#papa wolf arc

[jboy44]

Papa wolf arc.

Obleck " okay class I know arc is late but we are waiting for he has a good reason."

Weiss " whats that?"

Obleck " most of his family got killed by grimm. Only surviver was his son adrian

Everyone who knows jaune " O-O what?"

Obleck " oh you see his sister and her wife wanted a baby so his bug sister said, little bro go put a baby in my wife and he did"

Cardin " that dirty dog

Obleck growls " as ge is a wolf faunus that's racist"

Blake and velvet "BUT HE HAS NO TRAIT!!!!??"

Obleck " yes he does but leave his wee wee out of this

Girls who know jaune " o///o..what?

Jaune walks in holding adrian who has happy wagging puppy tail. " this is Adrian"

Adrian tail wag and he make happy mix of cheerfull baby and happy puppy sounds " bark" his leg kicks as jaune rubs his tummy

All women in rooms maternal instincts have activated

[reashot]

The Big Wolf Faunus in the Room

Papa Arc: *Minding his own business*

Jaune: Uhmm, dad. Can we speak to you for a moment?

Wolf Faunus Ruby: *Howl* ugh, hrmph, *cough*, *cough. I mean Papa Arc why do you disapprove of me Mat.... I mean Dating your son?

Papa Arc's PoV:

Papa Arc: Is this a trick question?

Look Ruby was it?

I know you're probably a nice girl and maybe a good choice for our son. But we are shopping for someone more... "Fitting" If you catch my meaning.

Ruby: You mean someone more human is that it?

Papa Arc: More like someone we don't have to feel ashamed of going out to the public with.

Ruby:

Oh... Sorry I wasn't listening. I suddenly saw my tail and I instinctively decided to grab it... So what were you saying again?

Papa Arc: Right... So Jaune as you can plainly see, Ruby is not a good fit for you. (Poor thing probably be snapped in half by Jaune's length if they decided to date.)

But not all is lost. Maybe Ruby's sister Yang is still interested in you?

Jaune: Uh, Yang. I mean she didn't say no the last time we met. So yeah, I guess she's still interested...

Ruby: No!!! Jaune is my Mate! He's mine and I already claimed him!

Jaune: Oh Ruby... As you can see dad. Can you please just gives Ruby a chance. I promised I will do everything I can to help her.

Papa Arc: I don't know Jaune... Taking care of a Faunus is a big responsibility. Are you sure you can handle it?

Jaune: I promise. I will feed her, bathe her and take her out for a walk.

Ruby: Walkie!!! 🐶

Papa Arc: I'm so gonna regret this but all right. You have my permission.

Jaune: Yay! C'mon Ruby let's go for a walk.

*puts a leash on Ruby*

Ruby: Yeah walkie!...... Hey wait a minute!!!!!!

I dare you to find something wrong with it.

[notmaplemable]

MK Intros!: Arc-Noire Edition

(Credit to @rwby-encrusted-blog for the format)

Blake: So, you went to Signal, but Ruby and Yang don't know you?

Jaune: *Unsheathes Crocea Mors and deploys shield* Well, I kind of didn't go to Signal, or any combat school.

Blake: *Unsheathes Gambol Shroud* And they say I'm the impulsive one.

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Yang: *Walks onstage, cracks knuckles* Ready for a little sparring, Rubes?

Ruby: *Twirls around Crescent Rose* If you pull my tail again, I'll show Blake some pictures of you with braces.

Yang: *Slams fists together, activates semblance* You said you deleted those!

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Qrow: *Pulls Harbinger from behind his back* You sure about this, Willow?

Willow: *Takes a shaky stance* I'd like to feel like a huntress again, if only for a moment.

Qrow: Guess I'm not the only one stuck in the good ol' days.

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Nicholas Arc: *Unsheathes Crocea Mors* You took my daughter from me.

Adam: *Puts on his mask and turns around* She was needed for the cause.

Nicholas: *Runs a finger across the blade* I'm going to mount your horns in my study.

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Taiyang: *Walks onstage with Zwei* I'm not letting Ruby go to Signal Qrow. Don't try to talk me out of it.

Qrow: *Flies in, transforms* She's too much like her mother to sit around and not help, Tai.

Taiyang: I'm trying to save her from ending up like her mother.

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Rusted Knight: *Petting Juniper* Summer Rose.

Summer: *Pulls down hood* I didn't expect The Rusted Knight to know my name.

Rusted Knight: Go home Summer, your family needs you.

[notmaplemable]

Summer: Remember Ruby, whenever you want to catch a prey faunus you must act swiftly. And remember that the hunt is all part of the process.

Ruby: But I don't want to eat other faunus.

Summer: No ruby, we don't catch them to eat, but to love them! That's how I got your father after all.

Ruby: But how will I know if I found the right faunus?

Summer: Trust me Ruby, you'll know.

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Ruby: *Sees bunny faunus Jaune is the distance, her heart starts beating faster* He's the one.

Rabbit Papa Arc: And remember my dear son, predators faunus especially wolves are some of the most dangerous faunus that exist for us, stay away from them for your own good.

Bunny Jaune: Understood, dear father. I will have careful.

Years later in Beacon.

Jaune (Seeing Faunus Wolf Ruby in the distance): How can she be a danger to us?! Have I been living a lie all this time?!

[avionvadion]

There have been discussions, and it has been decided that Miroku will actually be the mediator against Irene running away, while Inuyasha encourages it. So Irene doesn't run away from the village at first, but with each passing month and Sesshomaru not showing only makes her anxiety worse, so she ultimately leaves for the wolf demon tribe.

It's a very angsty arc.

Inuyasha is convinced Sesshomaru abandoned Irene, Miroku and Sango think otherwise, and Irene is anxious. Said anxiety spirals into depression. All the while Sesshomaru is out dealing with rioting demons after being away from his (originally his father's) lands for so long.

Sesshomaru and Irene have a very long and very painful conversation afterwards about how he needs to communicate more, because yes while she can read him better than most that doesn't mean she knows everything, and if he had just told he'd be gone for half a year quelling issues in his lands, after having been traveling for so long, none of this would have happened. Things would not have gotten so messy. She knows he's a lord, yes, but he's never given any indication that he actually has any lordly duties. So she could not have known.

She's clever, yes, but still needs things pointed out to her. She didn't even know they were married, because she was never informed of it.

Sesshomaru tries to apologize without actually apologizing, but it doesn't work, so he actually has to swallow his pride and properly say he's sorry. So Irene forgives him, but she will not forget. He ends up staying with her for a while to help with her depression and their newborn, because as she's a human things will not work like they worked between Sesshomaru's parents. She actually needs him here with her.

Anyways. Baby Sora is spoiled by her uncle because of his guilt over everything and because he was just worried for her during the whole thing and saw how hard it was on Irene without Sesshomaru around. (Irene and Inuyasha both live on the edge of the village. They're neighbors.) When Kagome comes back, one-year-old Sora practically waddles/runs over to Uncle Inu to greet them. It's so cute.

Uncle Inu is her favorite to hold her, but Papa Sess is the most comfortable to sleep on. Very safe and warm. Sometimes Irene and Sora will fall asleep and wake up to see that Sesshomaru is watching over them, having arrived while they were sleeping.

[bonefall]

do you have anything extra planned for Sorreltail? I’m rereading TNP and I like the chapters with her and Leafpaw the most.. they’re so cute. Also lmao @ Leafpaw calling Mothwing beautiful in every chapter

[ID: BB!Sorreltail. She's a big, spiky, fluffy white cat with chocolate brown accents and peanut-butter cream patches. Her eyes are bright yellow.]

just a little, a smidge really. I'm very normal about BB!Sorreltail.

Sorreltail is head of the Kitchen Patrol, she developed a love of it because no one would cook her grasshoppers.

Grasshoppers are her FAVORITE food, she loves chasing them, she loves their crunch, loves their funny long rabbit legs.

Not forgetting her lifelong friendship with Squilf and Leafpool, ABSOLUTELY not. Gal Pals <3

She gets along with most cats, unless they try to eat raw meat in camp, in which case she pummels a lecture about tapeworms into their head.

Sorreltail has epilepsy from her childhood nightshade poisoning! It gave her neurological damage; it expresses as absence seizures.

An absence seizure isn't convulsive like the 'classic' clonic-tonic; she suddenly 'spaces out', eyes rolling up, losing control of her body for a brief period of time. Usually about 5 seconds.

She is not conscious during a seizure, and it will interrupt her train of thought in the moment. She's able to go right back to whatever she was doing, but needs to be reminded of what she was talking about if she was mid-sentence.

She often has multiple, brief seizures in a day.

Some days are rough and she can have several dozen. Other days see none at all.

She had a seizure on the Thunderpath and was grazed by a car. Her assessment was delayed as a result.

Rainwhisker and Sootfur went ahead and got their names without her "LIKE A BUNCH OF JERKS"

Her treatment plan is valerian supplements; she likes this treatment because it helps prevent her from getting drowsy.

Valerian acts like catmint, making her giddy and more hyper. She really appreciates the stimulant because she's an active, outgoing gal.

She looks a LOT like her papa Whitestorm, her siblings look more like Willowpelt. (Graystripe, Darkstripe, Cricketclaw, and Featherkit are Dappletail's kids now; they have no relation to Willowpelt.)

The spiky fur and face mask are actually passed down from Thistleclaw himself, the wolf-tail is a Bluestar family trait from Snowfur.

The coloring was initially based on a grasshopper but then I realized it also kinda looks like ice cream.

ThunderClan cats tend to be large and fluffy, Sorreltail is a good example of it.

She's going to live a LOT longer, in fact, she's alive up to the current arc! However, she sadly lost her mate Brackenfur in Po3. She misses him every day. They had four kittens in one litter; Cinderheart, Honeyfern, Poppyfrost, and Molepaw.

Because Sorreltail is staying alive, Sorrelstripe is named Duststripe after Dustpelt instead. Lilypaw and Seedpaw are his and Ferncloud's. Ferncloud is also surviving.

[pilot-boi]

Definitely interested in hearing those reasons Jaune wolfs out more after RWBY_NPR find out :3

Mama and Papa Arc adore their son, but they mostly take the “Conceal Don’t Feel” approach. No negative emotions allowed, because that makes him wolf out. It’s why he’s got the whole confident mask going on when he first arrives.

But you know Jaune, he’s like the most emotional character on the show. Repressing his negative feelings was never gonna work once he was no longer insulated on the Arc farm

So he wolfs out more because of that, and his friends have to figure out, ya know, actual emotionally healthy ways to help him not transform instead of just repressing all negative emotion

Through trial and error that he VERY reluctantly agrees to, they figure out that it’s not negative emotions that make him transform, it’s loss of control. In Jaune’s case this generally is caused by a self feeding loop of negative feeling -> panic that he’ll transform from the feeling -> bigger negative feeling

And it spirals from there. Basically he panics so much that his conscious mind retreats and the wolf takes over. Instinctively protecting him.

It takes a while because Jaune is worried about hurting them, but they figure out that if he starts spirling as long as they take somewhere he feels comfortable and safe, they’re usually able to talk him down. Ren’s semblance helps a lot, at least a bandaid fix while they get him out of the situation that’s triggering the panic

So yeah. That’s why he wolfs out more

[ladyanaconda]

Papa Wolf Besteel AU Headcanons.

Also known as 'Besteel has a daughter and gets a redemptive Arc' XD. I recently watched the series (man, I gotta read the books now), and while I hear it has quite the changes from the books, I fell in love with a certain Dorcean's redesign. I wouldn't mind him hunting me down.

And so, I came up with this fic idea. I'm still drafting it, but I got a general idea.

Besteel has an eight year old daughter, Fayluna—or 'Fay' for short. She's, perhaps, the only one who can get a genuine smile out of him (when he's in a good mood, that is).

Cassiora, Besteel's wife and Fay's mother, was a slender, red-furred Dorcean who preferred the hu-man crossbow and arrows as her hunting tools. Sadly, she died in a hunt gone awry when her daughter was two years old. Her death still haunts Besteel more than what he likes to admit, and it contributes to his overprotectiveness of his daughter.

Redimus is a cool uncle who often babysits Fay while Besteel is out hunting. The latter hasn't taken his daughter along ever since her mother was killed, despite Fay's pleas.

When Besteel is in papa wolf mode, run away.

Fay was imprisoned alongside Redimus after the latter's sideshow in the Queen's museum. Loroc knew that the best way to keep the 'best hunter in Orbona' under his thumb was through the only two people he cares about. Unfortunately, this means that Fay didn't see her father for two years—the time he's spent capturing the replacement animals.

During the events of Captive, Redimus finally manages to help his niece escape their cell through a ventilation shaft. While sneaking around the palace looking for her father, Fay runs into Eva. Despite a rocky start, the two soon befriend each other. Eva, unaware of who Fay's father is, promises to help her find him.

Queen Ojo didn't know that Fay and Redimus were imprisoned. She promises to set him free, but Fay leaves with Eva in the gold fish to look for her father.

Rovender quickly grows fond of Fay, who reminds him a bit of his daughter. He is also the first to realize who her father is.

Besteel's assault during Ruins was driven by his papa wolf instinct, as Loroc had lied to him saying the hu-man had taken his daughter as retribution. His purpose wasn't to kill Eva, but to save his Fay—killing the hu-man who 'abducted' her would be a bonus. It's not until after accidentally killing Muthr that Fay finally catches up and he learns what really happened.

Rather than let him get eaten by the sand snippers, Eva saves Besteel's life. Unlike him, she wouldn't leave a child an orphan, thus shaking the Dorcean to the core. He doesn't attend Muthr's funeral, being the one who killed her, but watches from afar while Fay does.

Besteel is a very reluctant member of the group. He's only there because of Fay, but still he mostly keeps to himself. Still, his physical strength and knowledge of Orbona's creatures proves valuable in the long run. He still has quite a short fuse and tends to butt heads with Eva. Still, he ends up giving her his version of a 'pep talk' every now and then.

While Besteel isn't in good terms with Eva, he does develop a friendlier disposition with Rovender, who actually sympathizes with what he went through. He would have done the same for his wife and daughter.

Besteel's the type of father who likes doting on his daughter every now and then, but when he says no, it means no

@dracocheesecake I know you're a big Besteel simp like me, so I figured you'd want to check this one out.

[tarisilmarwen]

Rebels Rewatch: "The Future of the Force"

Adventures in babysitting, Rebels edition!

You already know what I'm going to say, I never get tired of the pretty planets in this show.

This baby is named Alora, a bit of a Shout Out to Lucasfilm's underground cult classic Willow. No I have not watched the new show I have... not heard good things.

That it's Alora's grandmother that's the one traveling with her brings up some ah... disturbing Fridge Horror regarding her parents.

My theory: They 100% dead, Inquisitors already shanked them.

Ohhhhh you can tell from the horror in grandma's eyes she knows exactly why they want the baby.

Well nice to know Seventh Sister is equal opportunity Bad Touch.

Aaaaaaand there goes Fifth, murdering all the witnesses.

Zero fanfare, just to punctuate the horror of that moment.

After five episodes of doing other stuff offscreen, Ahsoka finally decides to pay the main narrative a visit. I did and do still appreciate that the writers kept Ahsoka to a minimum, like Vader, knowing full well her presence would overshadow and overpower the others. Despite how easy it would have been to fanservice TCW carryover watchers by giving her tons of screentime, she stays mostly as a tertiary character throughout.

Which is why cramming what is essentially the Rebels sequel material into a show where she's the headliner annoys me.

Ahsoka and Kanan quipping about how neither of them are technically real Jedi is both cute and sad.

Ahsoka still deeply in denial about what she sensed when scanning Vader.

Lol this whole moment. Love Ahsoka's fond little headshake.

Love this city design, got a very St. Basil's Cathedral in Russia aesthetic to it.

Some of that influence in the music here too.

Oh wow, Zeb jumps out of the Phantom before it's even finished landing, lolol what a drama queen.

Bit sloppy to leave the transport hanging in that planet's airspace, unless the Empire plans to blow it up later.

Even without showing any of the bodies you know everyone on that transport is pretty much dead. It's really only the limits of the rating that prevent us from actually seeing them.

Grandma looks a lot paler here, I don't think she survives much longer past this point.

I talked about it before in "Always Two There Are" but I love subtle little bits of continuity like this, Zeb learning binary in order to understand Chopper, since he had such a hard time before.

THIS HITS A BIT DIFFERENT WHEN YOU'RE A PARENT.

All I'm thinking is, "How long have they left that poor baby there?! Oh gosh she must be so hungry. Is there AC in there? Did they change her? I bet they didn't even change her, the bastards."

This whole episode reminds me SO strongly of the arc in TCW when Sidious contracted Cad Bane to steal Force Sensitive children for him. Would not be surprised if they were being used for the exact same purpose.

Is it me or do a LOT of Force Sensitive children seem to be born to impoverished single mothers? I wonder if it's a deliberate narrative choice sometimes, to lean into the adoption metaphor that being given up to and raised by the Jedi Order often is.

He's so empathetic Imma cry.

Chopper's actually doing a decent job of keeping Alora happy lol.

Lol, Zeb being grossed out by the Ithorian baby.

I think he's adorable, personally.

Maybe it's the mom in me but Zeb holding Pypey is just... super cute.

He's actually holding him mostly right, giving him plenty of support.

Pypey is just sensitive enough to recognize the danger the Inquisitors pose to him. :(((((((((

A very fragmented "Shenanigans" cue here, barely more than a few notes. Almost as if the danger is stifling the fun and whimsy that leitmotif usually signifies.

It's Ezra that recognizes the ID9 Seeker and makes Kanan stop, and they move in a very nice synchronized way to hide from it here.

Underrated Papa Wolf Kanan moment: Kanan yanking Ezra back from the hallway junction just before the Inquisitors get within eyeline.

I shouldn't laugh but this whole scene with Zeb and Kanan and Ezra having no clue how to calm Pypey is so relatable.

(Babies be temperamental and sometimes you just gotta hold 'em.)

There are so many little cute background moments of Ezra snuggling Pypey or making faces at Pypey aaaah they're so cute.

The detonator Zeb dropped gets flung back at them, Fifth's doing no doubt.

Kanan keeps putting his hand on Ezra's back on the stairs, it's sweet.

Fifth and Seventh sniping at each other lol.

Here's one of the moments of background Ezra being adorable with the baby.

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Ezra gets agitated when Kanan suggests he's going to be luring the Inquisitors away, ouch, poor boy's still not over the thing in "Call To Action".

Friiiiiick Ezra sensing Pypey's fear and Pypey sensing Ezra's and them stuck in a cyclical loop. :((((((

I too ramble at my infants like this. Lol.

Ezra unlocks the secret to calming babies: Being calm yourself. <3

Obligatory "Seventh's voice actress is married to Kanan's voice actor" mention.

The smoke effects on this show continue to be excellent.

Someone, I think it was @pep-no, theorized that Pypey's special ability in the Force might be compelling honesty. That or connecting with Pypey made Ezra more emotionally open, because he normally would be smarter than to blurt out where the Rebellion is hiding in a spot where he suspects Seventh's seekers might be listening.

(Then again, Ezra tends not to have any kind of filter around people he trusts.)

I definitely think there's room for that interpretation, given Ezra's floating, distracted gaze.

Kanan does really well in his brief clash with Seventh.

Zeb hauling him like a piece of luggage is still funny tho.

I love this environment. Feels very downtown LA.

A very heroic muted trumpet version of Ezra's theme as he steps forward bravely here.

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Protective little badass.

Also love Pypey being entranced with the lightsaber and trying to touch it. Baby no.

I love this cue. I haven't watched enough Clone Wars to discern if it's a carryover theme but it's awesome.

Ezra's confidence in Aunt Ahsoka. <333

*grumbles* Stupid auto anti-epilepsy features, it makes it so hard to see properly here.

I do like how effortlessly Ahsoka deals with the Inquisitors here.

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Chopper spinning the babies, awww.

Love how the ID9 comes to perch on Seventh's palm, it's so weird and animal-like. Like she's holding a jellyfish.

Ciffhanger reveal DUN DUN DUN.

This episode is so cute. It doesn't really effect much, besides emphasizing how dangerous a world it is that new Force Senstives are being born into (even moreseo than when there was a Jedi Order to take them in and shelter and protect them) and leading into the next episode's plot but it's a fun little romp with our characters and I just find it sweet and heartwarming.

Which we needed before the next episode's plot-heavy-ness.

[takeawaythepain]

Aah I hope you enjoyed teen wolf!! Which were your favorite characters/ships/seasons?

OMG I LOOOOOVED IT!! Okay, I have lots of thoughts. My favorite characters are Stiles and Lydia. And they were definitely my number one ship. I also adore Scott and think he’s just the sweetest little cinnamon roll. I wanted him to end up with Malia, but I never thought they would actually end up together so that was exciting! I think my most controversial opinion is that I didn’t really miss Allison that much when she left :/ I loved that Papa Argent stayed on after she left because I loved his whole character arc. I was so happy he ended up with Melissa <3 I’m a big fan of Papa Stiles too. I liked that the parents became integral parts of the story. Oh and Derek! So basically I like everyone lol. I think season three was my favorite. I loved Lydia’s journey to finding out she was a banshee. We’re going to watch the Teen Wolf movie this weekend, and I’m equally excited and terrified haha.

[eoangstlover56]

I am procrastinating on so many things right now I just can’t stop thinking about 2 facts:

1) Amanda doesn’t work SVU anymore so she has to be on OC for a personal reason

2) why re-visit the BX9 arc with Papa on OC if not to fix the screw ups in episode 12

They’re either giving us a flashback to the scenes that were cut or they are fixing things some other way but I’m calling it because there’s no way M and C and the editors and writers and producers were happy with Wolf cutting up episode 12 the way he did. They’re fixing it

[jboy44]

Papa wolf arc 2

The schnees are ariving.

Weiss waves

Jaune walks by holding adrian.

Adrian cuddled up sucking thumb😴😴😴😴😇😴😴😴😰😇😇😇" tail wag

Willow and winter see this

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Dad. I'm Straight (feat. Wolf Faunus Ruby)

Jaune: Dad... I want to tell you,,, I'm Straight.

Papa Arc: ....Okay?

Jaune: And I also want to tell you... That I have a girlfriend.

Papa Arc: ... Fo' real?

Jaune: DAD!!!

Papa Arc: Okay, sorry. I still find it hard to believe my son is both straight and have a girlfriend.

Jaune: So dad. What do you think?

Papa Arc: Don't worry son. Your mom and I are straight.

As long you aren't a bottom and fucking a faunus I will always accept you.

Jaune: ....

*knocks on the door*

Ruby: Jaune~ yoo-hoo. I'm here for our date and for our weekly pegging session.

Jaune: *gulp*.....

Papa Arc: ....... I have no son.

[linkman447]

https://www.tumblr.com/jboy44/719970559398674432/papa-wolf-arc-obleck-okay-class-i-know-arc-is?source=share

I make spin off

I see well let’s have a crack at it

[vannahfanfics]

Nutriment

Word Count: 1,290

Fluff, Humor, Canon Compliant

Summary: A brazen seagull makes off with Sanji's lunch! Well, there's no way that Luffy's gonna let his chef go hungry.

And, for the last of the Valentine’s events batch, my story for the LuSan Valentine’s Exchange! Just short and sweet Straw Hat shenanigans :)

“Look lively! Lunch is served!” 

Sanji couldn’t help but preen when his crewmates flocked toward the stairs to watch with eager anticipation as he came down, balancing several silver trays on his arms and even his head. Though they were slavering with hunger, they knew better by now than to crowd him—even Luffy, who was quite literally drooling onto the green carpet of grass blanketing their deck. Their gleaming eyes were the only things that moved, following Sanji as he descended the steps, while their bodies remained still as statues. It was only when he dropped the first silver platter onto the nearby picnic table that they sprang into action. 

Luffy, of course, was the first to make it to the table by a long shot. 

“It smells like meat!” he howled in delight, stretching out his arms to grab onto the picnic table bench and vault himself over. He landed in a stooped hunch, squatting like a monkey. Steaming spit roast danced in his eyes and drool dripped down onto his vest as he ravenously watched Sanji lift the lid away from the platter. “And it is meat!” he crowed triumphantly when Sanji revealed a salt-and-pepper steak lying on a bed of fluffy lettuce. 

Naturally, Luffy had a whole pile of them crammed under the lid, while the rest only had one to a few, depending on their appetites. No one even came close to Luffy’s voracious gluttony. But it did Sanji good to see people happy over his cooking, especially his captain; he was in a good mood, so he’d been a little generous today—and that wasn’t lost on Luffy. 

“Thanks, Sanji!” Luffy cheered, his broad grin nearly taking up his whole face. “It looks super yummy!” He wasted no time in plucking up one of the beef slabs and tearing into it like a starving carnivore, which made Sanji chuckle. 

“Can you even taste your food with how fast you wolf it down?” Sanji teased. Luffy didn’t hear him over the cartoonishly loud ripping of meat from bone. 

“Ah, whatever, as long as you enjoy it,” Sanji shrugged and walked over to his own plate at the end of the bench. He waited a moment to eat, instead indulging in the resounding praise and sounds of his crew happily consuming his hard work. Sanji always did this; it made him feel good, knowing that his cooking brought such joy. After a minute or so of just watching them with his cheek propped in his hand and a dreamy smile, Sanji finally pulled the lid off his platter, eager to enjoy his meal before it got cold. That sure would be a waste, and Sanji was not about waste. 

Come to Papa, he thought and licked his lips at the sizzling steak. 

Something shot by with a buzz-like zipping sound, and suddenly, there was just a spinning leaf of lettuce where his meal had been. Sanji whipped his head around just in time to see the culprit arc back up into the sky; a seagull, its wings beating frantically against the heavy weight of the beef slab clenched in its beak. Sanji had witnessed some pretty audacious crimes against food by tenacious seabirds, but this one was so utterly unexpected and bold that he couldn’t wrap his head around it. He just gawked at the billowing sail behind which it had vanished, completely dumbfounded. 

“Did… Did anyone just see that?!” Nami cried, looking from one end of the table to the other while she tried to comprehend the speed at which the seabird had zoomed by. 

“What the hell was that? A missile? Are we under attack?!” Usopp yowled in fright and disappeared under the table at a speed that rivaled the supersonic gull’s. 

“It was a bird!” Chopped cried, waving his hooves above his head. “A big giant seagull, and it stole Sanji’s food!” 

“It did what?” Luffy gasped around his mouthful of meat, and that was what broke Sanji out of his trance. 

With a sigh, he just put the lid back on the platter and stood up. 

“Well, so much for that,” he shrugged with a wry smile. There was no use being upset about it; weird things happened, especially out here on the Grand Line. A seagull dive-bombing their picnic table and making off with a slab of meat was easily the most mundane thing to happen in the last few days. Not being able to taste one’s hard work was disappointing, but only slightly to a chef like Sanji. He’d much rather the victim be him than anyone else. 

“Guess I’ll have to find something quick and easy to make—” he started, slinging his leg over the bench to get moving, but he suddenly found himself being pushed roughly on the shoulder. He fell into a straddle on the bench, and he whipped his head over his shoulder to see Luffy’s outstretched arm slithering back to him like a retreating snake. 

“No way! I’m not gonna let everybody but you enjoy this yummy meat!” Luffy cried, steam blowing out of his nose. Before Sanji could ask the burning question of how the hell they were gonna accomplish that considering most everyone had finished eating, Luffy snatched up the last remaining steak on his plate and hopped onto the table. He stomped right up to Sanji, crouched down, tore off the platter’s lid, and slapped the steak down on the slightly wilted lettuce with a determined huff. 

Once again, Sanji found himself gaping stupidly at the platter, though this time it was not empty. 

“What’re just staring at it for?” Luffy snorted and gestured adamantly at the slab of beef. “Eat it!” 

“Luffy? Giving up his meat?” Sanji heard Nami whisper in awe. “I thought I’d never see the day. Hey, has anyone seen him fall and hit his head? Do we need to check and make sure he doesn’t have some kind of concussion or brain bleed?” 

“I didn’t hit my head!” Luffy snapped and shot Nami a reproachful pout. “Sure, I’d much rather eat it, but what kinda captain would I be if I let my chef go hungry? A shitty one, that’s what, and I ain’t a shitty captain!” He snorted in irritation, but when he looked back to Sanji, his expression had already melted into a bright smile. “So, go on!” 

“Luffy, I appreciate the gesture, but it makes me happier to see you guys eat my cooking,” Sanji said with a crooked smile, a mixture of happy and slightly embarrassed. “I’m just fine eating something el—” 

“Well, I’m not!” Luffy insisted, stamping his foot against the table and making the silver platters and plates rattle. “If you don’t get to eat with us, then that makes me un-happy! And that totally cancels out all your happy!” 

It was undeniably Luffy logic, and it made Sanji chuckle and sigh in relent. What his captain says, goes, after all. However, as he picked up his fork, Sanji could not help but smile at the warmth and gratitude bubbling up inside of him. It might seem a small gesture to most people, but Luffy loved his meat; this just proved that he loved his crew—including him—far more. 

For the longest time, Sanji’s joy had been cooking. There was nothing like it, after all—crafting something with your own hands to bring sustenance and contentment to someone else. After he’d joined the Straw Hats, however, his joy had become something different. 

He loved cooking, don’t get him wrong, but his greatest joy had to be this—sitting here, eating good food while his crew laughed and smiled around him. There was nothing on this earth that could make Sanji fuller.

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So Zenkichi's awakening scene... Pretty damn neat if you ask me

Good into my tags if you wanna see me ramble/theorize