#sea kings

[pippin-pippout]

Oooh so Luffy did hear the Sea Kings too!

Since Noah is important to the Sea Kings and, according to Neptune, Noah was passed down to them by Joy Boy, I get why Luffy - the incarnation of Joy Boy - could hear them.

But then Gol D Roger also heard them! I know Roger found the poneglyphs and is aware of Joy Boy and wanted to fulfill his wishes (right?) but why would he have the power to hear the sea kings?

[mugiwara-no-audhd]

Title: Legion of the Pirate King - Alabasta Saga Summary: This retelling of One Piece covers the Alabasta Saga in an Alternative Universe where Luffy recruits a larger and more diverse crew. With a larger crew come unique challenges and obstacles they must overcome together including conflicting personalities and different wants and needs to have an enjoyable and sustainable journey. The story covers cannon arcs and how they are handled given the expanded roster but also includes a heavier emphasis on the slice-of-life moments between major arcs at sea. At the end of each major Arc, Data Sheets will be released that break down general information about the crew members, fleet and treasure acquired. Several side stories have spun out of this Saga that will continue to parallel the crew's journey as they make their way to the Grand Line. Rating: T Warning: Graphic Descriptions of Violence Pairings: Usopp/Kaya, Gin/Merry Characters: Monkey D. Luffy, Roronoa Zoro, Rika, Koby, Nami, Chouchou, Kaya, Merry, Ninjin, Piiman, Tamanegi, Usopp, Johnny, Yosaku, Sanji, Gin, Jimmy Scoops, Hatchan, Nojiko, Chabo, Sam. Chapter Summary: Usopp and Merry face off against one another, bringing this round to a close. The next match is a rematch between Koby and Nami! Will Koby be able to hold himself back, will he do more damage to poor Nami or will he come up with another solution? Find out in this chapter!

[the-frizzle-fry]

Holup!!!!

Is that the Mother Flame in Enel’s cover story? It has 16 lasers. The art on the wall painting has 16 swirls. Doffy had 16 Holy Bullets and knows some shit.

Is one of the Ancient Weapons an Automata maker??? There’s also what seems to be sea kings on it…..

[sagaduwyrm]

As the Sea is Hungry

When Makino was a child, her grandmother told her stories of sea kings. "They can look different," she said, "with crab legs or snake scales or whale flukes, but they are always sea kings, the same way a land king is a monarch whether he wears the clothes of a prince or a pauper. They can trick you sometimes too, because the worst of them all are the ones that walk on two legs like us." Her grandmother would have wanted Luffy drowned, returned to the ocean from whence he came. But he was her child, and somehow that mattered more than anything else.

There was a Sea King in Makino's bar. +++

When Makino was a child, her grandmother told her stories of sea kings. "They can look different," she said, "with crab legs or snake scales or whale flukes, but they are always sea kings, the same way a land king is a monarch whether he wears the clothes of a prince or a pauper. They can trick you sometimes too, because the worst of them all are the ones that walk on two legs like us." 

"They look like a person, but they are fierce as the ocean and strong as a tiger. They have big, staring eyes, fit for the deepest waters, and sharp teeth made for rending." She stooped over in her seat, bracing herself on the edges of her chair, and met Makino's gaze. "They are human, but they are death," she murmured. "And you can't ever let them convince you they're anything else." +++

The day Garp the First appeared at her door with a baby, small and squalling, was the first day in years that Makino remembered her grandmother's words. She'd long let her memories of the spiteful old woman sink deep in her mind, foundational to the clever, determined way she met the world but of no consequence to her day-to-day. Now, meeting the curious eyes of little Monkey D Luffy, those memories resurfaced.

"Big, staring eyes" were the first thing her grandmother mentioned when she told the stories of the Sea Kings who walked on land. The appetite for blood and the savagery like a cuckoo in the nest came later, but those eyes that tore into the soul were first.

It was strange, Makino thought, babe laid out on the couch as she prepared the formula Garp gave her. Luffy's eyes stared, seeing more than she thought they should, but it was a gentle thing. The flailing of a curious child trying to understand the world around them, not the evil of an un-sated appetite. She supposed he would grow into his claws though.

"You know what you have brought me." The words left her lips unbidden as she met Garp's eyes where he stood at the door.

He nodded slowly. "Yes," he said, a weight to the words those who knew him might have been surprised by.

Monkey D Garp was a child of the Sea, Makino remembered, a sailor to his bones, his soul already condemned to those watery depths. He would know as well as the granddaughter of a wise woman what came from the ocean's children.

"He's my grandson," Garp said, and Makino sighed as she scooped up the child to feed him. There was something about a child being in your care that made all else inconsequential.

"I'll do what I can."

"That's all I ask."

Makino kept her eyes on Luffy's as the Marine Hero left. Such a small child for the fangs he will grow into. +++

When she was young, not the child her grandmother knew but not the young woman that took Luffy into her arms either, a noble of Goa brought a Sea King fry back from the Grand Line.

The man hoped to tame the thing, right up until it devoured him whole. Nowadays, people didn't talk about where the Lord of the Coast came from, only how to avoid it. +++

The day Luffy brought a pirate home, Makino dropped the bottle she was carrying. The man moved fast, catching the glass almost before it left her fingers, a joke already on his tongue.

"I hear this is the best place to get a drink around here?"

There was a Sea King in her bar. An addition to the usual hungry maw that hid behind her skirts.

Makino smiled and welcomed the man. Her grandmother raised her to be wary, but her mother taught her to be polite, and Luffy liked the man. Wild child though he was, he had a good eye for people.

It was easier to be welcoming as the pirate's crew filtered in. They were warm and energetic, less trouble than the bandits that sometimes filtered down the mountain. It made it easy to forget the flashes of red like blood-on-the-ocean out of the corner of her eye as Luffy and Shanks made friendly.

It was almost adorable to watch, the way they circled around each other. They'd clearly already decided they liked each other, but Luffy wasn't used to adults he couldn't run rampant over, and Makino didn't think Shanks quite knew what to do with a kid. They seemed to enjoy the process of experimentation regardless, and Makino started to relax as she glimpsed the red-haired captain toss Luffy into the air, both of them exploding with laughter.

"Don't mind him." The first mate smelled like smoke and gunpowder, and he was the only member of the crew that hadn't bothered to shed his weapon or the air of menace he carried. If she didn't know better, she would've missed the sharp teeth and red-sun-rising warning the captain carried for the more obvious threat of his vice. "The Captain's just a big kid himself. He's thrilled to finally have someone on his level to talk to."

Makino felt her mouth twist into a laugh at his words. Beckman was very good at making his captain look unthreatening. She wondered if Luffy would have someone like that someday.

"I don't mind," she told him. "It's good for Luffy to have people other than his grandfather and I that meet his eyes."

Beckman's eyes flicked over to the pair and she saw that he understood. His mouth twisted wryly, and his hackles lowered the same way hers had earlier. "Good for both of them probably," he agreed. +++

Months later Makino was grateful for her insistence on remembering the fangs the captain of the Red-haired Pirates hid behind bright laughter and a truly staggering alcohol tolerance. His fury, cold like dark waters at night, might have thrown her off otherwise. But it was on behalf of the child she raised, and unlike the other townsfolk, she had never mistaken his good cheer for anything other than the sated joy of an unhungry belly, rather than the domesticated friendliness he tried to pass it off as. 

Blood spilled into the tides of the sea, the waters as hungry as the sea-king-children that stood on the shore.

For all her wary caution, Making wouldn't have it any other way.

[basedkikuenjoyer]

This is just cool. The Poseidon element does get revealed here but naturally it isn’t a huge part of the story. It does remind me of Mother Caramel though she of course was manipulating the miraculous imagery. Still, Shirahoshi is what ends up lending this moment a lot of gravitas. Imagine it helped change Mjosgard’s tune and we of course will see it kick off Vander Decken’s story. Which is more about kicking off the weird journey of the Tamataebako. Cool moment that’s a crossroads for a lot of story threads.

[leethepiper]

Ok, so in episode 55 of one piece, apis (the little blonde girl that can talk to animals and is friends with the dragon) yanks out the nose hair of a sea king

Only mammals have hair, so, therefore, sea kings are mammals

[novadaze]

[d-does-art]

Captain swap continues!

Hello, I'm alive! I got engaged! So I've been a bit busy but I'll always find time to doodle.

[r0ttkins]

today is agressive day

[hylianane]

One Piece has really made me appreciate how fucking good and necessary a wide age range is for an ensemble cast.

If it was a crew of 10 teenagers we’d have run out of ways to switch up character dynamics a long time ago. Things would feel same-y and far less charming than what we have now, which is a crew consisting of five way-too-ambitious dudes in their late teens and early twenties, a fifteen year old who everyone treats like a baby cause he still has a spark in his eyes, two criminals in their early-to-mid 30s who despite being more mature still let the teens do whatever they want for their own joy and entertainment, a dude in his mid-40s who doesn’t realize that quitting his current job to go on a world tour with a 19 year old he just met ABSOLUTELY counts as a midlife crisis, and an old man so old he DIED. I love you Strawhat Pirates.

[leaff0dil]

Straw Hat Pirates yippeee

[itneedsmoregays]

BOYCOTT ISRAEL!

Got this flyer from a pro-Palestine march today. Make sure to boycott all these businesses that are funding the genocide Israel is still committing in Gaza right now.

[allengreenfield]

4000-Year-Old Markings on Stone Hailed as ‘Europe’s Oldest Map’ May Lead Researchers to a Remarkable Discovery - The Debrief

[bismuthfool]

|sensitive| and lil tentacles

just a thing... just mermaid au

Wukong doesn't tell Liu Er anything about his peculiarities, despite the fact that he talks a lot

It's a miracle Liu Er didn't kick the mermaid (yet) (maybe if bro had a knife, the kill-or-be-killed reflex would kick in)

*from this point on, it's not a drama about love, but an attempt to tell the mermaid how people behave with their partners

[averyhelm]

STRAW HATS!! 🏴‍☠️✨

[fippydarkpaw]