#one piece thaban

[zethsdumpster]

Six down! One more day to go! And today I bring you a m/f ship that I think would be super cute (and tragic)

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[beardedmrbean]

An estimated 4,000 illegal gold miners are hiding underground in South Africa after the government cut off food and water in an effort to "smoke them out" and arrest them.

The miners have been in a mineshaft in Stilfontein, in the North West province, for about a month.

They have refused to cooperate with authorities as some are undocumented - coming from neighbouring countries like Lesotho and Mozambique - and fear being deported.

Illegal miners are called "zama zama" ("take a chance" in Zulu) and operate in abandoned mines in the mineral-rich country. Illegal mining costs the South African government hundreds of millions of dollars in lost sales each year.

Many South African mines have closed down in recent years and workers have been sacked.

To survive, the miners and undocumented migrants go beneath the surface to escape poverty and dig up gold to sell it on the black market.

Some spend months underground - there is even a small economy of people selling food, cigarettes and cooked meals to the miners.

WATCH: The dangerous world of illegal mining in South Africa

South African miner feared for his life during 'hostage situation'

Local residents have pleaded with the authorities to assist the miners, but they have refused.

"We are going to smoke them out. They will come out. We are not sending help to criminals. Criminals are not to be helped - they are to be persecuted [sic]," said Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni on Wednesday.

Police are hesitant to go into the mine as some of those underground may be armed.

Some are part of criminal syndicates or "recruited" to be in one, Busi Thabane, from Benchmarks Foundation, a charity which monitors corporations in South Africa, told the BBC's NewsDay programme.

Without any access to supplies, conditions underground are said to be dire.

"It is no longer about illegal miners – this is a humanitarian crisis," said Ms Thabane.

On Thursday, community leader Thembile Botman told the BBC that volunteers had used ropes and seat belts to pull a body out of the mine.

"The stench of decomposing bodies has left the volunteers traumatised," he said.

It's not clear how the person died.

Although the authorities have been blocking food and water, they have temporarily allowed local residents to send some supplies down by rope.

Mr Botman said they had been communicating with the miners by notes written on pieces of paper.

Police have blocked off entrances and exits in an effort to compel the miners to come out.

This is part of the Vala Umgodi, or "Close the Hole", operation to curb illegal mining.

Five miners were pulled out on Wednesday by rope, but they were frail and weak. Paramedics attended to them, and then they were taken into police custody.

In the last week, 1,000 miners have emerged and been arrested.

Police and the army are still at the scene waiting to detain those who are not in need of medical care after resurfacing.

"It’s not as easy as the police make it seem – some of them are fearing for their lives," said Ms Thabane.

Many miners spend months underground in unsafe conditions to provide for their families.

"For many of them it's the only way they know how to put food on the table," said Ms Thabane.

Local residents have also attempted to convince the miners to come out of the mineshaft.

"Those people must come out because we have brothers there, we have sons there, the fathers of our kids are there, our children are struggling," local resident Emily Photsoa told AFP.

The South African Human Rights Commission says it will investigate the police for depriving the miners of food and water.

It said there is concern that the government’s operation could have an impact on the right to life.

Minister Ntshavheni's remarks have provoked mixed reaction from South Africans, with some praising the government's unyielding approach.

"I love this. Finally, our government is not tiptoeing on these serious matters. Decisiveness will help this country," one person wrote on X.

While others felt the stance was inhumane.

"In my view, this kind of talk from the Minister in the Presidency is disgraceful and dangerous hate speech," one user said.

Another wrote: "They are criminals but they have rights too."

Illegal mining is a lucrative business across many of South Africa's mining towns.

Since December last year, nearly 400 high-calibre firearms, thousands of bullets, uncut diamonds and money have been confiscated from illegal miners.

This is part of an intensive police and military operation to stop the practice that has severe environmental implications.

[zethsdumpster]

Finally finished Ace's novels and I've unlocked a new ship

I just think Thatch and Banshee should smooch (I'm calling ti Thaban)

[zethsdumpster]

Rate the Ship - Thatch x Banshee

NOTP | Ew/uncomfortable | Eh |Alright | I like it! | They look nice together| Let’s do it! | OTP | OTP of OTPs

Who realized they were in love first- Banshee

Who said “I love you” first - Banshee

How did they fall in love? – it didn't take long for Banshee to start liking Thatch and once she decided to shoot her shot... well, he fell immediately, even if takes him a little while to realize

How was their first kiss? – the mood is right, Thatch seems to reciprocate, but he keeps on not taking the lead, or maybe he's just dense, so Banshee drags him to a kiss, it's rough, but it doesn't take long for Thatch to reciprocate and deepen it

Who proposed? – Thatch

Who is the best man/men? – Izou, Marco, Ace (Whitebeard is officiating)

Who is the bride’s maid(s)? – Cornelia

Who did the most planning? – both

Who stressed the most? – neither

Who was specifically not invited to the wedding? –

Who is the one to instigate things? – Banshee

Who gets stuck with the most diapers? – Thatch

Who is the stricter parent? - Banshee

Who stops the kid(s) from doing dangerous stunts after school? - Banshee

Who remembers to pack the lunch(es)? – Thatch

Who is the more loved parent? – both

Who is more likely to attend the PTA meetings? – both

Who cried the most at graduation? – Thatch

Who is more likely to bail the child(ren) out of trouble with the law? – both

Who does the most cooking? – Thatch

Who is the most picky in their food choice? – neither

Who does the grocery shopping? – Thatch

Who is more likely to surprise the other(s) with an anniversary dinner? – Thatch

Who is more likely to suggest going out? - both

Who is more likely to burn the house down accidentally while cooking? – Banshee

Who cleans the room? – Banshee

Who cleans up after the pets? - Banshee

Who is more likely to sweep everything under the rug? - both

Who takes the longer showers/baths? – Banshee

Who takes the dog out for a walk? – Banshee

Who is most likely to sleep till noon? – neither

Who plays the most pranks? – neither

Who would have the others’ picture as their phone background - both

Who leaves notes written in fog on the bathroom mirror- Banshee

Who buys the other cheesy gifts- both

Who initiated the first kiss- Banshee

Who kisses the other awake in the morning- Thatch

Gives nose/forehead kisses – Banshee

Who starts tickle fights- neither

Who asks who if they can join the other in the shower- Thatch

Who surprises the other in the middle of the day at work with lunch- Thatch

Who was nervous and shy on the first date – Thatch

Gets jealous the most- neither

Drags the other person out into the water on beach day - Banshee

Who kills/takes out the spiders- both

Who loudly proclaims their love when they’re drunk- Thatch

When I started shipping it- In the second Ace novel story, Banshee mentions that she likes older guys and guys that can cook, and mentions both Thatch and Whitebeard by name so...

What makes me happy about them- I just think they would be super cute together

What makes me sad about them- Thatch's canon end...

Things done in fanfic that annoys me- there are no fics, man T.T

Things I look for in fanfic- the fics...

Who I’d be comfortable them ending up with, if not each other- Banshee x Dadan is cute, if we put them 3 together we've got a Redhead trio ship uwu Thatch x Marco is also good, and... ohhh wait... Whitebeard x Banshee 0o0

My happily ever after for them- alive and happily married T0T

[zethsdumpster]

Idea: Judge and Cesar accidentally created the zombie virus

Judge dies at the Vinsmoke house, the center of the first wave

Ceasar and the siblings manage to escape (not together)

ASL manage to survive together for a long time but end up getting separated for two years, in which Luffy makes a caravan of his own (with the strawhats, who are all each looking for their families), Ace ends up in Whitebeard's settlement and Sabo with the revs (obv), they're, ofc, looking for each other

Ace ends up with the Vinsmokes when Whitebeard has a confrontation with the Marines and Blackbeard (they ambushed Whitebeard and his family) and Ace falls into a river that carries him to where the Vinsibs have settled temporarily (they're trying to make their way back home to see if they can find something useful there) and 0&4 fished him out of it

My sister's idea: if you get bitten you can slow down your zombiefication by eating zombies

If I decide to go full silly fun with the au then there's gonna be mutant zombies and not all people who are bitten turn into zombies, some gain powers

[zethsdumpster]

I bought some new markers uwu