#not related to current arc

[maplesyrupandsnow]

I ran into a bunch of geese on the way to your house, they're feral monsters!

Anyway nice house you got . . . I see a lot of maple leaves

- @ask-the-awesome-prussian

Thank you! I just cleaned it a few hours ago. :D

And yes, geese are very scary...

[maplesyrupandsnow]

It's only natural for me, a Canadian, to like maple syrup. They really spice up everything!

You are right about me and Kuma using it a lot tho...

Mr. Prussia, I wish I can mail you more mapls syrup but I ran out a few days ago!

- @maplesyrupandsnow

I'm placing bets that you ate it all again, or Mr. Kumajirou ate it

Oh yeah also I found an old photo of you from my blog! Why do you like maple syrup so much???

[somethingsomethingcomic]

gay and stupid

[fiapple]

i don't want to get too comprehensive as i'm aware that sanji is a character who is vastly expanded upon in a much later arc than the arc i'm currently reading, but i do want to say i think the invention of the mr. prince was a brilliant choice on oda's part.

seperating sanji from the crew in major ways throughout the saga immediatley following his introduction was a rather bold idea when you think about typical writing conventions, but oda does so in a way that leaves the audience free from any feeling of the character being genuinely side-lined or written thoughtlessly.

the manner in which sanji enacts his narrative role throughout the alabasta saga is a direct result of his growing up in the food service industry, (nodded at when he answers the den den mushi with "hello, welcome to the shitty restaurant." when mr. prince is first utilized as a persona). It also reinforces that he has a high level of social-cognizance even when working on a small amount of information, a trait which is previously shown in how he treated various customers & in his initial affinity for luffy. In mr. prince's first scene alone, oda focuses on depicting this to the audience through sanji's implied senstivity to the facts of: a) baroque works not knowing who he is, b) the likely additional lack of awareness of luffy's crew having more crew members than they think, c) him having enough context to pretend to be a baroque works agent, & d) enough to use that to fake their deaths & get baroque works to stop looking before they find out anything further.

the writing works especially well when you consider that the way sanji thinks would be informed by what he would've needed to succeed in a fast-paced & heavily taxing environment where he continually needs to act in service of others. like it is just a very thoughtful writing choice on the part of oda, & behaviourally very organic for sanji as a character. it allows for the seperation from the rest of the cast to feel justified on a narrative level, & ultimatley ends up adding it's own layer to the intentionally fragmented & chaotic atmosphere created in the climax-chapters of the alabasta arc- with the added bonus of the deux-ex-machina that gets the crew out of crocodile's cage not feeling in the least bit forced.

the thing i saw oda praised above all else for prior to starting one piece was his character-writing, & i can definietly see why.

[teemhaunts]

watched the entirety of solarballs the other day and i am in shambles

[gemstarstarlight]

Everyone go check out the arcane tag the lesbians are losing it

[maybeher0]

Kouki Yukishiro will forever be known as Pikmin Captain to me im sorry I don't make the rules

[opal-owl-flight]

WHAT TEAM AM I EVEN GOING TO PICK!!! WHAT WOULD THE RESULTS MEAN FOR THE NEXT GAME!!!!!

[wallterthetall]

Greetings everyone, sorry if I worried any of you with my sudden disappearance! I am alright, I simply had to take a stay at the Blox County Hospital.

[p2ii]

redemption arcs where instead of the character having to do through the arc with the person they wronged and have the end goal be forgiveness they go through the arc with a completely different character that has no involvement in the main conflict with the goal being self improvement>>>

[imminent-danger-came]

MK: "No way! I may not understand your irrational love of noodles, or working hard, or being angry all the time—but you are always there when I need you, so it's time for me to return the favor! Because Pigsy's Noodles, are noodles worth fighting for!"

(2x04 Sweet'n Sour)

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Subodhi: "Zhu Bajie was a stubborn one too." Pigsy: "Oh! So you think we're the same just cause we're pigs huh, bet you think I'm just a disgusting little monster too." Subodhi: "Zhu Bajie had his vices, however, like all the companions he grew up. He struggled the most, but he worked hard, not unlike yourself. Although he didn't start out this way, in time he became a deeply caring and protective creature, and a powerful ally—one of the best in fact. The heart you have in abundance, the power? Why, you've barely scratched the surface of your potential! And that's saying something."

(4x09 Roast of the Monkie Kids)

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Gettin' emotional over my favorite hard working Pig man.

[saccharine-pink-lemonade]

being a writer has me googling some wacky wild things

[acourtofquestions]

I OFFICIALLY ADORE NESRYN FALIQ

[mathlann]

Marazhai sorta-ending ramble/spoilers under the cut, yadda yadda

RIP to Janris Danrok and however many Lower-Deckers, etc etc... but! Some thoughts!

1.) I wonder if the officers react differently depending on your convictions? Cas is my "Generally iconoclast until she met her shitty-ass boyfriend" run which seems pretty in-line with the officer's reactions, but presumably a full heretic run might be a different response?

2.) I do like the pattern of "making you worse" that goes on from the general cycle of Marazhai constantly instigating to get a bigger reaction/push the Rogue Trader in a certain direction. (Apparently, the *ahem* branding thing is dependent on having gone through the jealousy event which! Diabolical! but so fun.) His general indirectness also pays off pretty well in the end. (great for everyone but the crew 🥰)

3. Also always enjoy the "but you can't let him kill the crew!" reactions from the officers, which in any other universe is correct but also every time a lower-decker wiggles their nose wrong Vigdis has been trying to get their compartments blown out of the airlock so are they valuable or not?....which is it? (I know)

[daz4i]

i think bsd resonates with so many of us bc of its plethora of pathetic men. in so many variations of patheticness even

[tinyplanetss]

^_^🦔