#next one is probably gonna be most desirable devil fruit

[onepiece-polls]

Idea for a tournament somewhere in the future: best fight

Yes, it was already on my list, but good to know you think it's a good idea too!

[doctorgerth]

Hihi!! I had this NSFW idea sitting around & I doubt I’ll ever write it so I’d love to see where you take it! Eustass Kid has a piece of smooth metal he’s made to fit perfectly inside his Fem!S/O so perfectly that when he’s using his DF abilities he can hit every sweet spot and essentially fuck you senseless, what if one day he decides to have a bit of fun with it inside his S/O during an alliance meeting? ((I apologize I am a heathen 😳))

Very interesting concept, I had a lot of fun exploring it 👀👀 I hope this is kind of what you had in mind? Thanks for this awesome request, Minx! Hope you’re doing well and that you enjoy this 💕 (also, big thanks to @thenotsofantasticlifestory for beta reading for me, you da best!)

description: Attending alliance meetings is pretty boring. Thankfully, Kid knows just how to make them a little more exciting. 

warnings: 18+ content / explicit sexual content / dom!Kid / slight degradation / sex toy / public play / female reader

Keep it In (Eustass Kid)

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“Mmm, Kid-”

A loud banging on the door interrupted the moment, making the two of you pause. Kid groaned in exaggerated exasperation and dropped his head into the crook of your neck, refusing to budge as if simply ignoring the intruder would make the knocking stop. 

It was your third attempt at using the new sex toy Kid had created to add a little spice to your sexy times, and though it was well evident by now that it clearly performed its job well, Kid claimed it was still in the testing stages. You didn’t mind of course, as you were always left more than satisfied when you served as Kid’s test subject. 

“Important meeting, Kid. We gotta go.” Killer’s voice called out, followed by more incessant knocking. The both of you knew you wouldn’t be able to finish before Killer would relent. 

“That’s okay babe, we can finish la-”

“Keep it in.” He ordered abruptly as he rose off of you to dress himself.

“Uh, what?” 

“You heard me.” He smirked as he tossed your clothes in your direction, “Keep it in and come join me for this meeting. I’m sure as hell not leaving you here to take care of yourself without me.” 

“Kid, this is an alliance meeting...”

“Exactly, I need some form of entertainment. Besides, I wanna test the noise level.”

Such bullshit and you knew it. You could read it all over his face.

“Be a good girl for me and I’ll take care of you once the stupid meeting is over.”

And that’s how you found yourself in this current situation: enduring a tedious alliance meeting next to your lover, who was currently, and unbeknownst to everyone else, teasing you maliciously with that cursed sex toy and his devil fruit abilities. He had started off easy, which was quite surprising as Kid almost never went easy on you, but it seemed he wanted to take his time in toying with you. Which only made you sweat with worry, wondering just how long the meeting would last.

Besides fidgeting in your seat awkwardly, you had managed to hold yourself together for the first five minutes. The small vibrations were actually quite pleasant as the vibrator thrummed gently within you. It didn’t take too much longer for Kid to grow bored with this pace, however, as he decided to amp up the settings by using the slightest movements of his metallic fingers in order to increase the intensity every time he nearly fell asleep due to Basil Hawkins’ monotonous voice. Killer knew well that Kid was hardly paying attention, only piping in when something interested him, so of course he took the reins for the sake of the meeting. It was probably best as Kid was not very civil when it came to alliance meetings, and he seemed quite occupied with other thoughts as he fiddled with his fingers.

Another flick of his metallic digits and suddenly the toy was steadily vibrating inside you. It was still a rather low setting, but it was enough to make your body jerk at the sudden change of pace. Kid eyed you with utter mischief in his eyes, a smile so wicked you nearly wanted to reach over and smack him. Your hands were clasped tightly together at your lap, and you bit your lip to suppress any whimpers that dared to escape as the toy continuously vibrated against all the right spots. You had to give him credit, it really did fit perfectly inside of you. 

“(Name), are you alright?” Killer’s head turned in your direction, and suddenly everyone’s eyes were on you. This only made the knot in your stomach tighten, thus making you all the more sensitive to the toy’s vibrations. You gnawed on your lip and nodded vigorously, “Just fine.” 

Killer’s head turned towards Kid and you could read Killer well enough to know that he was peering at his captain in an accusatory manner; the latter only shrugging nonchalantly, as if he didn’t have a damn clue. Oh, you’d make sure to torment him when you got the ch-

As he twitched his fingers yet again, your hands flew to the table, catching everyone’s attention once more. You coughed awkwardly to attempt to cover up your moans and thankfully they talked over you and continued on. You shot daggers at Kid who only winked at you in response. He leaned back in his chair, placing his feet up onto the table, and puffed out that beautiful, burly chest you so loved to mark and claw at. That same chest you were clawing at not too long ago, with the faintest red lines still visible on his pale skin. And all you could think about was touching that chest again, riding him madly until your legs gave out, having his dick fill you up instead of this damned toy. It felt amazing, but you needed him. You knew that’s exactly what that smug bastard had in mind when daring you to keep the vibrator in. Guess you’d find out later if it was worth it. 

The taste of blood hit your taste buds and you realized you were worrying your bottom lip to the point of tearing. You needed something else to hold onto. As the vibrations increased in intensity, your hands quickly reached over to Kid’s thigh. His eyes widened for just a second before peering over at you. He dropped his legs, placing them under the table, and allowing you to claw into him. And then another flick of his fingers sent you. 

You strangled a gasp, making it come out as a deep exhale as your claws dug deeper into his skin. He gritted his teeth, clearly enjoying your sharp grip, and grabbed at your hand. The feeling of his skin against yours was overwhelming. You held onto it tightly, squeezing for dear life as Kid continued to increase the speed of the vibrator. You wanted nothing more than to bring that hand to give your clit the attention it so desperately needed, to bring you to that peak that was just within your reach. You wanted him all over you, caressing you, groping you. You needed contact and it took everything within you to not jump his bones right there on the table. 

He brought your hand over, placing your palm against his hardening cock. You weren’t sure if his hard-on was supposed to make you feel better or worse. It thrilled you to know that Kid was getting off on this, but damn, how demeaning would it be for everyone to know that you two were currently feeling each other up? To the crew, Kid being handsy with you was a regular occurrence. But there was something incredibly dirty about what you two were doing under the table in the company of strangers; even worse, potential allies. Killer would surely give you two an earful if he found out.

Nevertheless, you grabbed on, making sure to be as gentle as possible, and it throbbed to life. Rubbing him out discreetly served as a reliable temporary distraction, despite the small tremors that shook your body every now and then. You pretended to not notice the way everyone at the table would flicker their attention towards the two of you. And you could’ve sworn you noticed a tint of red in Apoo’s cheeks as he quickly averted his eyes when you caught him staring. 

A strange part of you wanted them to stare. Something deep within you wanted them to know exactly what you two were doing to each other. The thrill of getting caught turned you on immensely, causing your panties to dampen more and more at the idea. Squeezing your legs together only drove you more wild, that knot tightening by the second in your abdomen, begging to come undone. You moved your hand to his thigh once more so as to not hurt him as the vibrator was turned up to what you believed to be the highest setting. You squeezed your eyes shut, letting them roll back as a little bit of drool tickled out of the corner of your mouth.

Kid noticed you were close and leaned into you, burying into your damp hair, “You gonna come for me? You’d better be quiet, or they’ll catch us. Then I’ll have to punish you.”

You attempted to shoo him away, focusing on that white hot heat that was beginning to envelop you, but your body felt numb, overstimulated and overworked despite not even climaxing yet. Trying to fight the delicious pleasure of the vibrations proved to be inefficacious as the more you put up a fight, the more intensely it seemed to stimulate you. Paired with everyone’s wandering eyes and the thrill of getting caught, you were driven absolutely mad with desire and satisfaction. 

As your fingers dug into Kid’s thigh, most definitely breaking the skin even through his pants, your entire body shook violently as you came. Stars filled your eyes, the brightest you had ever seen, and caused your entire body to tingle all over. Kid took you under his arm, playing off the moment as you two being playful and everyone seemed to buy it as they ignored the two of you. Perhaps they really had been the whole time. 

Meanwhile, your abused pussy continued to spasm as the toy remained vibrating inside of you. You whimpered into his chest and thankfully, Kid relented quickly. He stopped the vibrator all together, giving you a chance to finally inhale some much needed air. You breathed in deeply as you came down from your high, embracing his gentle hold on you.

“You dirty slut, I’m gonna fuck you senseless once we get back to the room.” He whispered as he nuzzled his nose against your cheek, quickly biting your earlobe before pulling away.

You couldn’t even wait for the meeting to end. As you noticed the members were in deep conversation, you made it a point to sneak quietly from the table and towards your bedroom. Kid laughed to himself as he watched you waddle away, trying to keep your juices from running down your legs. 

As soon as you closed the door, you stripped yourself of your soaked panties and bottoms, discarding them haphazardly into the dirty clothes basket in the corner of the room. Your sweat-soaked shirt and bra came off next, and you stood just like that in the room for a moment; completely bare as you embraced the cool air against your heated skin. Pulling out the vibrator, you quickly realized just how sensitive you still were, hissing as the intense waves of your previous orgasm made your pussy throb in memory. Your ears perked as you heard Kid’s heavy boots echoing down the hallway, and you prepared yourself to really give him a piece of your mind.

But as soon as the door opened, he looked at you with lecherous adoration, almost like he was proud. “You put on quite a show back there. Good girl.”

A million butterflies fluttered in your stomach and no matter how sensitive you still were, your cunt ached madly for him, “Get on the bed, you asshole. And fuck me right.” 

“Way ahead of you.” He smirked as he tossed you backwards onto the bed, resuming to his position atop you, continuing where you two left off. 

[morganmeyers]

Big Reading

So I did this super intense reading last night that was the biggest reading I’ve ever done and it wasn’t for just me so I’m going to share it here. If you see this, it might be for you so take what resonates and leave the rest.

IMPORTANT BEFORE READING: MEDITATE AND GROUND YOURSELF! There is a lot of information that is about to be unpacked in this reading.

I did this reading by using my Santa Muerte Tarot and Oracle cards. With the Oracle cards, I will be explaining what they mean, the significance behind them and what I saw in the cards while reading them. Songs also came up on my phone on shuffle, so Shufflemancy also plays a part in this reading as well. These songs came up before I started the reading that I felt were important:

Gabbie Hanna - Honestly

Halestorm - Uncomfortable

XXXTENTACION - Save Me

In total for all of the cards that got pulled, there was 44. The angel number 44 means: pay attention to your intuition & inner-wisdom as your connection with your guides is VERY strong at this time. This is a very prominent theme that goes with this reading.

Oracle Cards:

Darkness - 1 - Coming out of the shadows and showing your face. Standing in YOUR power. Meditation. Meditation. MEDITATION. The song Midnight Sky by Miley Cyrus came in my phone on shuffle mode. Some lyrics that stood out to me: “The Midnight Sky is the road I’m taking, head high up in the clouds. I was born to run, I don’t belong to anyone, I don’t need to be loved by you.

Masculine - 2 - Don’t be afraid to ask questions. You might not like the answers given, but take it in stride and make the best of it. The song Cancer by My Chemical Romance came up in my head when reading this card. When looking at it, I see a gas mask. Maybe it has something to do with being gaslighted by someone close to you? Either way there are some hard lessons that you’re about to learn. The color red is very prominent not only in this card but the reading in general. Red refers to Family, Love, partnerships, etc. Someone in your family/close to you isn’t telling you the truth or respecting who you are or your boundaries. Don’t take their shit. They’re afraid of whatever truth they’re hiding to come out.

Tlaloc - 9 - Tlaloc is an Aztec god of rain & fertility. He was very feared but also respected in the fact that he could water the fields of labor with one hand and could very easily destroy that same field with the other. In this card, I saw the color of green. Green is in reference to getting justice upon whatever your situation may be. Take no shit but do no harm. While you are being disrespected by whoever it is in your situation, it’s not a good idea to do the same to them. Whatever revenge you want to exact upon the person in question, don’t do it. It will bite you in the ass. The song Bow Down by the band I, Prevail came on: “I don’t really like myself, I think I’m breaking down.”

Mictlantecuhtli - 10 - I almost immediately saw Rafiki from the Lion King when looking at this card. Not everything is as black and white as you’d like it to be. You have to look at the other person’s POV before taking any sort of action. Watch what you say and do.

Tezcatlipōca - 12 - Tezcatlipōca is an Aztec god of night, war, education & temptation. I immediately paid attention to the cheetah print cloak. Maybe the action that needs to be taken upon whoever it is needs to be a fast action. He’s also missing a leg from a battle he fought. When meditating, you need to assess what things in your life you need to sacrifice or cut out when going into this next stage of your life. Not everything you can take with you. Some things you DEFINITELY cannot take with you. 2 songs came up with this card.

Eminem - Love The Way You Lie: “It Wasn’t you, baby it was me.”

Linkin Park - Bleed It Out: “Mama help me, I’ve been cursed, death is rolling in every verse, candy paint on his brand new hearse, can’t contain him he knows he works. Fuck this hurts, I won’t lie. Doesn’t matter how hard I try. Half the words don’t mean a thing and I know that I won’t be satisfied”

Huitzilopachtli - 13 - Huitzilopachtli is an Aztec god of the son & War. The sun is a very prominent theme in this reading. The color blue very much stood out to me with this card. Blue is in reference to Wisdom, increased mental powers & concentration. What drew my most attention was the 4 swords in the back. I went through my tarot deck because the 4 of Swords wasn’t originally a card that was pulled but when I did look at it, it was reversed. What I got from this card specifically, it looks like to me you’re taking the nails out of a coffin. Make plans to trust your intuition & take the nails/swords out of the coffin you previously stored away but do it with caution like the humming bird on the Huitzilopachtli #13 oracle card in the left corner so you don’t get burnt.

Chalchiuhtlicue - 14 - Chalchiuhtlicue is an Aztec goddess of water, lakes, seas, sailors, beauty & fertility. I saw the thunderbolts upon the top of the head first. The day of reckoning/judgement day is coming. 3 songs came up with this one.

Beatles - Yer Blues

AC/DC - Thunderstruck

AC/DC - Back In Black

Go with the flow because you’re at the point of no return and there’s no way for you to go back. At all. Embrace that power, that thunder, as your own.

I saw Mama Imelda & Hector from the Disney movie COCO when looking at this card as well and heard another song by Rihanna called Hate That I Love You (Feat. Ne-Yo). Some lyrics: “And I can’t stand you. Must everything you do make me want to smile? Can I not like you for awhile?” And “I despise that I adore you”

Tlazolteotl - 15 - Tlazolteotl is an Aztec goddess of earth, sex, moon & birth. The moon and the birth is what I saw first. A rebirth of sorts will take place. You need to do shadow work as your ego needs to be put in check but you also need to trust your intuition. If you feel something is off, it is. And it needs to be fixed.

Quetzalcóatl - 16 - Quetzalcóatl is the most important god in the Aztec pantheon. He is a god of Knowledge, dawn, merchants, arts & professions. I thought of Pepita from Coco. Pepita is an Alebrije which in Latin cultures is more so a spirit guide taking the form of an animal. Your spirit guides are trying to tell you something so you need to pay TF attention! Do not fear and do not give up. Through perseverance and insistence, you will reach the goal that you desire and that most of all, you deserve.

Shadow - 17 - Most of people that I know and know me, know that I’m afraid of Spiders. Always have been and probably always will. I saw spiders crawling all across the face on this one. Embrace your fears and face them head-on. Now is the time to do some HEAVY shadow work and work on yourself in general. Be mindful of your thoughts, feelings & words towards yourself and others during this time.

Intellect - 22 - Some of you will be getting MAJOR downloads in the coming days and or will be doing some heavy studying. Keep your brain busy and analyze the situation your facing with rational though. Yellow is also a prominent color in this reading and this card. Yellow represents thoughts, Wisdom and knowledge.

Flux - 24 - The song Carolyn by Black Veil Brides came up with this card. Lyrics: “I wished to god I’d known that I, I didn’t stand a chance of looking back in knowing why. A pain of circumstance.”

Breaking. Generational. Curses.

You’re doing it now. You’re working on yourself and putting yourself first before undoing everything else and that’s a good thing! KEEP GOING!

You have the world in your hands to take time and reflect on your lineage/ancestors.

Harvest - 27 - The sun in the corner. You will be able to eat the fruits of your labor one day and so will your future family/successors if you continue to go forth in braking those curses put upon your family line.

Art - 29 - Your ancestors and spirit guides are watching you in awe for doing the work you’re doing. They see you painting the sun card and creating your own happiness and they’re cheering you on. Keep doing the good work you’re doing.

Santa Muerte - 32 - Be absolutely sure that what you cut out in your life is what you want to be gone. Once it is, there’s almost no way of getting it back. Trust your intuition.

Tarot Cards:

Fool ⬇️

Magician ⬆️

Lovers ⬇️

Temperance ⬆️

Devil ⬆️

Tower ⬆️

Sun ⬆️

Judgement ⬆️

2 of Cups ⬆️

6 of Cups ⬇️

Page of Cups ⬆️

Knight of Cups ⬆️

King of Cups ⬇️

Ace of Pentacles ⬆️

2 of Pentacles ⬆️

3 of Pentacles ⬆️

4 of Pentacles ⬆️

5 of Pentacles ⬆️

7 of Pentacles ⬇️

King of Pentacles ⬇️

Ace of Swords ⬇️

6 of Swords ⬇️

Page of Swords ⬆️

Queen of Swords ⬆️

King of Swords ⬇️

2 of Wands ⬇️

3 of Wands ⬇️

6 of Wands ⬇️

Queen of Wands ⬆️

Like with the Oracle cards, you’re on a journey of self healing & breaking generational curses. You’re on a path that you can’t turn around and go back on. You need to keep walking forwards. Right now it seems like things in your life are in disarray and that’s for a reason. You’re on your current path and dealing with these issues head-on so that others that come after you, don’t have to, they’re gonna have other issues that need to be dealt with. However, the heavy load of the curses/trauma is being dealt with you now in this lifetime because you are the most capable even though it might not seem like you think you are. Going through the trauma is what’s going to bring you so much happiness and everything you could ever hope for.

You are so near the end of the finish line in dealing with everything that it’s so unnecessary for you to even attempt to turn around and undo al do the hard work you’ve already done. Why would you want to go back to all of the trauma? You don’t. Don’t sacrifice yourself for others who clearly don’t give a SHIT about you. FUCK. THAT.

Do what you believe is good for you and your higher self and go forth in doing things that you’re passionate about. Don’t let others lie to you and walk all over you. They don’t know you like YOU do. If you can sense that someone is going something that isn’t good or can tell that they’re not telling you the truth of something that’s going on, that’s most likely the case.

You need to assess what you’re willing to let slide and willing to take with you in the next chapter of your life cause you won’t be able to bring everything with you. And when you do and you set your boundaries by putting your foot down HARD, there will be others waiting for you on the other side cheering you on because you make it to the other side a FAR better person that where you were when you started your journey. Not everybody is worthy to walk with you if they continue to act the way that they do and you have to accept that or nothing will come of the changes you’ve made for your happiness.

[wessasaurus-rex]

One Piece Theory of Everything - A Revision of the Inherited Will Theory

I believe I've figured out most of the manga's greatest mysteries. A lot of the major ideas that I used as a jumping point are from the "Inherited Will Theory" by King Fisher over at the Arlong Park Forums which I'm sure most One Piece theorists are already very familiar with. I know it has it's detractors but for the most part, a sizable number of people seemed to like it and I was one of them. However, I believe the Inherited Will theory was not broad enough in scale to truly explain everything.

However, one of the most solid ideas of the Inherited Will theory was the use of repeating patterns, themes and foreshadowing in One Piece to form a prediction of things to come and this is primarily what I've used to deduce the rest of the theories in this list. I'm not sure how to break these down but I'll just go right ahead. I'm sure I can maybe edit this for readability later.

"One Piece" was the Ancient Kingdom. The One Piece is both an ideology and a tangible thing, as I believe Professor Clover was about to explain before he got shot. The One Piece is the entire world united in a piece, as one nation, and in true harmony with all of it's inhabitants. Therefore...

The Pirate King is the ruler of "One Piece". I formulated this theory even before the reveal of Rocks D. Xebec and that served as a confirmation on my part that I was indeed in the right direction with this theory. The title of "King of the World" and "Pirate King" are basically the same thing. This fits in perfectly with all of the descriptions of the Pirate King as the one who "owns everything in the world" or "owns the greatest treasure in the world". The greatest treasure in the world is quite simply the world itself. How was this done? Not by force, but by 20 rulers around the world swearing loyalty to one man. But this was not to last.

Ims was the first mate of the first Pirate King, the first "Dark King" The Pirate King was Julius Caesar and Ims was his Brutus. This explains why Rayleigh's title as the right hand man of the Pirate King is the "Dark King". He is meant to serve in the shadow of the Pirate King and guard him from the darkness. But this also places him in the perfect position to stab the Pirate King in the back. This is, what I believe, happened to the first Pirate King and Ims. And yes, that would mean that Ims is an immortal being - a possibility that was already foreshadowed in Law's fruit. In order to successfully do this, this must have taken more than one conspirator - which is who I think the first Gorosei were. If we were to take the Shakespearean comparison further, the Gorosei would be the senators that took part in the stabbing. They must have been part of the 20 Kings who swore loyalty to the Pirate King, perhaps swayed or tricked by Ims. However, this betrayal did not go unnoticed...

The War between the Ancient Kingdom and the World Government was a Civil War. Imagine a war that spanned the globe that erupted after the great betrayal. This was a war between those that were loyal to the Pirate King and those that usurped the throne. Unfortunately, whether it be by numbers or the use of devil fruits perhaps, the usurpers won a crushing victory against the loyalists who were then forced to run and hide and to inscribe their messages and warnings of this great threat unto indestructible stone while the usurpers erased history in order to both establish themselves as the supreme rulers of the world and also to hide their crime in the murder of the Pirate King.

The World Government is currently the "One Piece". Or to clarify, a corrupted version of the One Piece. Instead of uniting the world in true harmony, fairness and equality, the World Government subjugates the world and controls it for the personal gain of it's leaders. Further evidence of this is the entire ideology of the "Empty Throne". The throne is empty because that throne belongs to the Pirate King. However, only a true Pirate King would actually refuse to sit on the throne and lord over the world, instead choosing a life of freedom and adventure. The very essence of this was exactly recreated in the formation of the Straw Hat Grand Fleet. And we know that current "Empty Throne" is nothing but a farce as there is someone who sits on it in the shadows.

Alabasta, Ryuugu, Shandora, Ohara, Zou and Wano were loyal to the Pirate King These powers and perhaps more were all loyal to the Pirate King and fought against the usurpers, with many other kingdoms possibly completely destroyed and erased during the war. This is why they were all keepers of the poneglyphs. Ryuugu Kingdom was promised liberation from the sea and for it's inhabitants to be able to dwell on the surface by the Pirate King. To light the fires of Shandora is to keep the truth alive in protecting the Poneglyph. Wano isolated itself and kept it's borders closed because they knew that the world was their enemy - and to open it's borders is to signal the return of the Pirate King. Alabasta joined the world government but it's royal family refused to become World Nobles. I'm guessing that the King of Alabasta was actually tricked into betraying the Pirate King and then realized it later and regretted it (foreshadowed by Squard) but decided to stay in the World Government as a means to either survive or keep a mole on the inside.

The Ancient Weapons were the power base of the Pirate King If you're gonna be a King, you're gonna need actual power on top of symbolic power and I believe that's what the "Ancient Weapons" were supposed to be. Specifically, I believe Pluton was the main ship of the Pirate King, perhaps even his first ship when he first united the grandline. I also believe that Franky already built the Pluton in the form of the Thousand Sunny, perhaps as a transformation. Franky burned those blueprints because he already memorized them. Next, the power of Poseidon enabled the Pirate King to control all the sea kings - effectively granting him control of the entire oceans. And Uranus, though it has not been revealed, I am confident enough to assume is indeed Momonosuke and I believe it enables him to control ALL OF THE TITAN SIZED CREATURES of the world - one of them being Zunisha. These Titans were probably immortal and indestructible and were therefore banished instead of killed. Zunisha is one of them...but the rest are hidden away in the Florian Triangle.

The Void Century was but the start of an era of darkness. After they crushed their enemies and formed the World Government, Ims and his Gorosei continued to erase history. It's more accurate to call it the Void Era rather than just a century. The process that rid the world of it's history in the Void Century never ceased. Ohara is a prime example of that. Every time someone got close to the truth, they would snuff out the light and keep the world in darkness. This is how they are able to maintain power - through blind faith in their system of justice and ignorance of the past. And the reason why they must continue this process, even to the very present day of the series, is because a Pirate King always rises. Whether through the hopes and wishes of the people, or through murmurs of a forgotten past, a will to overthrow this darkness and for the Pirate King to rise again was inherited. The Pirate King is not a title passed down through by blood. It is a title gained through merit. But this is something that the Kings of the World Government do not understand and still see the Pirate King as a traditional King and this is why...

Ace was executed because he was the rightful heir to the Empty Throne, The Pirate Prince This explains why the World Government went to so much trouble just to execute one man. Why they would go to war just to make sure Ace died in a public fashion - it was an effort to snuff out the flames once more. To keep the world in darkness. But what they didn't understand was that the Pirate King was not born...he was made. This enables a man truly worthy of the title to rise. And a mechanism of this already exists...

The Grand line is a Tournament for the Pirate King One Piece was a giant tournament arc all along. The Grandline is similar to a grand prix. It is an obstacle course where you also face others in a tournament for the throne. It forges any man, even a simple man, to rise above and become worthy of the title. The Supernovas are rookies that made it through the first elimination. The Yonkou are simply the finalists.

Garp knew. Garp, through his own experiences and probably Roger himself telling him the backstory, knows the truth about the One Piece. It explains his distaste for the Celestial Dragons (on top of the obvious reasons) and it explains why he wanted Ace and Luffy to be marines - he wanted to reform the World Government from the inside by training the next generation to be better. I don't think he knows about Ims though nor did Roger.

The Revolutionaries know. Seeing Roger executed at Logue Town gave Dragon his final resolve but he first knew the truth from his father, Garp. However, they had a difference in opinion. While Garp still believes in the institution of the World Government, Dragon would rather be rid of it altogether. However, he has no desire to be King and thats why he didn't take the route of being a pirate that is gunning for the throne. He just wants to destroy the main obstacle.

The Donquixote Family knew. Through privileged access to information or some other means, Doflamingo's parents probably knew the truth - or at least a part of it. That is what spurned their change of heart and decision to live as commoners. Doflamingo himself definitely knew but probably didn't understand it fully as a child and instead focused and internalized more the abuse that they recieved after becoming commoners. This is the secret that he speaks of often. More on the national relic specifically later...

Kaido vs. The World Government This is the "age of smiles" that Doflamingo talked about - the new age. He knew of Kaido's plan to invade the World Government and establish himself as the knew King of the World/Pirate King. Doflamingo's entire angle is just him being in a high position in the new world akin to a World Noble. This is why he was always just gonna be a lackey - he lacked ambition. This also means Kaido already knew of the secret and instead of going after Laugh Tale, he just plans to go straight for the main obstacle, same with Dragon albeit for more selfish desires that liberation.

Tom-san was secretly royal. Just as Poseidon was from the Ryuugu Kingdom, the original Pluton was probably built by Fishmen (submarine mode?), the same Fishmen who built the Noah. This doesn't necessarily mean he had to be royalty but so far, all the secret keepers of Joy Boy had been royalty. It might also be why he was living in the surface - to hide him away in case the Ryuugu Kingdom fell. It would have been terrible if 2 weapons were in one basket so to speak.

The Will of D The Will of D is the inherited will to unite the two halves of the world in a piece - in relation to the plan of destroying a portion of the Red Line in order to truly create the One Piece. The D is not an initial, it is a symbol. (Half a circle, D) A symbol that one carries in your name to denote that your clan believes in the dream of One Piece. The original carriers of the symbol were all loyal to Joy Boy, the first Pirate King...specifically, I think they were his original crew members. Monkey, Jaguar, Trafalgar, Portgas, Gol, Marshall, Rocks...and one more yet to be revealed (Ims?) And I believe each of them came from one of the allied Kingdoms...Alabasta, Shandia, Ryuugu, Zou, Wano, Ohara...and two more yet to be revealed. (My hunch is the kingdom where Big Mom found her Road Poneglyph and Elbaf). These people and nations represent the 8 outer circles in the symbol of the Kozuki Clan. This I believe was the flag of the Ancieny Kingdom, One Piece. The big circle represents Joy Boy and the One Piece. A total of 9 circles... such as the 9 Red Scabbards...or the 9 Straw Hats. (What about Jinbei? He could be the 10th circle, signifying change and progress, could also be why his proper membership has been delayed) Theres a lot in this one but certain parts could be true independent of the rest. I just put them together for the sake of formatting.

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Ok ok I know this is super late but like the spoiler ban is off I’m pretty sure so, are there any dmc5 opinions/hot takes/ ideas you wanna get of your chest?

Haha yeah, the game was short enough that I feel it’s safe now for spoilers. I’ll still put my thoughts under a cut. ....Or I would if cuts still worked on this broken ass site.

(I hit enter too fast but now I got my thoughts out oop)

idk if they’re hot takes or not since while I have criticisms of the game it’s nothing scathing. Anyway, I talked about this vaguely but as much as I love DMC, I feel like this game was maybe only half of what it could have done. I don’t feel like it’s incomplete so much as there was a limited time to give DMC fans a somewhat satisfying game before Itsuno could move on to what he really wants to do (the next Dragon’s Dogma, probably). Which isn’t to say that the team regrets DMC5, but I feel they still wanted to make up for DMC2/4/the NT game and just give fans what they’ve wanted since DMC3.

I didn’t feel the game was as fulfilling the first time around as DMC1/3 were. There was limited interaction with the levels even though they had the beginning of great ideas (special missions, Nightmare breaking open new paths) and overall they just... really sucked. I would have loved to see more of Redgrave City considering how important it is and once you leave those areas the game just got... boring. Not DMC2 levels of boring but still fucking boring. Which DMC games shouldn’t be!!!

I also don’t quite understand Itsuno and team’s insistence that there won’t be anymore DLC unless they plan to make Vergil/Lady/Trish playable for free. Which I’d like, since I’ve never played Vergil much, but again.... the game just wasn’t that fun. I found it interesting how much of a desire there was for DLC from players which maybe spoke to how shallow the game/rewards felt.

I still maintain that gameplay wise, the game only felt engaging enough to appease streamers. Also the DLC costumes fucking sucked Except for Nero’s. However I loved everything about V’s playstyle.

Story wise? I mostly loved that bit. I feel the strongest element of DMC after the gameplay is the characters and that really started to bloom with DMC3. I also feel a lot of the strength of the characters comes from both the actors’ performances and how the transformative fandom has interpreted events, so I was genuinely surprised to see how DMC5 tackled so much of that directly. I wasn’t quite expecting it to be a game that was actually about Vergil, but considering he’s by far the most popular character it stands to reason, so that was a nice, if somewhat obvious, surprise.

But as much as I love Vergil, this should have been Nero’s game. That’s two for two where Nero doesn’t quite feel like the star of his own game and it’s only in the ending of this one that they were finally like “ok, seriously, from here on it’ll be about Nero.” And it probably won’t.

However, they really took a shitter on the women this game. Nico was fantastic (if fucking whitewashed to my ever disappointment) and I loved Lady’s design, but everything else just shit on the women. I really don’t know what was up with that and I really hated the “crazy bitches” line at the end. And we could have stood to actually learn the circumstances of Nero’s birth but again, this game really didn’t give a shit about women. I do love how Dan interpreted/delivered the “That was a long time ago.” line as he seemed to not care how blasé the script was about that key incident.

The ending was also anticlimatic and should have been a few levels to themselves. Like that one stage that was just like multiplayer Bloody Palace? Whack. There was no buildup to Nero’s realizing the twins were gonna be trapped in hell and really all of the hell politics were just abruptly scrapped. We never learned of Malphas’ plan and after all that shit happened for Vergil to eat the demon fruit, that seemed to amount to a lot of Nothing. Like isn’t he the king of hell now??? Did Mundus have NOTHING to say about all of this shit happening??

Oh oh and the music. I really wasn’t feeling the music for this game. I liked Devil Trigger and Crimson Cloud but it felt like there were too many styles that didn’t have any cohesion. Nothing like how everything in DMC3 flowed, or for that matter like in FFXV, where there was a variety of music but none of it felt out of place. IDK if Shibata was involved with this game and if he was, it felt minimal. Compare that for how I immediately recognized his work in the battle music for the Gladio DLC (and that experience was further enhanced by motherfuckin’ Okabe doing the main theme/Battle On the Big Bridge), which fuckin’ slapped and felt like old school Devil May Cry all over again.

I think that’s about it for my takes about the game itself. If you meant any hot takes re: fandom, it’s kind of the same shit. The incest shipping is fucking old. The whole V =/= Vergil denial is kinda whack but ultimately harmless. That’s it really??

For a super indulgent thought tho, I liked how well my whole idea of Nero’s mom/Alexis fits in with everything. The only thing that changed there was just being blasted with the fact that Vergil was genuinely fond of whomever she was so I should like............... not dunk on him as much lmao.