#punk rock warlord

[marian-1122]

Happy Birthday Joe Strummer , wherever you are , we miss you !!

Joe Strummer in Granada , Spain , 1984 .

©️Juan Jesús García

[theunderestimator-2]

Joe Strummer at his wedding with Lucinda Tait in 1995. He was married to Lucinda from 1995 until his death in 2002.

belfasttelegraph.co.uk/ :" Is anyone ever ready for a close partner never coming back, being gone forever, I ask. "No. I don't think so," she replies. "Joe was fun to live with. I remember one day - I think my daughter must have been about five or six - and we woke up and it was a beautiful morning, and Joe said, 'No school today. We are going down to Cornwall for the day'. He lived life for the moment." Does Lucinda live in the moment? "I wish I did. I try. I do try! I hear Joe's voice the whole time, saying, 'Go for it. Go on. Just say yes'. " And that's what his early death should teach us. He was 50. 'Just go for it! Say yes!'" Lucinda says, echoing the love of her life."

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[sldvicious]

Paul and Joe

photo by Leee Black Childers

[ledoftherings]

I will live in thy heart, die in thy lap, and be buried in thy eyes!

-Much Ado About Nothing, Shakespeare

[maxiemartmanager]

Joe Strummer will always be important to me. Not just for the soundtrack if by youth ignited by my first concert, but for making me think. For making me look up the names and events referenced in their songs. Teaching me to pay attention. You’ll notice that their songs still seem as if they were written last week. Joe was the face of the Clash and, therefore is The Fonz, JFK, and John Lennon all in one.

Play his music on the 20th anniversary of his leaving.

[olgaofkievv]

Finally made it....... Miss you every single day. Can't believe it's been almost 20 years since you've been gone.

Hope you're at peace in the great beyond, rocking out with all the other dearly departed punk heroes.

[rustbeltjessie]

The top link (to the article) is broken, but it can be accessed here now.

Mix Tapes from the Midwest: Punk Rock Warlord

December 22nd, 2012 marked a decade since Joe Strummer (born John Mellor) passed away. My best friend (the one who initially broke the news of his passing to me) sent me a text message that morning. “Still makes me sad, even though it’s been ten years,” she said. It still makes me sad, too, and probably always will.

Though I have written about The Clash and Joe Strummer many times before, I will continue to write about them – because The Clash has been my favorite band since I was 15, because nearly everything Joe has done musically remains important and relevant to my life, because he left behind an amazing body of work and sharing it with others by writing about it is one thing that eases the sadness just a bit.

Though some of my very favorite Clash songs are Mick Jones songs, this is a Joe Strummer-focused column, so I stuck with Clash tunes that Joe sung lead vocals on. There is a notable lack of some of Joe’s musical projects: you will find no songs from Cut the Crap here; I also have not included anything from Joe’s brief time with the Pogues (I love the Pogues, but they weren’t Joe’s band, y’know?), and there is nothing here from the album Earthquake Weather. Which leads me to say…

Tune into the accompanying podcast to hear a bunch of music from the column plus a bunch that didn’t make it into it. Includes the 101ers, The Clash (including a track from Cut the Crap), Joe Strummer (including tracks from Earthquake Weather), and Joe Strummer and The Mescaleros, plus The Menzingers, Rancid, and The Hold Steady.

[blacklegsanjiii]

If you had to give sanji a random devilfruit, which would you go for and what kinda story would you have around it 🤔

So kind of fucked up but my first thought was the calm-calm fruit. It'd probably be in the bag of food Zeff tossed him on the rock. Do I think he would use it in a healthy way? No. Would it be even more detrimental to his mental health? Yep. Does he use it to perv? No.

He would use it to hide his panic and his nightmares and everything 'not useful' despite what Zeff and the others keep telling him. It's a safety net so he doesn't bother people with his problems, with what's happened to him. He uses it for others as well, providing quiet spaces for those who need it. Sanji is incredibly selfless when it comes to others problems but you know he would encase his room in a calm bubble so the others wouldn't hear him in the night.

When he joins the crew he uses it less, not to hide it but more so he doesn't become overly reliant on it. The crew would know about it, I think after Arlong Park Nami asks him to use it on her so she can have some cathartic screaming without disturbing the crew and he obliges with a knowing and sad smile. He shows it to Vivi and Chopper and Ace who all find it rather interesting, he doesn't know if the Marines know because it's not listed on his poster after Alabasta. Robin finds it interesting that the man who hides has such a fruit, not that she says this of course, it's not her business to share. I think it would FUCK with Thriller Bark if Sanji used it to take the place of Zoro. He doesn't let Zoro hear what he says to Kuma and doesn't tell Zoro to give his regards to the crew, just watches Zoro collapse again before he takes it.

Zoro is pissed at him when he wakes up so he uses his fruit to let Zoro be angry at him without the others hearing. Sanji doesn't argue with him and just takes his anger. It is well deserved after all, but he tells the mosshead to be quiet for a bit, he doesn't tell Zoro why he did it, but Zoro knows, he knows the cook too well.

When the crew comes back together, after the loss of Ace Sanji offers his powers to his captain. Luffy uses it sometimes, usually after he wakes up from an awful nightmare. Things go as canon, Sanji is just sneakier than before. In punk hazard Nami has to figure out Sanji's fruit for a minute before they're all switched again. It doesn't work but imagine what finding out Sanji has Cora's fruit does to him?

Sanji offers the use of his fruit for some peace and quiet because he knows Law is stressed out and Law is staring at him in shock and bewilderment. It feels like a prank on the man as the man who looks like a smaller Cora almost has his fruit. They have a lot of the same mannerisms too so it's gotta hurt a bit. Law agrees and Sanji silences the galley for them as he cooks. Just lets the warlord sit as the rhythmic chopping and bubbling of the kitchen soothe.

In WCI, because I think it would be funny if the world still didn't know he had a fruit - like it's not public knowledge, so if it wasn't for the cuffs and Zeff, Sanji would have snuck back. I think it would be hilarious if he uses his fruit to sneak around, no one notices him come or go. So during the escape when he silences the whole ship everyone is shocked that it goes completely quiet as they sail away and realize someone on the boat has a fruit the world is unaware of.

In Wano it allows him to sneak away from the group and sneak around more than the others. Get more information and meet Yamato sooner and they relate heavily. He shows Yamato his fruit and Yamato is pleased by it because he would be. During the raid he uses it against Queen when he starts spouting shit about and copying his raid suits powers. Queen would flip about his fruit as Sanji smiles and finishes the fight.

[analogwriting]

Childhood Crush

Chapter 17: Silicon

Killer x gn!reader word count: 3.4k a/n: figured i'd give you some up before we get to the real downs next

After your little confrontation with Killer, if you can even call it that, you decided to see what you could find out about the SMILE fruit that you could. You did find out that Kaido was getting it from the warlord Donquixote Doflamingo who had someone named Caesar the Clown making it. Though, in your research, you found out that someone else had been somewhat wrapped up in things. At least he was there when things went belly up in Punk Hazard. 

Trafalgar Law. 

Luckily, everyone was on the same port as the ships were being repaired and prepared for departures. Everyone around the same area meant it was going to be easier for you to slip away for a few moments to try and talk to him. You knew your brother absolutely loathed the guy and everyone else would just raise an eyebrow on why you might want to strike up a conversation with him. And if you wanted to be incognito about your whole plan then…

You spotted him leaning against some rock somewhat on the edge of all the commotion, so no one would probably pay attention to the both of you as long as neither of you brought attention to yourselves. You headed that way, plopping down next to him. He looked at you with a confused expression.

“The hell you want Eustass 2.0?” 

You could suddenly see why your brother hated him. What a warm, stand up guy. Though, his whole personality was surrounded by the idea of death - so you guess it checked out. You glared at him. “First of all, I’m the older sibling, so if anything he’d be y/n 2.0.” Law stared at you in disbelief.

“You two are related? So there really are two of him?”

“Oh my fuck, just fuck off with that. Anyway.” You shook your head, you were here for a reason. You weren’t about to let your annoyance get to you over some petty comments.

“I need to know everything you know about the SMILE fruit.” You looked at him and his expression changed to a more serious one.

“And why would I tell you anything?” 

“Why wouldn’t you?”

He seemed to pause at that retort. “Because I don’t have to.”

Your face changed to that of a deadpanned one. Nice to know his trash talk was garbage. “Wow. King of comebacks, you are, huh?”

He narrowed his eyes at you. “You’re not making me want to help you, you know.”

With a roll of your eyes and a sigh, you pinched the bridge of your nose. “Well, whether or not you tell me the information doesn’t actually matter. I just thought I could start with some kind of foundation.”

“What are you getting on about?”

You looked at him once more. “Since no one else seems wants to fucking do anything about it, I’m going to be trying to cure the SMILE fruit.”

“And you need my help? What could I do?”

“I don’t need your help, I just need to know what you learned on Punk Hazard.”

He stared at you for a moment and you could feel your irritation growing. This man was impossible. You absolutely saw why your brother was always irritated by his mere presence. With a sigh of irritation, you stood up and dusted yourself off.

“You know what? Forget I asked. I just wanted to help someone I fucking care about but I should’ve know better than to fucking ask for help.” You casted a glance across the port to Killer who was talking to Dive at the moment before starting to head in that direction.

“Wait!” You stopped, honestly surprised. You turned around to look at the pirate lounging on the rock. “Fine. I’ll tell you what I know. But I’m only going to say it once, so listen close.”

A smile spread across your face. “Thank you, Trafalgar. I owe you.”

--

After that irritating interaction with the other pirate captain, he did provide some pretty useful information to you. You wouldn’t exactly be starting at ground zero, so at least that helped. You headed back over to your own crew, feeling a bit lighter.

“Y/n!” Dive ran over to you, looking up at you. “Did you hear about the bounty update?” You shook your head. She held up the paper with your brother’s face on it and your eyes widened. “Fucking what now?” You took the paper, looking at it closer.

“Just cause you hold it closer to your face, doesn’t mean the number’s gonna change.” You glared at Killer before you looked around. “Wait, where’s Tungsten?” 

“Well, after the bounty reveal…” You looked at Killer and groaned. “Yeah. Probably gonna pick a fight.” You made a face. “I should probably go and stop him,” you grumbled. Killer laughed and you started trudging your way to the Flower Capital as the other followed you. There was supposed to be some kind of feast anyway.

--

“Tungsten! Get your ass down here!” 

Eustass looked down at you from where he was…being held? by Luffy. You assumed your brother tried to attack him and Luffy took it as a celebration of some sort. You haven’t known him long, but you could already tell that this Strawhat was quite the character.

You placed your hands on your hips as you looked up at your brother. “Fuck off, Bigs! You don’t tell me what to do!” He was shouting at you from up above and you groaned. 

“We’re not going to start another war here in Wano. Wait until y’all leave then sort out whatever beef you have!” 

“There’s no time like the present! If I take him down now-”

As the two of you argued loud enough for just about everyone to hear, Law was watching the interaction. The person you were when you were with your brother was completely different from the one who had a conversation with him earlier. “Are they always like this?”

“Yeah, actually.” Killer laughed. “It’s weird if they’re not.”

“Isn’t it a headache?”

He shook his head. “You kind of start to miss it when one of them is gone and presumed dead,” Killer said with a shrug. Law just looked at him, about to ask what in the hell that cryptic statement meant when the other moved forward and threw you over his shoulder as he always did to diffuse the situation. 

“Killer!” You groaned, not even bothering to fight it, as your brother cackled - the situation diffusing as it always does. At least he stopped trying to fight Luffy and the lot of you could enjoy the festivities now. 

When the festivities began, it was a whole entire different atmosphere. There were no enemies here, only allies. The three pirate crews, the citizens of Wano, everyone was intermingling. It was truly peaceful and light hearted. You were going to enjoy it while it lasted because you had a long journey ahead of you. 

The night dragged on and you felt yourself growing tired. You were sitting in between Killer and your brother when Dive popped up next to you. Her pigtails looked worse for wear and she looked at you with urgency. “Will you fix my hair?!” You blinked. 

“Sure?” She was more than capable of fixing her own hair, but you also weren’t sure why she cared. She wasn’t exactly one to care about her appearance. She plopped into your lap. “Heat got rice and stuff in it!” She folded her arms with a pout.

She handed you a brush that she said she acquired from someone, but you didn’t exactly question it. You took out her hair, picking out the food. You used the water you had to wash out whatever sticky shit had also ended up in her hair. 

As you did her hair, she idly talked about whatever was on her mind and you heard Killer laugh from next to you. You looked at him. “What?” He shook his head. “I’m assuming you gained a more domestic side while you were gone?” You narrowed your eyes at him.

“What do you mean by that?”

He stuck up his hands. “You just seem more soft around the edges - not a bad thing.”

“Well, I grew up around you guys. Then I was on an island of scientists for, like, two years. Much less rowdy. Plus, Lily always liked it when I did her hair.” As you were brushing Dive’s hair, your heart hurt. Your mind shifted to what Kese had said. You still couldn’t believe Myra had deceived you in such a way. Your mind still couldn’t wrap around it.

You did find yourself missing Lily though. She was a breath of fresh air. You’d brush her hair like this before bed every night.

Before your thoughts could delve any further down that spiral, you felt a hand on your thigh. You looked over, seeing Killer looking towards you. “Sorry, I shouldn’t have brought it up.” You shook your head. “Don’t apologize. You didn’t mean anything by it.” Though, your face was growing more and more red by the second. 

“I think she just wanted to spend some time with you before you left,” he mumbled so Dive couldn’t hear what he said. You looked at him before looking to Dive. It made sense. She seemed to have missed you a lot.

One deep breath later, you focused on Dive’s hair and whatever she was prattling on about, trying not to think too much about the hand that currently wasn’t leaving your thigh.

And it didn’t.

As the night droned on, Dive eventually fell asleep against you. Killer’s hand never left your thigh, or if it did, it returned back to it. You were at a table, so no one else noticed, but you were painfully aware of it. You were flustered, but you also felt incredibly at ease at the same time. It didn’t matter if the two of you were talking to each other or someone else, he was always keeping contact with you.

You almost regretted deciding to stay, but you knew this was important. This was for him. Whatever feelings were happening and whatever the hell this was - you could figure that out when you met up again. You were going to enjoy it while it lasted though.

--

You weren’t exactly sure when you fell asleep, but you woke up back on the ship with Dive curled into your side. How did you end up back here? Did your brother carry you back? The events of last night flooded your brain, mostly the hand that never left you last night. Did Killer carry you back then? What was all that about? You had a feeling you weren’t going to be able to get any answers today.

You pushed those thoughts away. Today was departure day. Eustass was to set sail and you were to migrate to your new lab. You had spoken with Momonosuke about everything and he seemed more than willing to let you help his people - even told you he’d give you anything you needed to succeed. You appreciated that. 

The morning was pretty busy. You were helping your brother ready the ship for departure as well as everyone saying their goodbyes to you. It was pretty emotional, but you guess that the last time you left, they thought you had died while you were gone, so the hesitation and emotions all made sense. 

When it was time to go, there was a group hug that took place. You were nearly crushed by everyone, but you were accepting of a fate like that. At least you were surrounded by endless love if you died that way. 

Everyone dispersed to head back onto the ship. Eustass stayed behind for a moment. You knew he was hesitant to leave you behind. “Don’t think I didn’t notice you talking to Trafalgar yesterday,” he grumbled, looking annoyed. You looked at him and rolled your eyes.

“I was trying to get information about the SMILE fruit. He was on Punk Hazard for some months before Strawhat and he took it down.”

That changed your brother’s tune a little. “Oh.”

“What do you mean ‘oh’? Why the fuck else would I talk to that dickhead?” 

Eustass snorted and shrugged. “I don’t know. That’s why I was asking. So you don’t like him either?” 

You shrugged. “He’s got that air of arrogance about him. Made me want to punch him in the nose. But I do appreciate the information he gave me.” You smirked, causing your brother to laugh.

“That’s my Bigs.” He wrapped his arm around you and the both of you looked at the ship.

“Make sure you don’t die, yeah?” Eustass’ voice was soft. You looked at him, raising an eyebrow. “I should be telling you that.” You rolled your eyes, shaking your head. He just shrugged, shaking his head. “I can’t die now. Not when we’re so close to getting to the One Piece.” 

“Well, I’ll find you as soon as I develop a cure, okay? So, don’t do anything fucking stupid, okay?”

“Me? Stupid? Never.”

“Says the one that thought it was a good idea to fight Shanks.” You glared at him and he just narrowed his eyes at you. “I could totally take him.”

“You lost an arm!”

“And?!”

“What makes you think you’ll beat him the next time!?!”

“Because I can!”

“Oh my fuck, Tungsten, please.”

The two of you delve into more laughter and before sighing. “Suppose until next time, Bigs.”

“Until next time, Tungsten.” Then he paused, turning to you. “Did Killer talk to you?” You blinked, tilting your head to the side. “About what?”

He shook his head. “I take that as a no then.”

With that, he boarded his ship. “Wait! Tungsten! You can’t-” But he wasn’t listening. You watched as he approached Killer, asking him something. You blinked as he proceeded to smack Killer upside the head and start yelling at him while Killer just sheepishly rubbed his neck. What was that about? What did he apparently want to talk to you about? Or supposed to talk to you about? Great. Just another unanswered question.

You weren’t able to dwell on it long before the rest of the crew were yelling goodbye to you once more and you waved, shouting your own send offs. Then you paused. “Are they just…”

Your stupid fucking brother.

“Are they just going to launch themselves over the mountain?” Then you watched them do just that - much to your dismay.

--

Settling into your new lab wasn’t too difficult. You didn’t have too many things, as most of it had still been on the island in which you had lived for a couple of years. You never got that stuff back and now you supposed you never would. Which sucked because you did have some stuff in there that would probably help with what you were dealing with now.

You started making new notes, first writing down everything Law had told you. You were lucky you had an amazing memory - you didn’t forget a single thing he had mentioned. 

You heard something clatter behind you and you turned around, seeing a small child standing there. “Oh, sorry!” She picked up the book she had knocked over and held it up. “My name is Toko! I am not sure if you remember me though.”

You blinked, taken aback. You remembered her, yes. But, you hadn’t noticed before because of the whole, defending them from Killer thing - she seemed to be affected by the fruit too. You could tell with the unnatural curl the edges of her smile had.

“Nice to meet you, Toko,” you said, walking over to her and taking the book. You knelt down to meet her on her level. “I’m y/n.”

“Is it true you’re trying to find a cure for the SMILE fruit?” You blinked. Were they just telling everyone? “I overheard Hiyori talking about it.” Ah, that made sense.

You smiled, ruffling her hair. “It’s true. I’m going to try my best to help you and everyone else who was affected, okay?” You saw her eyes light up. “Really?!” You nodded and she threw her arms around you. “Oh thank you!”

You awkwardly patted her back, your heart aching. Talk about pressure. You already had the weight of your brother’s disappointment looming over your shoulders, now this small child? Well, there was also just the shogun and whomever that guy told. Ugh, there was more pressure building by the minute.

“Toko! You shouldn’t be bothering them. I am so sorry, doctor.” Hiyori appeared in the doorway. You looked at her and shook your head with a smile. “It’s quite alright. She just seems curious.”

“Also, thank you for rescuing us!” Toko looked at you, her smile reaching her eyes. When dealing with people affected by the fruit, you tend to focus on their eyes more. That’s how you gauged their real emotion. You were just luckily Killer had always really worn a helmet so you could just read his entire being.

You blinked. “Oh, uh…you’re welcome?” Hiyori laughed softly. “Humble, I see.” You looked at her. You almost wanted to apologize on Killer’s behalf, but you also felt it was probably best they just never knew that little tidbit of information. 

With the energy of Toko and the calm nature of Hiyori, they really did remind you of Myra and Lily. Your chest aches at the thought of them. You missed Lily, but you knew that you’d never see her again. And when you thought of Myra you just…hurt. All that love turned to pain.

“Well, we’ll leave you be. Let us know if you need anything. Come along, Toko.” You nodded, waving as they left. 

You closed your eyes, taking a deep breath. When you exhaled, you opened your eyes again and went back to your notes.

--

The first few weeks of your time at Wano, post-battle, was spent cooped up in the lab. You were trying to figure things out. You were gathering as much information as you could about the stupid fruits before you tried experimenting with them. You slept in the lab most nights - mainly because you’d work so long you’d just pass out at your desk.

Toko visited almost daily. She just enjoyed chatting with you, mostly talking about nothing. You always enjoyed the background noise of people talking. She’d bring you snacks and such. It was nice to have at least some kind of distraction every once and a while. Hiyori would sometimes join her in the visits. They were both incredibly sweet and a welcomed breath of fresh air from your stuffy lab.

“Doctor y/n?” You turned, smiling at Toko. “C’mon, I told you that you didn’t have to call me doctor, Toko.” 

“I know, but I like the way it rolls off the tongue.” She laughed and you smiled. “Alright. So, what’s up? How can I help you today?”

Whenever she visited, you always paused what you were doing to fully turn your attention to her. If you ever were doing something where you couldn’t be interrupted, you’d just lock the door. 

“There is someone here for you. They said that you know them but we wanted to come and check first!” You blinked, tilting your head to the side. Who the hell could possibly be visiting you? You knew there was no way in hell Eustass would be here. Or anyone else from your crew.

“Who is it?”

The look in Toko’s eyes fell. “Oh, I forgot already. Toko sorry.”

You walked over, ruffling her hair. “Oh, don’t apologize. There’s nothing wrong with forgetting. Let’s go take a look together, hm?” 

Her eyes brightened once more as she took your hand and walked with you to the front of the building. You walked with her when you heard a familiar voice talking with the guard that stayed stationed at the front. You immediately stopped in your tracks. “Y/n?” Toko asked, looking back at you.

Your eyes widened and your stomach dropped as your eyes fell on your ‘guest.’

Myra.

[fallensnowfan]

Wanted to talk about Luffy’s main arc baddies.

-Morgan/Helmeppo: Good starter villains, vanity for the sake of it, and just a wacky (initially) unlikable guy. Both embody very much the opposite of what Luffy and Zoro stand for.

-Buggy: Would truly shine later, makes him kind of sucking for his intro that much funnier, considering where he is currently at in the story. A god of charisma and luck.

-Kuro: Great foil to Usopp, though a bit bland.

-Krieg: Overconfident jerk in the best way.

-Arlong: Fantastic baddie to conclude the East Blue part of the story, Arlong Pirates being the last major enemy the crew faces and defeats before starting the next leg of their journey and enter the Grand Line. Reads to me as someone who is stagnant in life or is unable to truly move forward. Luffy is still more than prepared to face him, though Arlong's true strength as a character is that he is more than we see at first glance. What we learned of his past during Fishman Island added a lot of depth to his actions and connected Nami's and Jinbei's stories in a very natural way.

-Wapol: Acts as a minor foil to Vivi's arc/style of leadership more than anything. Hateable though good for what he represents. Survived decapitation so gets a bonus point for being the only One Piece character to have managed that. Baby 5 and Buffalo don't count, not fully any way.

-Crocodile: Great all around, so smooth, so cool. Love Croc, love Baroque Works.

-Bellamy: Punchable but also great and had one of the more unique villain motivations in the series.

-Enel: Wacky and fun, though not a character I felt very invested in. I secretly hope he never shows up again and when asked, Oda pretends he doesn't remember the character. That would be hilarious and the best outcome for Enel to me.

-Lucci: Moody asshole with the personality of a wet paper bag, an underwhelming fighting style for a spy, and is not especially well incorporated into the story of Water 7 in my opinion. The city of Water 7 is 99.9 the same after as it was before. His beard post-timeskip is offensive level bad. Die sir.

-Moria: At the time, he was the Warlord with the best writing behind him. A look at how Luffy could end up if he didn't have a "Jinbei" to refocus him after facing annihilation. Has one of my favorite devil fruits in the series. I want a flashback about his and Perona’s first meeting.

-Hody: Good antagonist to ring in the timeskip and the arc which would have Jinbei meeting the rest of the crew. Similar to Arlong though with little in the way of a long term goal in life beyond spreading hatred. Works well with the message of the arc.

-Caesar: ew die.

-Doffy: In my opinion, him and his crew didn't really work as the main baddies of an arc, Monet and Vergo felt more threatening + compelling. Fine overall, though I find Doffy more interesting at Jaya and Marineford. Nice laugh tho.

-Katakuri: Another great foil to Luffy and turns into a donut death wheel. Is more someone Luffy can aspire to surpass than he is a reflection of Luffy's worst case scenario, as Moria was for Luffy.

-Kaido: Fascinating philosophy of wanting to be remembered though for the wrong thing. Unlike Whitebeard, Roger, Yasu, etc. Kaido only cared about his death itself being remembered, and didn't put in any effort into fostering a successor or a legacy. Said friendship was a sham though invited his own downfall with the way he ran his crew, a structure which invited backstabbing at every turn. Also a bit of a coward, resorting to lying to Oden in the past, because he knew he couldn’t defeat him. A relic of the bygone era of Rocks who will likely be forgotten by the world at large.

Kaido’s defeat was a great spectacle, the battle had him facing, nine samurai, Luffy with new haki and a new gear, four more pirates, and a dog and a dragon, and was built on Luffy’s connections he has spent time and effort forging since Punk Hazard, what he learned from Hyogoro, sent Kaido into a magma chamber which lead to an eruption that signaled both his send off and the beginning of a new era, and was seen by all of Wano, so cool. I see many folks saying they wanted more though fail to offer a what or how they would have things believably go differently. Kaido trying to rely purely on might ultimately failing him is a good defeat, as is Big Mom allowing herself to lose focus due to Law silencing her, then rashly attacking the explosive in an attempt to make herself be heard.

Many of the points I see brought up against Wano's ending remind me of vague concerns I remember seeing about if Oda has abandoned Big Mom's story, near the start of Wano. Arcs in One Piece don't really "end" when Luffy beats the baddie and sails to the next destination, especially at this point in the story, with so many characters being interconnected and woven throughout.

[marian-1122]

Joe Strummer , 16th January 1981 .

©️ Eric Harlow/Mirrorpix/Getty Images

[theunderestimator-2]

A cinematic shot of Joe Strummer on the set of Alex Cox's 1987 film 'Straight To Hell' film in Almeria, Spain.

Along with Courtney Love, Sy Richardson and Dick Rude, Joe starred as a hitman in this parody of spaghetti westerns which also featured cameos by Dennis Hopper, Grace Jones, Elvis Costello, Edward Tudor-Pole, Kathy Burke and Jim Jarmusch. The film was a commercial flop and drew mostly negative reviews but it gained a cult film status.

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[ozymandiasdirge]

okay so wrt the last post. the thing that gets me about the rocky port incident is. like why is law involved. here are the facts as we know them

one of the former members of the rocks pirates (wangzhi/ochuko depending on the translation) was ruling over hachinosou/fullalead/pirate island. (which if i also remember either had its own treasure or the rocks pirate’s treasure stored there before it was stolen by the celestial dragons in the lead up to the god valley incident which is its own can of worms)

blackbeard (after the grudge war with the remains of whitebeard’s crew) decides to attack the island so he can dethrone wangzhi and take his throne as king of pirate island. after this he wants to get it legitimized as a kingdom aligned with the word government…for some reason.

while all of this is going on, law also shows up during this to steal the hearts of 100 pirates to send to the world government to get his warlord status so he can get access to punk hazard. did he attack wangzhi’s crew, blackbeard’s crew, random pirates that just happened to be there???? we have no idea.

the marines also show up during this, to capture blackbeard??? and koby ends up protecting all the civilians on the island (why the fuck would civilians ever live here)

blackbeard does kill???/depose wangzhi and take over. those pirates law stole hearts from are still alive and on the island, koby gets his title as the hero of rocky port.

okay i guess my main question is…how the fuck did law know this was happening. like obviously he’s not a warlord yet so he presumably didn’t hear about it from the government. law is not dumb enough to ally with blackbeard. he does have nebulous people that we never hear/see that he gets information from. but also hachinosou is pretty far into the new world how did he hear about it. who did he hear about it from.

[libertineangel]

Still cannot fucking believe Joe mentioned in Let's Rock Again that the first Mescaleros album didn't break even, like it's all gorgeous but just fucking listen to this

This is the original punk rock warlord ascendant, ten years in the shadows and came back with an almighty fucking rallying cry

[tetsunabouquet]

Multifandom Headcanon: Which Blorbo would Rock the Emo Look

A/N: I just had to make this. Like, give me these men.

-The Kiryu twins (Vampire Knight). I mean, come on! Zero is practically half-emo already and considering Ichiru was shown wearing a shirt with skulls in a bonus chapter and has a haircut suspiciously emo length, these boys would definitely look great embracing their emo. -Adrien Agreste (Miraculous Ladybug) see the Paris special. He looks cute and I prefer his emo design over Marinette's (though Shadybug is the superior look. High buns are cuter then Marinette's usual lower buns if you ask me. It's a shame she didn't keep them!) -Akashi Seijuro from Kuroko's Basketball.I need this boy with eyeliner! -Speaking of KNB, Himuro Tatsuya. Similar to the Kiru twins he's already half-emo. He should just embrace the emo! -Subaru Sakamaki from Diabolik Lovers. Again, falls into the pattern of already being half-emo. I will never forget that one parody on YouTube with Subaru and the, 'I'm an emo kid' song. -Senri Shiki from Vampire Knight. Give him eyeliner and have Rima pick out his clothes, and tell me the boy wouldn't look cute in a half-dead kind of way. -Ren Tao from Shaman King would look pretty good in an emo-punk kind of look. His tongari already feels like a punkish hairstyle, the tattoo and his scars also really fit that rebel look. Add eyeliner and a goth aesthetic. It would be perfect. -Haruka Nanase from Free!, yet another example of a boy that would look cute in that half-dead kind of way. In the FREE! abridged universe, I can only imagine Haruka being one step away from becoming a creepypasta. -Will Herondale from The Infernal Devices back when he still believed he was cursed. He has all the angst in the world necessary and would definitely rock a more Victorian goth aesthetic. -Speaking of someone with a similar coloring and angst from the same universe, Alec Lightwood would look cool but he'd be more of the I don't care how terrible I look or if I am dying in this shirt, kind of emo rather then Will and his dramatic flair. -Azusa Mukami from Diabolik Lovers would also definitely suit the aesthetic, considering him and his tencencies overall. -Luka Couffaine from Miraculous Ladybug is also half-emo already. He should just go for it (TBH I wonder how he looks in the Shadybug& Claw Noir universe). -Murtagh from the Inheritance Cycle. He definitely would look good dressed as a gothic warlord. -Damon Salvatore from the Vampire Diaries gone emo would have been the hotter version of that Green Day singer. -Speaking of The Vampire Diaries, Jeremy Gilbert's depresser stoner days had some serious emo hottie potential. -Sebastian Morgenstern from The Mortal Instruments definitely would have looked great with the emo aesthetic. The tragic villain with white blonde hair seems such an emo thing to me. -So the same goes for his son, Ash. A literal fallen angel? Cue the goth glamor!

[maxiemartmanager]

As it was Joe’s birthday yesterday, I thought I’d share one of my fave solo songs of his. Out of character compared to most of his “00 G Punk Rock Warlord” stuff. Joe was enthralled with all music and I pretty much have him to thank for my musical curiosity. Check out the Spanish guitar provided by Zander Schloss who has been the bass player in the Circle Jerks since the mid 80s. Also, on the drums is Jack Irons of RHCP and Pearl Jam.