#please say other people also like this ship

[selfindulgenceisthekey]

If You Thought It Was Real Pt. II

Pt. I

Pt. III

The town felt smaller, somehow. When they first docked it was bustling, vendors on every street, people talking and laughing. Silence felt like a thing of the past. 

It was almost like a ghost town, with how it felt now.

It was darker outside, the sun still slowly setting over the horizon. Shades of orange cast shadows as he walked, flip-flops hitting the ground, the noise echoing around him. He had told the others to stay on the ship, even though Zoro was determined to follow him out there.

They had spent the first day discussing what had happened regarding you and drawn this conclusion: you’d set your sights on them, and Sanji, with intentions. It wasn’t a rare fact that Sanji was a flirt who wore his heart on his sleeve, and it appeared you had taken advantage of this and gained his trust, worming your way onto the ship to steal Nami’s barely finished map.

Sanji had attempted to pretend he didn’t care, although Luffy knew he was holding onto your note in his chest pocket, and even though his eyes were more watery than normal.

The discussion of what had happened quickly delved into what would happen. Sanji said he didn’t care, but the wobbly lips that held his cigarette told another story. Nami wanted her map back, as well as the berri she later realized you had stolen as well.

Luffy wasn’t one who got tied in romantic drama; he didn’t care who was with whom, but he did care when the who in question hurt his nakama.

And despite his watery smiles and forced cheeriness, you had hurt Sanji.

Fists clenched at his side, Luffy paused in his walking, focusing on nothing in front of him. Perhaps some of the issue came from the fact that Luffy had also trusted you. That he’d begun to truly consider you one of his friends. Though his priority, in this situation, was his nakama. He’d deal with his issues at a later date.

The first issue at hand was finding you.

You’d mentioned before that you lived in one of the local inns, that it was part of your payment for the work you did in this port. But checking with some of the nearer innkeepers, the only conclusion he’d gotten was you didn’t live there, and the questioning of your whereabouts was enough to make a flash of fear shine in their eyes.

The picture he’d painted was beginning to change the more he wandered.

“Excuse me?”

He glanced up, his glare turning from the ground to the young woman who was beckoning for his attention.

She was partly hidden in the shadows, peeking at him from an alleyway she had ducked into. 

“You’re Monkey D. Luffy, aren’t you?” He blinked at the question, his glare faltering as he nodded, and she looked somewhat relieved. “Are you looking for your friend?”

He pondered for a moment before saying your name in a questioning tone. She nodded, tucking her hair behind her ear.

“Do you know where she is?”

“Yes, I,” She bit her bottom lip, eyes darting away before coming back to him, “Are you going to help her?”

He raised an eyebrow. “Does she need my help?” 

She nodded, quick and sharp, “She… They should be at the tavern two blocks that way,” She pointed further up the way he had been walking, “Siren’s Heart. She’ll be there.”

Nodding, he didn’t say much else, walking further down the cobblestone path. 

“Please, help her.” He didn’t respond to the woman’s whispered plea, wondering if he kept walking, if he could pretend he hadn’t heard it.

The walk grew louder as he neared the bar; music was pouring out into the streets, and drunk men were bumbling about, laughing loudly. One man bumped into Luffy, and under any other circumstances, he’d have laughed it off, but he didn’t even blink as the drunk man fell to the ground, groaning in pain.

“Watch it, asshole!”

He sent him one brief glare, barely tapping into his conqueror’s haki, before continuing his walk, paying no mind to the man trembling at his friend's feet. 

The bar was loud. It wasn’t unusual, but after spending so many days aboard the Sunny, it felt jarring.

The dress you had on was uncomfortable. It wasn’t new, it’s a stupid piece you’ve had for months. Too tight where you didn’t want it to be, every breath felt shallow, lest you break your ribs against the fabric, and your legs were far too uncovered. Maybe in another life you would have worn something like this out for fun with friends, nothing on your mind but a good night.

A stupid voice whispered in another world that those friends could have been Nami and Robin.

Another shot silenced that voice rather quickly.

A hand gripped your thigh, the feeling causing you to jump, mind hazy as you turned, blinking slowly.

“C’mon, girly.” The smell of peanuts, vodka, and bad breath invaded your senses, and you couldn’t stop yourself from cringing. “You’re far too quiet tonight.”

Thanks jackass, my throat hurts. You just smiled at him, small and simple, “Sorry— lost in thought!” You tacked on a giggle at the end, watching as his seedy eyes lit up.

The bruises littering your body weren’t covered by fabric or makeup. Why hide them when they served to remind you and everyone around you what happened when you didn’t abide by the rules perfectly? You learned that there was an unspoken rule regarding the timeline of getting the map. 

You were led to the man's table, wobbly on the heels they stuffed you in, liquor making your body warm and your balance nonexistent. It was easy to dissociate once you were seated, downing drinks handed your way, leaning against the older man’s side, his arm wrapped around your waist, fingers dangerously close to brushing against your behind. 

The drunker he got, the more he babbled about all the valuable items he and his men had recently found, and you realized through your haze why he was invited out this evening. You didn’t need anyone to come see you to tell you what you were aiming for tonight, this was the usual song and dance. You were so wrapped up in your mind, still timing your smiles and laughter just right, you failed to notice the hush that had fallen in the bar.

Through the ever-growing silence you heard your name, harsh and cold. You shifted, realizing at some point you’d move to lay your head on the table, the cool wood nice against your flushed face. You turned, the blurry outline of a person growing closer. You heard a familiar sound, a muffled slapping sound, which you began to recognize as flip-flops hitting the floor.

That realization had you shooting up, the hazy features coming clear as he stood right by your table: Luffy.

“L-Luffy?”

He didn’t respond, but the look on his face was enough to make your mouth slam shut. He looked mad, it was almost unnatural to see such an expression on his face. In the short time you had been aboard the Sunny, the captain had been all smiles and laughter: it made you occasionally wonder if they gave him the title of ‘Captain’ to be nice.

But seeing the storm that the man before you, you had a sinking realization that all the rumors you had heard before this mission were true. 

You’d forgotten cruel men could wear smiles as bright as the sun.

“You hurt Sanji.” Was all he responded, voice low.

“I,” Your throat felt dry, and you couldn’t help but swallow nervously, hoping it would provide some sort of relief.

His eyes studied your face amid your silence, gaze dropping slowly down your throat, narrowing ever so slightly as he took in the fresh bruises on your skin. 

“Huh, so that’s what she meant.” He muttered to himself, crouching down some that he was face to face with you, the brim of his hat brushing against your forehead.

With him so close, you felt like you were suffocating, terrified to keep holding eye contact, but so much more terrified to break it.

“Hey, boy,��� A hand clasped Luffy’s shoulder. 

You recognized the voice. Hel was the one who did recon in the bar when needed; this was his territory. But Luffy didn’t so much as move, his gaze locked on your face.

“What business you got with our girl here?”

That question had one of his eyebrows ticking, a subtle shift in his expression. “Your girl?”

“Yeah.” Hel chuckled, dark and annoyed, his grip on Luffy’s shoulder tightening, “So I’ll ask again; what business do you—”

It happened so quickly that you missed it, despite your eyes being open and locked on Luffy. One moment, Hel was behind him, the next he was feet away, crashed through the wooden bar, blood already pouring down his forehead, eyes barely open as he slumped over.Now standing, Luffy turned his back towards you, staring at your unconscious boss, “She’s not your girl. She’s Sanji’s, which means she’s mine.”

Taglist: @hannahbarberra162

[sprinkleonthatcriticism]

I'm going to be annoying for saying this but please hellaverse critical don't provoke the stans if they are being unprovoked

Yeah, I remember seeing this one critic being upset because an artist did that "is this a pigeon?" meme but replace the dude with Stolas so the critic and a lot of other critics use the template by putting stolitz critique references and such, and no surprise, the artist was uncomfortable and block these people. And instead of just doing the whole "You were blocked? well move on!" thing, the critic put the artist on blast :/ Like, I understand how the critic feels and how the artist also feels, like the artist should've state that they do not want people to use anti-stolitz critique on their work and the critic should've just move on but nope. Keeping names out because I do not want to start drama with anyone especially since this critic is bigger than me and I do not want the artist or critic to get witch-hunted.

Personally, I don't support the Stolitz ship for obvious reasons but I would not harass the person for liking it or being uncomfortable with people talking about how much they hate the ship because as long as the artist isn't throwing a hissy fit I see no issues.

[pencileyed-crow]

I’ve noticed that people still consider Franklydear a cannon couple. This post is not directed towards anyone specifically, but I’ve been noticing this is a common misconception in the fandom. Franklydear was never stated to be canon. Frank and Eddie do have a relationship, whether it’s romantic, friendly, platonic, or any others will be reveals as the story progresses. As clown says here. Earlier art may depict them to be, but clown has stated that any art over three years of age is purely headcannons for his own characters or conceptual work and is not considered cannon to the actual storyline. We are not far enough in the story to automatically assume things. feelings will be expressed between characters

Stated Here

the story will go the way it will go, we are simply along for the ride. it was just never confirmed by clown for frank and Eddie to actually be in a relationship. He never confirmed the sexuality of frank and Eddie, or any of the characters. This does not mean any theories you have or may have are wrong. You are still allowed to theorize things, Franklydear related too, and they could be correct, or not. We will simply have to wait and see how the story progresses.

also, IT IS COMPLETLEY FINE TO SHIP CHARACTERS! CANNON OR NOT. PLEASE STOP HARASSING PEOPLE FOR HAVING DIFFERENT OPINIONS ON SHIPS.

everyone should be allowed to have fun with shipping, as long as it’s not gross or problematic of course. For example, I love Franklydear, I am also a big fan of poppy with sally or Julie, and howdy with almost anyone in the neighborhood. That is just my opinion. It does not need to be yours.

Tdlr: frank and Eddie were never stated to be a couple. The sexuality and genders of them or other characters were never confirmed to be cannon. People can still theorize, and if that’s what happens, it’s what happens! And if not, then it’s not. It’s clowns decision on what to do with the story, he has not stated that Eddie and frank being in a romantic relationship is cannon.

(I feel like I am missing some things to this post. I will most likely add on)

CLOWN ALSO HAS HIS ASK BOX OPEN IN THE TWENTY FITH OF THIS MONTH. please keep the questions inside of clowns boundaries.

[1322daysofdoey]

As a neurodivergent and traumatized adult I definitely see where anon is coming from. I've been treated like I've had the mentality of a child because of how I reacted in extremely stressful situations and it's awful.

I think the problem may stem from the fact that some people use the "toys aged into adulthood" headcanon to justify sexualization in a similar manner to "I aged them up so it's okay!" which causes people to see the entire headcanon in a negative light, despite the fact that I have seen quite a few people on Tumblr headcanon them as adults in a respectful way and not using it for inappropriate reasons (and still being very much uncomfortable with people who do sexualize them). Like, just headcanoning it because it makes more biological sense, since as anon said, they're still alive. It was a surgical procedure, not supernatural possession of inanimate objects. So if you're alive, you age, that's just how it works lol. Even if the procedure involves death and then resurrection in the new body, the physical resurrection, realistically, would resume the aging process wouldn't it? Because it's their organs preserved, transferred into a new body, and then revived. Once again, not ghost possessions. Of course, if they aged, they were growing up in a horrible environment with no parental figures, which obviously didn't give them any chance to heal from their trauma. That's going to show in their mental state. I've seen people take Doey (Jack) saying "Mommy, Daddy, I just wanna go home" as him still being a child but that could just as easily be regression due to the immense stress of the situation. All of his personalities would be, really. You can see it in Kevin especially, comparing some dialogue with his personality from an earlier part of the game (yes, he doesn't only come out when Doey loses his temper, you know!) with how he speaks at the end of the chapter.

The way people are affected by trauma is not pretty. Being overwhelmed by your emotions is not pretty. Growing up doesn't magically fix it, it's something that'll stick with you for the rest of your life. And it's only going to be worse when you have no opportunity to heal, and when you experience even more trauma once reaching adulthood that mirrors your childhood trauma.

Also, on another note, I've seen some people claim that the "permanent children" interpretation is the objectively canon one, which I think may be a misconception as a result of people on the dev team having that headcanon despite them only being artists, voice actors, etc. and not the people who actually wrote the story and lore. Their headcanon gets treated as confirmed fact even though it's still just a headcanon at the end of the day. So some people may end up trying to shut down what they think are "incorrect" interpretations when there's actually still no confirmation one way or the other as of now. (Correct me if I'm mistaken and it actually was confirmed to be 100% canon fact and not just their personal interpretations, but please give proof so I know it's not misinformation. But personally, I think confirmation of something that important needs to be stated in the actual game... Like, if the procedure somehow stops their organs from physically aging forever, then they should put a lore document about it in the game itself.)

But of course, remember to still use common sense no matter what your headcanon is. Like for example I'm still very uncomfortable with toy x player ships because the player, being an ex-employee, would have already been an adult while the toys were still children. That's just gross.

(Sorry OP I hope it's okay I reblogged with a yapfest I just had a lot of thoughts.)

The wider PPT fandom has an extremely bad abelism issue.

When people get attacked/degraded for dare headcanoning the toys as deeply traumatized adults, detractors' reasons and they're overall messaging actually feeds into deeply bigoted beliefs that perpetuate abuse aimed at people who have undergone extreme trauma and are neurodivergent in ways that aren't "digestible enough" for most neurotypical people to tollerate. It's bad enough a lot of it comes down to infantilization.

And the comparisons often made with fnaf with "dead kids"... that actually misses the entire point of Poppy's premise. That the toys are LIVING BEINGS. Meaning none of these victims ever died in the first place upon being turned and furthur abused.

You people are effectively telling survivors of extreme abuse and trauma the game is deeply allegorical to (like what has been long normalized in asylums!) that they are better off dead. You are shaming them for dare surviving.

An important reminder: Doey directly said to Poppy "we are people". Not children. People.

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[sayurinn]

Hello tumblr pls accept my gionara musings :3 I hallucinated this ship because I need to always ship the most niche and delusional thing ever and also I just think they’re silly… raya if u see this no u don’t

[yksyls]

uisaki shippers get up. rise. don't let the incest stop you from enjoying their dynamic. ooooo it's fiction ooooo it's just anime girls. become woke. ship incest. you like toxic yuri? this is it. let it be.

[saivii]

I’ve heard a lot of people talk about how Nam-gyu hates women (which is fair), but I haven’t heard anyone mention that he basically hates everyone.

Out of everyone this man interacts with, the only characters he doesn’t directly insult are Thanos and Gyeong-su. But as soon as Thanos dies, he grumbles and talks shit about Thanos too (though I think part of him actually misses/cares about Thanos, but that’s a whole different story. He has a love/hate relationship with Thanos) and he mostly ignores Gyeong-su apart from laughing at him when Gyeong-su talks to Thanos for the first time.

He definitely hates Se-mi, but he also hates Myung-gi, Min-su, In-ho, and everyone who voted x. He’s such a hater and I live for it.

If I recall correctly, Se-mi is the only woman he interacts with and he hates her because she stands up to him and makes fun of his shaky hands. And that’s petty of him to hate her for that, but he’s petty! He hates people who challenge him or go against him in any way or people who point out his flaws because he seems to hate coming across as weak or not having any power.

Also maybe I’m taking this too seriously but can we not do the whole “he hates women so that makes him gay” thing? It’s totally fine to headcanon him as gay but the idea of misogyny defining being gay is just not it to me. Maybe it’s because I’ve had misogyny directed at me mostly by straight men and those experiences have been painful, so the implication of “teehee he’s a misogynist so that makes him gay” kinda feels invalidating and it feels kinda homophobic too.

Tldr: my boy is a HATER!!! He’s not just a menace to women he’s a menace to society and I think that’s beautiful 😌

[momentomori24]

The way people get so weird about Shadria makes me wanna scream. What do you mean "well in CANON they're [insert label] and they CANONICALLY don't see each other romantically so it's weird and you can't ship it!!" My sibling in Christ, Sonadow is the most popular ship in this fandom. Y'all don't gaf about canon 💀

People will preach about not letting canon shackle your shipping experience in fandoms until it's a ship they don't like or deem "problematic" then all of a sudden the canon relationship status matters and shipping it now means that you think it's canon. But the same rules don't apply to other non canon ships. Just say you personally don't like it and pick a lane for goodness' sake.

[sysig]

I think they’re the same guy, somehow (Patreon)

[the-way-astray]

hi, hello, yes, if you ever use the word "deserve" with regards to romantic relationships between fictional characters (and real people, honestly) then i kindly invite you to go fuck yourself

[charafansmile]

It annoys me when I see someone comment on a post that they "only ship canon ships" and bring up alphyne and asgoriel.. I have to stop myself from getting in pointless arguments about how asgoriel is not canon. Not in the current timeline of undertale and certainly not in deltarune. DOA ass ship. You don't even learn they were together until it's obvious toriel divorced him!!!! Nobody has played a version of the game where they are currently married!!!! You would think with the way people talk about asgoriel that she forgave him and they got back together!! But! no!! Their ship sailed and sunk before the title even appears!!!! and unlike alphyne their isint any ending where they do!!!! Asgoriel is about as canon as soriel and papyton are!!!!! You are longing for a past you never experienced!!!!! Stop it!!!!!

[asgardian--angels]

....idk in a fandom this gigantic how are people already coalescing onto a handful of popular headcanons and scenarios that just become the baseline now, when the source material gives us literally limitless possibilities to work with

[altocat]

Okay. I feel like I have to say this because I saw this argument earlier. Zack and Sephiroth WERE friends. They were friends caught up in a strained, stressful situation beyond their control. With this said, there's some understandable tension between them during the game. But Zack is NOT cruel to Sephiroth during CC, nor is he at any point responsible for Sephiroth's trauma or actions. When Zack gets annoyed at Sephiroth during the story, there are VALID reasons for him feeling this way. And, moreover, Sephiroth is not the ONLY victim of CC compared to the OCEAN OF TRAUMA Zack experiences.

For starters, Sephiroth is technically dumping all his responsibilities onto Zack, causing him to bear the emotional burden. Sephiroth is also aloof and not always communicative. Zack was mad at him in Junon because Sephiroth was not returning his calls. Zack being pissed at Sephiroth because of Nibelheim? He just murdered a ton of civilians there's realistically no way you can be nice and gentle with someone after that. Zack not checking in on Sephiroth? Well he actually MIGHT have been. How else does he know what Sephiroth is doing in there? How does Cloud have memories of Sephiroth telling him to go away? Zack likely DID express concern for Sephiroth's wellbeing and WAS rebuffed. Zack even expresses concern at the Nibelheim reactor by trying to physically comfort Sephiroth, only for SEPHIROTH to push him away. Zack was also the one telling Genesis to shut the hell up because he could see that Sephiroth was getting upset. Zack DOES care and DOES emphasize with Sephiroth. The game just isn't dwelling on it.

Sephiroth is not the only person in pain during CC. I think Zack had to deal with the MOST shit since he's the one who had to kill Angeal. He got to watch Genesis seemingly die in front of him. I think Zack has MORE THAN A FEW valid reasons for being occasionally upset and angry at Sephiroth. But even AFTER what Sephiroth did in Nibelheim, Zack still chooses to honor him at the end. Sephiroth is shown in Zack's memories of people he loves during his last stand. AND Zack stands in Sephiroth's place when he fulfills Genesis' wish to share the apples. In Opera Omnia, Zack is very clearly upset with what happened with Sephiroth, and doesn't seem to be able to truly hate him. And Sephiroth killed innocent people and tried to destroy the world. I think if Zack can still pity Sephiroth afterwards, it wasn't just an unempathetic relationship.

Also, and this is something that the game tries to convey but doesn't do a good enough job, Sephiroth and Zack spend pretty much 2 years in each other's company. The DMW cutscenes explore this idea as it shows them training together. What you are seeing are only a handful of moments in what is otherwise a period of them actually befriending each other and forming enough of a bond for Sephiroth to have grown some level of fondness for him. Nomura himself has said that Sephiroth really trusts Zack, and appreciates that Zack treats him like a human being and not a hero. He LIKES that Zack calls him out, likes that Zack challenges him. He is THANKFUL for that.

Crisis Core is a flawed game. But Sephiroth is not the only victim or the only one suffering throughout. Genesis and Angeal suffered. And god, Zack MORE than suffered. And no one was nice to HIM throughout. No one cares about HIS mental health. No one gives HIM special treatment. He has to kill his friends and deal with it. And then he dies. I love Sephiroth, you all know that. But part of loving the character is accepting the very real truth that he is STILL a villain and that he is NOT the center of suffering. His pain does NOT invalidate the pain of others.

Anyway, Zack and Sephiroth were still friends despite all this. They weren't as close as they could have been, but they were. It was a relationship with occasional bitterness, drama, and heartache, but they were still good enough friends for it to count. But we need to take into account that Zack is NOT to blame for anything related to Sephiroth's pain and actions. If anything, he is completely blameless.

[ganonfan1995]

okay I made a Zelda/Ganondorf server, I'm new to this so it's pretty bare bones as it stands. If you'd like an invite please either DM me or send me an ask off anon and I'll send u the link! You must be 18+ to join, thank you!

[oceanwithouthermoon]

just saw another one of those "stop shipping aroace characters and saying aroace people can date" posts and im literally going bonkers..

please.. the COMMENTS on these posts are SOOO CRAZY.. "you wouldnt ship a lesbian with a man, would you?" ohhh i see. so you didnt get the point at all is what im hearing.

(random examples from a post i saw)

AROMANTIC MEANS "LITTLE TO NO ROMANTIC ATTRACTION." romance repulsed aro people definitely deserve more representation and it sucks that there isnt much at all, BUT that doesnt mean you should just erase the rest of the community in its entirety ? yall know aro is a spectrum, right? why are you being dense?

why do you insist on putting aroace people in a little box? telling us we can only be one thing and the rest of us arent valid? we dont need your help! we dont want the box! leave us alone!

YOU CAN AND SHOULD MAKE YOUR "WE NEED MORE ARO CHARACTERS WITHOUT ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS" POSTS. DO THAT. BUT STOP SPREADING MISINFORMATION AND BEING BIGOTED. YOU ARE A BIGOT IF YOU REFUSE TO ACCEPT OTHERS IN THE COMMUNITY WHO ARE DIFFERENT THAN YOU.

and even more when allos make/comment on these kinds of posts.. why are you, allo, trying to tell me, aro, how i should act as an aro person? how i should deal with characters i relate to? ur weird. get a hobby.

anyway yeah, my biggest problem with this discourse isnt really the people making their own posts, its when i or another aro person makes our own content of aroace people in romantic relationships or simply EXIST as aroace people in romantic relationships, and people think its okay to tell us that we aren't portraying aroace people correctly.. as if we arent writing our own experience? please just leave us alone im literally begging you. at least do some research on others in the community, why do you only think about yourself and whatever youve seen on tiktok?

[youmakethelight]

Vehemently not wanting a ship to be canon so much that you have to comment it on other people's posts is reasonable, but saying anything that suggests you disagree means you're too obsessed with fictional characters?? Please what is the difference? If you're chill about fictional characters, why does their possible romance make you so irate??