential reality of Live Action Ace being a greasy cowboy.

I want him to have the thickest drawl in the game. I want him to be nearly impossible to understand.

I need him in cowboy boots, a big ass buckle, and an adorable gap between his teeth.

I need him with crazy ass southern sayings.

I need him tilting his stupid hat down when he meets back up like Luffy all like, “well lookee here? If it ain’t the barrel a’ monkeys callin’ themselves king! Howya been, Luff?”

Please I’m begging.

[hojusan]

just a bunch of yamatos (and an ace)!!

[quinloki]

Hey.

Look.

They’re gonna release the actor for Ace for the live action soon*.

Do me a favor -

Don’t be mean.

Casting has been amazing! The costumes, the sets the actors the work the dedication the LOVE FOR OUR BELOVED MANGA - Has been amazing.

Netflix is crap, but these people are doing a phenomenal job within the lines that corporation is giving them.

It’s been above and beyond.

He’s gonna be too pretty for some of you. He’s gonna be too skrunckly for some of you. He’s not gonna have the right smile, or body or SOMETHING.

It’s impossible to match a real life human to a 2D character.

So please. Don’t be mean. For God’s sake don’t start calling him like “future donut” or some shit as a way to say you don’t like the choice.

If you’re not happy about whoever they cast - just… don’t say anything for a bit. Maybe like a year or something.

Edited to add: *maybe not for s2 - as I’m hearing - but still, my concern might be way preemptive, but it stands.

[ssunnydays]

she fire my fist till i portgas on her ace.. just a quick little doodle from a bigger piece im working on teehee

[hopefulstarfire]

I've only just found that people are shipping Garp and Zeff in opla (what's stopping yall from doing it for regular op at this point might as well I'm game I like this)

But it raises a point in my head. Sanji is Zeffs son. For all intents and purposes, he adopted that boy and raised him.

If Zeff and Garp got together / got married, Dragon and Sanji would be step brothers. Luffy, as well as Ace and possibly Sabo, would then be Sanji's step nephews.

You wanna talk about the weirdest family dinners? This is it.

[002yb]

@crezz-star

It’s disconcerting for Zoro to see his captain falter when confronted by their new crew mate. There’s no imminent threat that Jean poses, but Zoro recognizes the man's presence on their ship brings Luffy no small amount of distress. Jean is a challenge Luffy doesn't know how to confront or overcome. The emotional turmoil that follows in Jean's wake is a damning thing and Luffy struggles in an uncharacteristic way that Zoro won't ignore.

“Tell me and I’ll send him off.” Because Luffy is his captain and Zoro is his first mate. Because if Luffy asked anything of him, Zoro would follow through. He might not be able to soothe the nightmares that torment Luffy, but Zoro can banish the ghost that haunts him.

Jean’s resemblance to Ace is uncanny. Zoro is no stranger to being confronted by an unwanted doppelganger of a love lost - to be terrorized by guilt and regret personified. He has no doubt Luffy will adapt despite the discomfort, same as Zoro, but Zoro knows from experience the heartache will stay. A persistent thing even in its dullness.

Jean is his own man, but the ghost he carries with him in body and voice and fiery soul is someone else entirely. Luffy is blindsided by Jean because of it and it makes Zoro wince at how lost Luffy looks, how stricken - like he's floundering in open water, dragged down by a devil's fruit and regret he can't shake.

Sometimes Zoro wonders if his captain sees the artist at all or if all that graphite bleeds red like blood and fire. He wonders if Luffy relents to the man’s continued presence on their ship because Luffy genuinely wants Jean there or if it’s because Luffy can’t fathom turning his back even on Ace’s visage. Is it desire for crew or for his brother?

It’s been a rough adjustment since Jean stowed away to pay his respects and dues. The man is all gratitude and admiration and maybe that, too, is similar to Ace. Not in expression, but perhaps in intensity. There’s a lot that Luffy doesn’t say about his brother, but there are some sleepless nights where Luffy will choke out truths in the dark, his voice muffled by arms strewn across his face or by the breadth of Zoro’s shoulder.

‘He always called me ‘crybaby’.’ Luffy would say around breathy laughter, and Zoro would soothe him in the only way he knows how — with dry banter. A quipped, ‘You probably were,’ that’s followed by titters and a nostalgic, ‘I was. He hated it.’ And Zoro understands that in a way Luffy might not; in the way Ace did.

‘He told me he wouldn’t die.’ Luffy said just once, so quiet Zoro almost missed it. But he could feel the ghost of Luffy’s lips and the grief in how he butted his head to Zoro’s jaw, ‘I made him promise because I didn’t know what he’d do.’ And Zoro didn't know what to say; had no means of reconciling that sorrow to the memories he has, to the wild stories Luffy has shared or the tender sentiments Zoro has noticed, himself. 'He told me he'd stay if I needed him. He swore it.'

His captain and he have fought and bled for each other. They’ve gone on a lifetime of adventures together; they share their dreams, their triumphs and failures and burdens. Zoro knows Luffy, but those shared intimacies in the dark give Zoro a clarity he’d lacked.

Luffy's capacity for compassion is a terrifying thing. His empathy towards those who are hurting is just as great. Zoro is no stranger to the hope Luffy can breathe into punctured lungs, the strength he inspires with his steadfast faith and resolve. Zoro assumed it was one of Luffy's innate qualities. It's in hindsight that he realizes Luffy's compassion was learned: a crybaby pleading for his brother to stay with him, to fight and love and live and dream.

Ace is the first person Luffy ever saved; Jean is the latest and all his regard and respect is like salt rubbed in an open wound. 'Thank you for loving saving me,' only Luffy didn't - he has the blood on his hands and a scarred heart to prove it. Jean is a ghost sent to haunt him and it's painful because Jean is kind in a way Luffy isn't ready to accept.

But Luffy is willful. If he didn't want Jean, then he wouldn't be with them.

When Zoro thinks about it, he knows why Luffy chooses to keep the artist around. Jean fits with the crew, all dreams and ambition and steadfast will. Jean is finding his footing after the world left him scarred; persisting despite past hurts and finding purpose and joy in a liberated world with open skies and seas. He is the shadow of Luffy’s brother that Luffy never stopped wanting needing.

It's complicated. Grief is like that.

“He’s crew.” Luffy tells him. It’s the end of their discussion on the matter. Zoro doesn’t need anything more; he trusts his captain’s word. Luffy will work through his grievances.

One day Luffy will stop jerking his head to the side when he catches Jean in his peripheral, mistaking him for Ace and one day the disappointment at his mistake won’t be such a heartrending thing. There will come a time when the depth of Jean’s voice and the sound of his laughter stops being an echo of someone else, when graphite smudges stop looking like blood stains.

Jean might be persistent in that same way Luffy was with Ace. It’s not anything Luffy comments on or complains about, though Zoro notices how contemplative it leaves their captain. He doesn't doubt that perseverance will win Luffy over. History repeats itself in strange ways.

That aside, Luffy is a simple man at heart. Zoro sees it before it happens. He can't help the smirk that pulls at his lips because of it.

Zoro stands at Luffy's side overlooking the seas when a row of graphite beetles come marching along the railing, tiny feet leaving scuttled marks of graphite across the wood as they approach their captain. The way Luffy's eyes light up with merriment as drawings brought to life crawl across his fingers and up his arms is a wonderful thing no matter how seemingly commonplace. Laughter bubbles up from Luffy's chest alongside his awe and wonder and delight.

Zoro catches Jean sitting further down the deck, smile bright and maybe the slightest bit sheepish, misinterpreting the first mate’s stare for scrutiny. Jean makes another creature with that logia devil fruit of his and sends it across the railing. Zoro stares after it for some time, bemused until he realizes it’s a damn marimo (undoubtedly courtesy of the damn cook spreading falsehoods about Zoro's likes and interests), at which point Zoro scowls something fierce and Jean balks.

Everything is made right by Luffy’s renewed laughter though, by the width of his smile and the mirth in his eyes. His joy is contagious just like so much else about him. It doesn’t stop Zoro from smacking the pseudo-marimo out of Luffy’s hand and out to sea when his captain tries to torment him with it though — graphite pressed to Zoro’s cheek once, twice and leaving smudges across Zoro's skin all the while—

Both Luffy and Jean gape when the marimo goes flying, Luffy’s arm stretching out after it a moment later. That Luffy catches it at all is impressive; the guilt Zoro feels when Luffy opens his hand to a circular smudge from crushing the thing is somehow even greater.

Jean fits in with their crew well though. The graphite beetles congregate on Luffy’s hand, molding together into an even larger marimo and Zoro grunts despondently as his captain and their artist cackle at his expense. Some part of Luffy's smile might always be strained when he looks after Jean, but Jean shares Luffy's empathy and compassion. It shows in his patience, the persistent and tentative way he stays just within reach.

☆.。.:・°☆.。.:・°☆.。.:・°☆.。.:・°☆

crezz-star's Jean: the artist, the muse, the sweetheart.

[writesailingdreams]

thinking how Ace constantly popping up in flashbacks is exactly what Hiriluk was talking about; you don't die until you're forgotten

[spaztastic-headcannons]

LAWYER UP

Ok! Side tangent to the how can they prove it thoughts!!

LAWYERS

Like it's shitty that there isn't due process for a trial (as corrupted as it would be) and that gives the Marines and Sengoku himself complete power as judge, jury, and executioner (literally). But what if there was???

Like a lawyer who had the absolute balls to call them on their bullshit and demand a fair and public trial for the crimes of Portgas D. Ace and to justify the public stunt they are trying to pull with his execution. To demand accountability!

I think they'd probably end up with their own bounty at the end of up but they'd have so much to work with!!

[Note I am not a lawyer! But I have a lot of questions to bring up reasonable doubt!]

This is going to also get a bit long so read more below!

So to start they don't bring up the Gol D. Roger part yet because confidential, yeah. But they why go through such a stunt for a pirate that is a commander of a yonko, but who has a significantly smaller reputation than some of the people currently locked up in Impel Down? You would lock up Shiki the Golden Lion instead of execution but you want to execute this kid? Powerhouse or not, that seems kinda skewed?? And Biased??

Oh it's to set up a war with Whitebeard, that you have no guarantee you'd win and would possibly waste resources and lives of good Marines that serve for the justice and protection of the people...

then get into why he became a pirate. He was a ward of Garp the Hero, right? So in theory Ace should have had full access to all the rights and privileges of being Garp's ward/grandson, including education and proper care. However, as far as our information can gather and that Ace could provide himself, he was raised by bandits! Criminals! So had Garp set him up for failure? there seems to be a pattern with Garp and children in his care: Dragon, leader of the revolution, Ace, second commander of Whitebeard, and this newest pirate, Luffy, already making a name for himself and defying the world government as he goes! Isn't there even a hint of responsibility that Garp should take for Ace being the way he is and for leniency and the chance at rehabilitation? (which obviously isn't what Ace would want or do but it'd get him out of the death penalty!)

And what are Ace's primary crimes? Piracy yes but he didn't really pillage, murder indiscriminately or civilians, rape, or cause revolutions! His greatest crimes are dine and dashing (which his bills for that are astronomical but not death worthy), fighting Marines (though more marines make it out of his sort of attacks than not unless they attack him or his crew first so self defense), and obviously raising a jolly roger.

No imagine that these are bringing up things that obviously the marines don't want aired and to shift public opinion. (Garp has been notably silent after a rather nasty look from Sengoku after the whole raising criminals point...) So they bring out their trump card...

Ace is the true son of Gol D. Roger!

....

Ok, prove it.

Is there any genetic testing to link Ace as a relative of Roger? If they can make clones and robots, they should be able to do some genetic testing to see relations between people right? But where is Roger's body to get a sample from? And how can we ensure that the samples aren't messed with to ensure Ace as a scapegoat?

Then you [the marines] state that his mother held onto him for 20 months but that sounds preposterous! How can you prove that's true and where did you get this information? Is the information source reliable? Has anyone been able to replicate those results? And hypothetically, if this were true, why would a mother be so desperate to save her child to take such measures? is it because she saw the slaughter of children and infants and pregnant mothers on her island just for the Marines to prove a point? To ensure that an innocent child, free of sin with the only crime is to exist, is annihilated? The Marines have already proven how terrified they can be of actual children (Nico Robin's long list of bounty posters starting as a young girl are a great example). [totally separate rant on how pathetic a whole system is afraid of literal children and infants as to headhunt and murder entire generations, because of what they could know or represent. How all that they are could crumble the entire castle of sand.]

anywho I'm sure there's more but that's all I can think up right now from my late night musings. I think a good lawyer could argue at least a lesser sentence for Ace, prove reasonable doubt on the certainty he's Roger's kid (at least to the government and populace), and in general cause mayhem! If the system allows it, and allows it to be public, as well as not be entirely corrupt.

I'd love to see someone with actual law experience write something about this!

[myristicisms]

@ ace. from anon.

“ haha hey there ” <- stupid idiot moron I fear.

[mamamittens]

Soft thoughts to apologize for not writing for my event today (the last official day)

NVM these are sad thoughts my bad 😬

I wonder if there's someone that met Ace and knew his parents well, both of them. And didn't realize he was their son until his execution. Frozen in disbelief thinking that Ace looked nothing like Roger and too much like his mother (I like to think he had her smile, not the toothy, kick your ass smile, but the soft, deliriously happy smile where his heart was fit to burst. That one was all Rouge). Does he mourn like his father or is the quiet self destruction all his mother? Heart too big for his chest, did he feel relief when he was finally free of it?

I wonder what dream Dadan gave up on if the idea that you age poorly if you give up on your dreams in OP is true. She was beautiful as a young woman. What aspirations did she have that faltered into the bandit life we know she has now? And based on how we saw her, it's interesting that she didn't get any 'worse' after taking Ace in given her vocal displeasure.

Does Ussop get nervous when one of the other crew members gets sick? Does he think of his mother? How much does he remember of her passing, or does he just remember desperately telling tall tales in the hopes that his dad would come back? Does he ever tell a lie and desperately hope for once it's the truth?

Does Luffy have a hard time watching bonfires? The bigger they are, the worse he handles it. Does he think of Ace on his knees finally understanding how loved he is, or does he think of Sabo screaming in the flames? Does he smell garbage burning or just flesh? A little sail boat where it doesn't belong or beads pinging across cobblestone.

Does Teach miss the noise? Does he miss being surrounded by 'family'? Or does he not even register the chill where safety used to rest? Does he value in hindsight how fondly he was regarded by so many? Do you think he hears wet gasps when passing a kitchen?

Does Doflamingo blame himself for how his brother turned out? Does he understand why Corazon betrayed him? Is there ever a time where he wishes someone understood the horrors of his childhood? How does he feel when he sees someone else wearing black feathers? Is it longing or rage?

Does Law think of home when he smells antiseptic, or sickness and fire? Does he crave dishes with a tang of amber lead despite knowing the cost? When he goes to a new island, how closely does he inspect the well? Does he respect other doctors or hold them in contempt for his homeland? Does he even remember their faces well enough to see their pieces in the mirror? Or is his face entirely foreign to his memories?

Does Sabo feel more at home undercover in a mansion or sneaking in trash heaps? Or does he always crave the wild undergrowth of the forest, imagining tree houses tucked out of sight. Does he feel strangely disappointed paying for his meals or running away from the tab alone? Did he feel bereft when he turned 17, like he was missing something or broke a promise?

[musedbyalli]

Ace Open Starter

"I don't see why so many pirates idolize that man." That man being Gol D Rogers, the Pirate King - a rather touchy topic for Ace. "He sounded selfish from what I've heard of him."

[cosmicxblossoms]

X @onepiecc

When his gaze had been forced to look up towards the woman in front of him and heard her words he was able to recognize quickly what was happening. What his fate was going to be, to be given as a slave to a celestial dragon. Honestly he didn't know which would've been worse, execution or this.

What was he supposed to do, what could he do? He had already endured being tortured and the sea prism cuffs were draining his power so he didn't know how much of a fight he could put up. Nor did he know what awaited him even if he did manage to overcome all of that somehow. "As you wish. Once we have cleaned up your gift would you prefer us to have a collar on him and have him branded or would you prefer him to remain untouched?" That was the question he heard a marine asking, noticing the grins of their faces as they appeared all too eager to get rid of him and sell him off to his new fate.

[quinloki]

Good lord someone being strong enough to hold you up while they eat you out... goddd. Idk why but this had me thinking of a scenario where you confess that none of your previous partners have ever managed to get you off. And he cannot stand for that grievous offense, obviously

xD

There's a lot of OP boys who I think are able to lift you up (usually propping you against a wall) and eat you out for plenty long enough.

Ace, Sabo, Kid, Killer, Marco, Shanks, Doflamingo, Kaku, and Bellamy come to mind off the top of my head. Bartolomeo too.

Sanji, Zoro, Mihawk, Sir Crocodile, Smoker, Beckman, Heat, Wire, Law, Penguin and Shachi could do it as well, but I feel like you'd have to ask them. They would be for it, they just wouldn't think to do it on their own.

Rayleigh could, but he assures you there are much better ways for him to pull you apart - and considering how he's made you pop off before without even touching you, you're disinclined to argue.

And there's others who would do it if you asked, but they might not be all gungho about it (Koby would be adorable, honestly. So worried about dropping you he struggles to actually focus. He's got you held against the wall for near an hour, but he's just doing these nervous little licks and it's so cute you put up with it xD )

[horrorexpo]

PORTGAS D. ACE

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