#since egghead mention

[melonteee]

Did you think you were going to hate zoro when you first started? I feel like he comes across as (and is marketed as) the typical Shonen badass side character who does badass things with badass swords and has no real qualities besides Big Slash. But he's actually a silly little dumbass who doesn't know North from up and loves his little reindeer buddy.

I THOUGHT I WAS GONNA HATE HIMMMMMMMMM but not as much as SANJI?? LMAOO but fr I thought Zoro was just gonna be the most BORING guy EVER to me. Mr Macho Masc Man Crush Male Fantasy guy who EVERY dudebro jerks off too.

In some ways, Zoro IS that, but I was so DELIGHTED to find out he was SO much MORE than that. I am still convinced Oda is showing Zoro's bottling of emotions as a negative thing, and something Zoro NEEDS to eventually heal from by looking inwards, so he has me on the edge of my seat and he makes me SO happy because it feels like...Oda sometimes questions the idea of Zoro's very stubborn masculinity on what masculinity really is when there are emotional men like Luffy, Usopp, Sanji and Franky on the crew. The more I look at One Piece, the more I KNOW Oda does NOT see emotions as a negative trait or a weakness, while ZORO seems to think something like crying is annoying, weak or 'unmanly.'

His recent line about Vegapunk seemed to prove that enough, even if Zoro doesn't actually mean it, it feels like he thinks he needs to be an emotionless machine to be strong. Once again, Oda clearly doesn't believe emotions or tenderness makes someone a 'weak' person or a 'weak' man, so I am SO excited to see where Oda goes with Zoro!

[mugiwara-lucy]

Back in 2020; Oda revealed his top three moments in the series and so with it being the start of the year; I wanna reveal my Top 3 One Piece Arcs!

In no particular order; Whole Cake Island, Sabaody and Marineford:

[crezz-star]

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So I actually have a little idea about that ⚔️👒🗡️ ot3 (EGGHEAD ARC SPOILERS)

Seraphim!Zoro was the first human clone prototype Vegapunk did but he was just, dumped in some cell like a prisoner for any random testing. Until the marines attacked egghead and his cell was opened and he saw Luffy and Zoro fighting alongside one another. Seeing Luffy, he felt something stir within him. something familiar and pleasant. Excitement and delight. So when Zoro and Luffy defeated Lucci and they has a short respite, that's when 'Prototype' popped up and started to follow Luffy like a lost puppy and everyone got spooked for a minute thinking its one of the warlord pacifistas but Luffy saw he looks like Zoro. 'Prototype' is what Seraphim!Zoro was called by the vegapunk crew. Zoro's dna was used and his fighting data back at east blue was also used. Vegapunk tried to imbue him with an artificial devil fruit but his DNA keeps strongly rejecting it. So 'Prototype' is considered a failure by vegapunk but still uses him as a test subject. 'Prototype' was still being given updates in battle memory as they follow Zoro's improvement as a pirate and as time passes. Not to mention, Moria once lent a helping had to vegapunk who also studied and analyzed every move the Ryuma zombie made and fed that info to 'prototype' so his skills are also a no joke. Not to mention,

the Seraphim!Mihawk trains with Seraphim!Zoro. Which was only one of the reasons they kept prototype around.

Vega punk also made an imitation of Shusui that 'prototype' uses.

So prototype is very much like a quiet puppy. Feral when in battle but keeps to himself and is calm when not in battle. another reason Vegapunk deemed him a failure for not being aggressive like the successful new pacifista seraphims.

Vegapunk told Luffy not to worry about 'prototype' and that he's a failure and he will get rid of him but Luffy got mad and almost punched the vegapunk that said it. Luffy then saying, " DON'T TREAT HIM LIKE SOME ITEM. THAT'S ZORO'S CLONE. " covering 'prototype' protectively.

Vegapunk not really having a care for his failed experiemnts, just, told luffy he can have him.

So seraphim!zoro joins the crew. His name being give to him by Zoro - after Luffy's endless coercion LOL- Shiro. since his hair is white. The crew even scolding him to think of a proper name, that shiro makes it sound like Zoro is just naming a dog. But luffy likes it so they go with that.

Once Shiro joins joins the crew, Shiro eventually develops his personality to be closer to Zoro although, more quiet and stoic than Zoro.

Shiro also has sense of direction, but only because vegapunk made sure the seraphim intellect is high to create detailed tactics for war and battle.

[shankss-magnificent-ass]

Imagine meeting Rob Lucci again on Egghead Island

Warning: Contains spoilers! If you aren't caught up in the Egghead arc and don't want spoilers, don't read.

Rob: [tied up and unconscious on the floor of Vegapunk's lab]

You: [glaring at him from the other side of the room]

Stussy: Oh my, that's quite a scary look. It's almost like you know him.

You: I do know him, or at least I thought I did... A little over two years ago I lived on Water 7 where I worked for an engineering firm, and had a life, and a boyfriend.

Stussy: {looks shocked and points at Rob] Was he your boyfriend?

You: Yup, but I got transferred here shortly before he tried to kill Iceberg, who is my adoptive father. We used to exchange letters, and then one day they just stopped, and then three weeks later I got a letter from Iceberg that explained everything.

Stussy: That must have come as quite a shock.

Kaku: [wakes up] what the? [looks around, before cringing away when he notices you] oh dear.

You: [glares] Is that all you have to say to me?

Kaku: Listen, it was just a job, it wasn't personal.

You: Really? Because trying to murder members of my family feels really personal to me, buddy.

Kaku: [Nods to Robin] Technically, she shot Iceberg.

Robin: I shot him the first time, and I didn't feel I had another choice because you were threatening my friends and I didn't know what to do.

You: The second time was Blueno, and then you and Rob beat Paulie, and then left both Iceburg and Paulie tied up inside a burning building!

Kaku: we did do that, didn't we...

You: not to mention Rob played with my feelings by pretending to be a loving boyfriend.

Kaku: I swear that wasn't pretended Lucci really does love~

Rob: That's enough, Kaku.

You: You can talk! Why am I surprised, everything was a lie, wasn't it?

Rob: .... not everything [looks up at you, clearly pouting that he's being admonished]

You: I don't believe you.

Rob: ... can we discuss this in private, please?

You: no, we can't, I do not want to be alone with the World Noble's attack dog.

Rob: I'm a cat.

You: Excuse me?

Rob: I am a Zoan-type devil fruit user, the Neko Neko no Mi, Model: Leopard, specifically.

You: I don't care, because then you're just plain bad at being a cat.

Rob: Bad at being a cat!

You: yes, because if you knew a damn thing about cats, then you'd know you don't ever actually own a cat, you just live with one. They don't listen, they don't obey, and they most certainly don't respect you. So, I suppose, you were good at being a cat when it came to me, but bad when it comes to the world nobles.

Rob: That's not true...

You: save it, I don't want to hear your excuses.

Rob: [Takes a deep breath] They're not excuses, it's true I got close to you in the first place because of Iceberg, but I grew genuine feelings for you once I got to know you. I know I hurt you, it's why I stopped writing you after what happened in Water 7.

Nami: And because his ego was bruised because our captain whooped his ass.

Kaku: He was also in a coma for like a week afterward.

Rob: I figured by then you would have already had word from Water 7 of what happened, so I didn't want to rub salt into the wounds by trying to stay in your life, and that a clean cut was best for you.

You: [remembering that Iceberg had said he wouldn't be upset with you if you elected to stay with Rob] ... Where is Hattori?

Rob: what?

You: Where is Hattori?

Rob: He flew away when Stussy attacked.

You: I'll go get him...

Rob: [smirks[ thank you, I'm sure he'll be happy to see you again. Although he might not recognize you, you've glowed up since your Water 7 days. [winks]

You: [rolls your eyes] I know single life suits me, so save your smooth talk tough guy, it doesn't work on me [lying].

Rob: uh huh

You: [feels your cheeks heat up as your heart flutters, and you avoid eye contact with Lucci] Whatever, I'll go look for your bloody bird.

Rob: [eagerly watches the door slide shut behind you] It's still there

Stussy: What's still there?

Rob: I believe most people call it, "a spark between us'.

Nami: [dramatically gags]

Kaku: Dude, they always liked Hattori more than you, don't go getting a head of yourself.

Rob: [kicks him] zip it.

Stussy: [sighs] men are so stupid.

Robin: [nods in agreement]

Shaka: [judges in silence]

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[pushovermediacritic]

Why Zoro has been on-edge since Wano

Ever since Wano ended, all throughout Egghead and especially in Elbaph, Zoro has been acting different. Not necessarily out-of-character, just different than he was previously. More prickly, more rude, more quick-to-insult, more fearful and nervous.

Egghead: He told the crew to trust Vivi and leave her behind. He was curt and demanding with Lilith, refused to leave the ship when they reached the Labophase, complained when he was told to stay behind in the search for Vegapunk, and struggled fighting Lucci in a very long battle and only pulled out a victory when Sanji shit-talked him.

Elbaph: He said that it was pathetic for Luffy to be crying over Vegapunk's death, he offered to attack the Giant kids, he interfered in the 1-v-1 between Luffy and Gaban, blocking an attack that Luffy was already about to dodge anyway, and he consistently argued with Luffy against freeing Loki.

And there are more, smaller moments. And you know that Oda wants us to notice these because he has other characters point them out. After most of these, the other Straw Hats note that Zoro's being harsh or mean.

Zoro has had scenes before of taking charge, but that's not what's happening now. I think the events of Wano shook Zoro. I think fighting Kaido and Big Mom on the roof scared him, the fact he barely beat King by the skin of his teeth scared him, and the scene where he literally sees the Grim Reaper scared the shit out of him.

Zoro is umambiguously terrified in that scene, in a way we haven't seen from him before:

I think, ever since then, Zoro has been scared of dying. He already had anxieties over not being strong enough to protect the crew (we saw that a lot pre-timeskip after Little Garden, Alabasta, and Thriller Bark), but those fears mostly went away post-timeskip.

These anxieties were briefly touched on in Punk Hazard where he told Luffy to take the New World seriously, subtextually scolding himself for being knocked out by the Yeti Cool Brothers (which Sanji mentions), but then they mostly went away in Dressrosa. And at the start of Wano, Zoro was pure cool confidence. But the battle on Onigashima brought these fears back WITH A VENGEANCE.

Having fought and lost to Kaido and Big Mom, he feels the pressure of being "an Emperor crew" more than anyone else on the Straw Hats. He feels that the Straw Hats need to be unstoppable now for the position they're at, and they aren't. The Straw Hats had to run away from the Elders on Egghead, they couldn't beat them and needed help several times to escape.

Against Lucci, Zoro tried going all-out from the start with King of Hell, and it only burnt him out and made him too tired to finish the fight until Sanji motivated him. He figured that the second-strongest of an Emperor crew (as Lucci put it) should be able to beat a CP0 agent quickly, but he wasn't. Oden was able to wield Enma as light as a feather by giving it all the Haki it needs, but Zoro isn't at that level yet, he doesn't have that kind of stamina. Zoro said if he tries to hold King of Hell too long, Enma will drain all of his Haki and kill him. Zoro can only be as strong as Oden for a short time before he burns out.

That's why Zoro called out Luffy for being sentimental over Vegapunk, he thinks the Straw Hats need to behave like an Emperor crew now (behave like the Big Mom Pirates or Animal Kingdom Pirates), because he's self-conscious over not being strong enough to live up to that idea. That's why he's so nervous and scared around Gaban and Loki, he subconsciously doesn't trust that he and the rest of the crew are strong enough for what's needed of them.

[sabos-husband]

★ Oh Captain, My Captain

Nika/Monkey D. Luffy x Reader ★

Egghead Spoilers!! ~ Straw Hat!Reader ~ Gender Neutral ~ Fluff

a/n: Because Nika's also considered the God of Liberation, reader is implied to have some history of being captured and/or enslaved. It isn't expanded upon; Whether it's like Nami in Arlong Park or Kuma with the Celestial dragons or anything else is up to interpretation.

You're setting out the incense you've been using since you first dabbled in worship when Luffy—your captain and boyfriend—barges in. He'd been curious when you first told him what you were doing before it inevitably petered off.

However, recently, his interest came back in full swing; What does praying to this Nika really entail?

You can't help but roll your eyes affectionately. You hadn't started praying necessarily, so there wasn't anything to get mad at. You're tucked away in the lookout room—after opening the window, it's the only place where the incense's smoke wouldn't get trapped. You had just barely convinced Zoro to delay his training for an hour so you could pray. You considered the library, but the look you imagine to be on Robin's face if she had found out you burned incense near books immediately steered you away from its door. Scooting to the side, you let Luffy coil around you and watch curiously over your shoulder.

"What's that?" You can feel his head tilt against your neck.

"The incense?"

"Mm."

You light the sticks and breathe in the comforting scent. After you put out your match, you kneel in front of the makeshift altar on the couch. He plops down, still attached to your side.

"It's like... Hm. Smoke to guide my prayers?" You hold up one of your hands to gesture to the billowing vapor. "So that Nika can reach them."

Luffy's face scrunches at the mention of Nika's name. He sometimes reminds you of a cat when he does that. Luffy's smile doesn't falter—because Monkey D. Luffy never falters—but it turns like the gears in his head.

"Like a news coo?"

You blink. "I guess. Like a news coo."

He hums thoughtfully. Luffy's arms wrap round and round your torso as you set up to pray. You're almost impressed by how still he's sitting until—yeah, no, he fell asleep. You smile. Whatever works, you think to yourself.

You finish your prayer without a hitch, which is better than the usual outcome you get with Luffy sitting in for it. You even get to lean into him and breathe in the feeling for a long while before he wakes up.

Luffy blinks the sleep from his eyes. Blearily, he looks at the lack of smoke, the midday sun, and your gentle, loving smile.

"You're fast at praying," Luffy says. You snort.

The smoke has already faded, blown out through the open window. Despite yourself, you find your mind drifting with it back to the shores of Egghead. Luffy... That had been the fight of your lives. It was nothing compared to the power you'd been thoroughly beaten by two years ago, but you still survived. By the skin of your teeth, yes, but you survived. All thanks to the pirates of Elbaf.

Well, them and Luffy's new gear.

You can still see it, every time you close your eyes.

Bouncing between hell and its horrors, your captain just smiled and laughed in its face. You'd seen a glimpse of it from the fight on Onigashima, but seeing him truly fight—and Vegapunk saying exactly what you were feeling—only confused you more.

The first time you heard of the god... you'll never forget it. It was like shadow blotted out the sky, with no hope to be found. Time blurred, until you couldn't distinguish each endless day from the rest.

And then you heard it.

Nika.

His story was passed in whispers during meal time and prayers muttered before curfew. You pick it up pieces at a time.

He's a god of destruction, you learn first. You hear it from the angry, spiteful stories of people hoping He would come down and lay waste to all those who have harmed His followers.

He's a god of the Sun, you learn soon after. You hear it from longing, wistful stories of people hoping He would part the clouds and let the sun shine its light to guide His followers home.

He's a god of laughter, you learn after a while. You hear it from sad, mirthless stories of people hoping He would give His followers something to laugh about for the first time in a while.

In the end, you never hear it from a specific tale. You piece it together, taking the ending from each and every other one; Nika is a god of Liberation. No matter who and no matter where, each of His followers pray He will find them and free them.

It's this that bewitches you. Somewhere from the beginning until then, you realized that you, too, prayed to Nika and shared His stories. Whispering of the day He would come and save you all.

You squeezed Luffy's wrist. "Hey, I have a question."

Your captain tilts his head. He doesn't say anything, just squeezing you.

"A-Are you... Um, Do you know Nika?"

Luffy purses his lips, furrowing his eyebrows. A second passes, and then another, and then his eyes widen. "Oh yeah! That's the one you pray to, right? Bonney mentioned that guy! What about 'im?"

You rub circles against his skin with your thumb. You can feel his warmth.

"...Can I see your Gear 5?"

Luffy looks at you. He doesn't ask you anything about it. The look that he has—it's like he can see the storm in your head. Unraveling himself, Luffy rolls backwards into a squat and grins at you.

Pressure in the room builds. Something foreign drapes itself over Luffy as his eyes shut. It shakes like strikes to a drum, vibrating through the air until it reaches you and reverberates through your bones.

And then he opens his eyes.

It's like staring down a wild animal.

"I feel it!" Balling up his hand, your captain bangs his fist against his chest. With each strike, lightning bursts forth and grazes past. His chest beats with every strike until his hands drop and it still beats—Luffy's body sways under the force of its rhythm, possessed by something you're tempted to call a dance.

It's then you see it; White bleeds from his scalp and devours up the black of his hair. It doesn't stop until it swallows up the color in his clothes, until clouds sprout into existence and wrap around his arms.

It's not particularly cold, but his sharp exhale is like a dragon's breath of steam. He breathes in, chest swelling with air, and then bursts into laughter.

Sparks fly with every cackle, bouncing off the walls and pushing them like- like rubber. You stumble back, twisting your body to dodge the electricity. You want to go closer. You want to see. You want to—

Nika.

Air whooshes past your ears and your nose brushes against his.

Glowing, red eyes stare down at you, crinkling at the edges with unabashed mirth. If you weren't already on your knees, hands clasped in front of you in prayer, you would've collapsed at the sight. Hell, you feel your eyes pop out of your head at it.

With warmth you can almost taste, Nika laughs.

"Caught you," He says.

You give in.

Nika breezes past you and flops back against the crow's nest's couch, riding with the waves that ripple through it like a water bed. His movement almost knocks over the unlit incense.

You scoot forward until you're closer. You lay your head atop His thighs and wind your arms behind His knees, avoiding the radiant light staring down at you. Your heart pitter-patters so hard against your ribcage you worry He can feel it against His shins.

But then Nika laughs—oh, how He laughs, it's like the sound soars from His lips and dances among the incense smoke. It's divine. It dissipates the worry from your heart.

"Oh, sun," you gasp, "it's you."

"Of course it's me!" He laughs. The sound makes your heart dance. "Who else could it be?"

"I-It's just that—" You risk a look, and it's just as blinding as you imagined. You bury your face again. "I thought that- that Nika—"

"—What?—"

"I mean, you look just like him!" You force yourself to look up at His radiance. "It's almost like- you're Nika!"

The blinding figure just laughs at you again, slapping his palm against his stomach. "I'm not Nika! Jeez, you're kinda stupid!"

You ignore the obvious dig, scrambling to sit up straight. You're in so much shock, your jaw drops.

Literally.

You feel your chin smack against the ground before you realize what's happening. You scream as you desperately try to shut your mouth—and it snaps right up like nothing. You slap a hand over your mouth.

All of a sudden, a light bulb appears only to alight above the man's head. Hands clasp themselves on the sides of your face. Before you can manage a thought, they pry you up to stare into furious, ruby eyes. "I'm not Nika! I'm Luffy!"

Thought escape you, but you scrounge together your words. "I know, but-" That hair, that laugh.

His pout stops you. "Don't start calling me that, too! You know I'm Luffy!" He yells. You can feel the air bend at the strength of his voice.

The heat would be suffocating if you weren't so used to it. You're used to Luffy treating you like this, but if you didn't know better, you'd think the steam over your head was coming from your ears at the treatment.

Wait. What?

You look up, and—yeah, okay, that's really steam. You clasp your hands over your ears and feel condensation gather on your palm.

Luffy's expression clears like clouds parting. He doesn't even bother trying to frown! Despite your shock, Luffy can't help but laugh. He tosses his head back and laughs, clutching at his stomach and covering his eyes. The force of his amusement almost feels physical. You fall onto your back while he just clambers on over you until his forehead is pressed against yours.

"I'm," he gasps between giggles, "Luffy!"

"I know!"

"I'm Luffy!" He cackles this time!

Oh, you can't help the way the laugh that bursts out of you. Seeing him again, feeling the warmth of his skin, it's different. Reverence possessed you from afar, but your heart knows the feel of Luffy's touch. No God could make you feel so much love like this—not even a God of Liberation.

You gently cradle his face, soft smile on your lips, and nod. "I know, captain. You're always my Luffy," you say, and you know it's true.

"Good!"

He grins and falls off of you. The planks bend and ripple with waves under him.

You sit up. Suppressing your snickers, you pull him up by the lapel of his vest. Luffy's head lolls back as you shake him. The laughter rumbling in his chest feels like it's rattling your ribcage. He's practically boneless like this... kind of reminds you of a cat. You snicker at the thought.

The novelty of Gear 5 had worn off by now. Here, sitting with your captain, you didn't feel any of the reverence you did when you first saw Him. No, there's no reverence—all you can feel is love in your veins and laughter in your heart with him.

"Hey, Luffy."

He peeks at you curiously. "Whuh?"

You pull him closer, stealing a gentle kiss.

When you pull back, you can't help but snicker. Luffy has a goofy, squiggly grin on his face as he melts into goo, with hearts floating above his head and spirals in his eyes. What a strange boyfriend you have.

You let out a sigh. How blessed you are.

[uki01]

OKAY, HERE ME OUT; Could we please get a Shadow x Reader (pref Mobian if possible :D) and they get into a really bad fight with eggman and Shadow has to go Super Shadow to protect the reader?? Ty :)

”Death to all! Who lays a finger on my beloved!”

Shadow The Hedgehog x Mobian!Reader

Author’s Note: This is cute! Hope you enjoy this!

Warnings: Blood, Fighting, Death mentioned, Angst, Hurt, Few cuss words.

The fight was intense.

Dr Eggman had all his Bandniks army going straight for the attack towards Sonic and his friends.

It was a mess out there, constant explosions going off, loud bangs, crashing everywhere.

It felt like literal hell, for you at least, you were a decent fighter thanks to the training with Amy and Shadow.

When you were able to fend of the bandniks, you ran across Dr Eggman who blocked you’re path.

“Ha! Ha! Going somewhere pest!” Dr Eggman laughed, you were about to dip till one of Eggman’s machines grabbed a hold of you with its mechanical arms and tightened its grip and dragged you to where Dr Eggman is.

“Hey! Let me go unless you want a missing tooth Egghead!” You snapped at him, struggling to get out, he just laughed at the sight.

“How cute… look at you wiggling around like a weak little worm.” Then he used the mechanical arm and slammed you down to the ground, banging your head

“Too bad you weren’t able to put up a good enough fight.” Then threw you across the area, hitting a rock, you winced at this, looked at your arm that’s is battered up. Your ears start to twitch as you looked up at Dr Eggman who was approaching you with a dangerous sharp grin, he aimed his gun towards you about to pull the trigger.

You were tried to get up to brace for impact till the gun was destroyed by something so fast, you couldn’t really comprehend what happened since your vision is blurry, but you can make out the voice that boomed across.

“Dr Eggman!” A brooding voice yelled across.

“Whoops! Got to go!” Dr Eggman blabbered out and started to leave on his Egg mobile but Shadow, in his super form was able to catch up to him and defeat Dr Eggman.

You smile as you tried to cheer for Shadow but passed out, only hearing his voice calling out for your name.

“I should’ve kept my eyes on you.” Shadow expressed disappointment in himself.

“Hey, it’s fine, you still saved me.” You reassured him

“I shouldn’t have let you on the battle field, it’s too dangerous” Shadow said.

“Oi, don’t say that, me getting hurt, is going to happen, no matter how you try to stop something will happen to me, but I deeply trust you Shadow that you’ll come back saving my ass, so I’ll do the same for you, that’s it.” You said firmly.

“But-“

“No Shadow, now come on, we can cuddle if this will get you to stop worrying.” You opened your arms out for him for a hug.

After a few minutes of struggle from the stubborn hedgehog, he eventually gave in and started to cuddle up, he scooped you up so he can pamper you since usually you were the one as the big spoon.

“We need to work more on your training.” Shadow said.

“Yes please, I got my ass whooped out there.” You laughed a bit.

Shadow sighed but he smiled a bit, he’s just so glad your safe and alive, he swears he will protect you from anything that happens, promise.

Author’s Note: Sorry this took so long! Hope you enjoyed it!

[akakris10]

DAY 13: Trafalgar Law (One Piece)

LAWWWWWWW my stupid asshole bastard man. I had my eye on him from the moment I saw his emo ass in Sabaody and every appearance since then has deepened my interest. Him and Luffy are pirate-married. The slow descent into insanity via exposure to the straw hats. The complete inability to keep any dignity he might've had around these goofballs. He's a great character all around, 10/10.

I've been a one piece reader for over half my life at this point, I had collected the manga up until covid hit and my collecting tendencies died out a bit(though my trip to japan made me want to start again. why are things expensive always). No I'm not caught up, I ended up taking a break halfway through egghead arc when Shaka (censored). If anyone spoils anything for me I will decimate them in dishonourable combat.

Also, Oda's colour spreads for One Piece are godlike to me. Have I ever mentioned that? I'm mentioning that. They are so full of life and character it's peak.

[laboratory-for-peace]

A Timeline of Events

Since One Piece events (especially those related to the world's past) tend to get very complicated when many characters and happenings are involved, I decided to specifically make a Vegapunk and MADS focused timeline.

With Egghead having just ended and having provided a lot of interesting information around these characters and the scientific past of the One Piece World, I thought it'd be useful to have it all in one place.

This timeline also includes some events relating to some other groups that are directly and/or vaguely connected to the group, such as the Rocks Pirates, the broader Egghead Family, Vinsmoke Family, and some mentions of the Beast Pirates and Franky/Tom's Workers. If you're interested in these groups, this might be useful to you!

[ducktracy]

How fun were the references in TDTEBU (rhetorical question they were absolutely fun!!!). Like the idea that Beans had a coffee shop that Daffy n Porky work in. I wonder if Beans is someone they used to know and is giving them basically a shot bc of that past connection. Gabby Goat in a picture book. The way that beginning of the movie looked Tex Avery to my very untrained eye. Ruth Clampett voicing the waitress in a diner named after her dad who gives Daffy n Porky their first break in their bad luck. Apparently there was a place named after Avery but I missed it.

EXTREMELY FUN!! I WAS SOOOO IMPRESSED at the sheer scope of references, i was expecting some standard Clampett references akin to the Baby Bottleneck and Piggy Bank grabs (yay!)--so i was pretty floored they referenced BEANS (which feels right... Porky honoring his roots of being a sidekick to Beans--get it Porky and Beans--for, like, a year) and just otherwise very niche references from multiple directors. it feels so right

THE RUTH CLAMPETT CAMEO IS SERIOUSLY SOOOOO SWEET it made me so happy!!! GAHHHH it's just so clear the amount of love poured into this movie... to quote a friend (hi Jay), "oh my god this is a movie for nerds". it's really wonderful

here's a list of every single reference i caught, there may be some i'm missing. SPOILER WARNING actually heed this one, there's a lot of great references and i don't want to spoil them for those unwilling... and just because it covers a lot of ground from the movie as a whole. there's one in here i really think needs to be seen on its own (but tbf one of the trailers already spoiled it, so :'))

Baby Bottleneck both in the uniforms, factory setting, Daffy not wanting to lay eggs, the impact text (...in German) (i've hit my photo limit since i bounced around answering these but Just Trust Me)

THE PIGGY BANK FROM THE GREAT PIGGY BANK ROBBERY

Daffy's invisible bicycle from Porky & Daffy

The Daffy Doc head inflation (i got direct confirmation on this from the board artist himself, yay!)

baby Porky wears his Mouse Menace getup (also got confirmation!!!)

Daffy Duck and Egghead/Little Red Walking Hood silhouette gag

incidental character who looks suspiciously like Private Snafu in COMING Snafu specifically

Farmer Jim is the dad from Tom Thumb in Trouble

Beans! …Brew!

GABBY GOAT MENTION (Porky mentions him by name, not really screencappable but GABBY HEADS RISE AGAIN 🙏)

Tick Tock Tuckered Daffy hitting his head

Friz, Clampett and Tex shoutouts (i'll be honest, i forgot which has the Friz reference but i'm sure it's there)

Fluffnums/Porky's Romance references in Petunia's house

the guy from A Pest in the House

Porky Kitty Kornered freakout face

and some other ones that are verbal/not exactly screencappable:

Duck Amuck namedrop

Daffy said mother! he said the line!

[kryaaas]

hey I hope you are well! I really like your disco analysis and I was wondering about how you felt about the speed freaks!

I really liked them when I first played, they are all charming in their own way and I think they are a really fun part of the story, but it wasn’t until my second playthrough that I really started thinking about some of the more complicated glimpses we have into the group, like Noid’s ideology that has fascist underpinnings (but not completely? He has really contradictory ideas that are a little overwhelming to parse through) and Andre seeming a little more unpleasant/ potentially not a good person or at least not a good boyfriend? Like how he’s maybe much older than Acele and the empathy check where it says something like “he’s furious acele has ruined this for them. She was going to be in trouble” and him selling her headphones. also Of Course Acele’s backstory as the daughter of basically a mafia member is SO interesting and I want to know everything about her. Also Egghead’s everything. I was just curious how you felt about them/ your thoughts on their place in the story!

Ohh I love speedfreaks, the nightclub is one of the best parts of the game

Noid is very interesting. He seems to be somewhat anarchy-adjacent nihilist — denouncing right-left axis, hating authority/oppressive institutions. Yet the the game makes a parallel to fascism, even though Noid clearly states he is not one:

There is also this moment where he mentions “always already”, which is a phrase made by a Nazi

Since these ravers are a representation of counterculture - it's possible that the game references the overlap between fascism and some real punk movements (though I’m not expert on this subject)

Noid also seems directionless with his self-made ideology. He may talk all about how we should destroy the whole system and embrace “unity”, but he doesn’t have any real concrete ideas on how to achieve it, except for his abstract belief in ✨hardcore✨. I gues its easy for some fascist ideas to get hold in this case, even if its unintentional

For Andre, yeah he doesn't seem like the best boyfriend. Though I have no idea what age gap he and Acele have. The whole thing about speedfreaks being possibly being older than they look was kinda a shock to me lol

Egghead is described as “much older than you thought” and “at least 45”

(god being such an asshole to them hurts so bad)

While the only thing we know about Andre’s age is that he is “older than 20”

So possible he is 30+??? Acele is said to be in her late teens, so the potential age gap is concerning lol

Their relationship doesn't seem all bad though - at least she completely trusts Andre

(and "control him?" Whatever that means……Acele is full of mysteries isn’t she. There is more to her than meets the eye, having experience in organised crime because of her father)

And yeah Egghead is Egghead, he is perfect. HARDCORE TO THE MEGA

In general though, despite all their flaws, ravers’ story has a hopeful message. Their little nightclub may not stop the pale, or the nuke, it may not even last for a long time, but their desire to to create something new, something mesningful in the ruined church *mattered*. Giving a chance to create this nightclub *mattered*. Completely destroying the dance floor with them and Kim *mattered*

[frudoo]

Mister Asylum (2)

Title: Claudeland

Series Masterlist | Main Masterlist

Warnings: Gross imagery, self-deprecating thoughts, one mention of medical abuse of power.

“Lights out, Mr. Riley.”

The squawking voice of the bitter nurse, ironically named ‘Sunny’, makes Simon’s eye twitch, fists clenched by his sides as he treks his way into the scarcely decorated room. There are no windows, no lights aside from the fluorescent overhead that gets switched off the second he thunks down onto the rickety bed. A couple of motivational posters hang high on the walls, held up by sticky tack and pure spite, at this point. The cheery words mock him, contort into vicious reminders of how useless he is in this place, in this world.

There’s not even a clock on any of the four taunting walls surrounding him and his roommate. His roommate, who talks to himself more often than not, only getting out of bed to get his vitals checked or slurping down the scrambled eggs he sneaks into his pockets at breakfast. Simon actually misses the smell of gunpowder and blood—anything is better than the vile stench of rotten food and day-old feces. The sorry fucker can’t even be bothered to flush the toilet. He’s nicknamed the gremlin ‘Egghead’ since he’s unsure of his real name. Not that he’d care regardless.

It’s no use complaining, either, no matter how many times Simon tries. He’s always dismissed with an annoyed frown and a wave of whatever nurse’s hand he’s decided to bitch and moan to. If he persists, they just threaten to give him an ungodly dose of Benadryl to keep him doped-up and compliant. Fuck, prison would be paradise compared to this place.

Simon huffs and pulls his mask over his eyes rather than his nose and mouth, turning on his side to finally try his hand at sleeping. He hasn’t caught a wink in the past two days he’s been here, and whatever little teaser of a nap he manages to fall into gets destroyed by the nightmares he’s plagued by. He’s lost count of how many times nurses have been sent to his room to try and calm him down to no avail—he just has to ride the terrifying wave the way he always does. It’s his own personal form of torture.

He’s nearly halfway asleep in a record time of fifteen short minutes when he hears rustling beside him. Simon stirs but ultimately ignores it, sniffing and allowing his body to relax once again. He probably just imagined it. No threats in this place. He’s safe.

He’s on the brink of blissful slumber when he feels it again. This time, he knows it’s not a figment of his imagination—that much is proven by the weight that settles on his waist. The unmistakable odor behind him proves his suspicions as his roommate cuddles up behind him like it’s his birthright, a pleased sigh escaping his filthy mouth.

“I jus’ wanna know when ya plan ta kill me,” he rasps, and Simon nearly loses it.

Fucking hell. Enough is enough. Simon elbows the freaky little greaseball in the stomach and skyrockets out of the bed, storming into the hallway where the night shift nurses are making their rounds. He spots the one who forced him back into his room and strides over to her, furiously pulling the mask back over his mouth and nose.

“No’ stayin’ in there w’him,” Simon growls, staring down the much shorter woman whose glare is equally as sharp.

“And what do you expect me to do about it?” Sunny cocks an eyebrow, arms crossed and one hip popped to the side to show she’s not intimidated.

“Dunno, but I ain’t goin’ back,” he squints, large foot tapping against the linoleum floor impatiently, looking much more like an angsty teenager than a battle-ruined soldier. “Can I switch rooms?”

“This isn’t a hotel, Mr. Riley,” the older woman exhales heavily and pinches the bridge of her nose before her eyes meet his again. “But I’ll see what I can do. For now, you’re gonna go back in that room and sit on the bed. Understood?”

Simon groans in disapproval but nods, moping his way back into the torture chamber where Egghead has made himself at home on his bed, sprawled out like a damn prostitute. The freaky bastard’s not even sleeping, just staring up at the ceiling with a cavernous grin on his oily face, acknowledging Simon’s presence with a squeal. The lieutenant actually flinches, reaching behind him habitually as if to retrieve a knife, despite having nothing but his pajamas on his person.

“M’ready,” Egghead giggles, lifting his arms and plopping them down again childishly. “How ya gonna do it?”

Simon peeks down the hall, hoping to find Sunny making her way towards him with that wonderful news so he doesn’t have to respond to this madman. No such luck, to his dismay. When he turns his head back, Egghead is standing right in front of him, jaundiced eyes wide and bloodshot.

“Answer me!” He shrieks, his grubby hands grabbing onto Simon’s shirt and tugging him so close that the taller man can see the plaque on his teeth.

Utterly repulsed, Simon shoves the fun-sized ogre back, fully intent on beating him to a pulp for ever daring to touch him in the first place. Egghead hits the edge of the bed with a grunt, palms rested on the mattress behind him to brace himself. The soldier raises a clenched fist, wild brown eyes locked on his target, but he can’t bring himself to plummet his knuckles onto the smaller man’s face. There’s no fear in the poor bloke’s expression, something more akin to relief, and it makes Simon question everything about himself.

Had he been on the field, Simon wouldn’t have hesitated to dig a knife into the enemy’s neck. But here, in the quiet of the hospital where he can hear the whimpers coming from the pitiful throat before him, where there’s no pressure on him to keep his team alive, he finds himself incapable of the violence he’s always known to resort to. If it wasn’t for the rapid fluttering beneath his chest, he wouldn’t be sure he even still had a heart. The feeling is foreign and it scares the hell out of him.

“M’not gonna kill you,” Simon grumbles, smoothing his rough palms over the mess of overgrown hair on the top of his head. “Stand up, mate.”

Egghead whines dramatically before following orders, using the heel of his palms to push himself back onto his feet. He trails back over to his own bed where he starts reciting his usual bedtime story to himself, like nothing had happened. Simon settles for kicking the wall to release his frustrations, not even flinching at the shooting pain that resonates through his foot. The rubber slipper that the hospital provided snaps in half, rendered useless in his rage. Funny, he thinks, that he can relate to such an inferior object.

“Mr. Riley, if you’re finished damaging property, I’d like to speak to you,” Sunny’s unimpressed voice rings out from behind him, and he turns around hopefully.

“Sorry,” he mutters, nodding for her to continue.

“There’s a room on the floor above us that the director herself has offered up. No roommates. You will still be on our schedule, but the nurses will be different. And, Simon?”

“Hm?”

“Just because we’re making this one exception does not mean you will be treated specially. It is simply a different floor. You will proceed treatments like normal,” her voice is firm as ever but holds a depth of sympathy that wasn’t there previously.

“Understood, ma’am,” he fiddles with the hem of his cotton tee, avoiding her steely gaze. “Thank you.”

“Grab your belongings, I’ll escort you.”

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Taglist: @thesevi0lentdelights @rejectedbytheempty @whitetiger846

[nami-treasure-trove]

I was rewatching Fishman Island arc through the remaster. Points for Nami and Jinbei who predicted Luffy's reaction to Hody's acts on Fishman Island. Although I know the other Straw Hats would also reach the same thoughts if they were present to see Hody and connected the dots, this is also a smart setup from Oda in order for Nami and Jinbe to meet and talk about Arlong later.

Also, it's great that later when they start talking about Arlong, Sanji is present. Being one of the East Blue gang who have fought against Arlong's crew and supported Nami back then, his presence added to the seriousness of the discussion. Luffy's a no-go. He didn't even remember Yosaku mentioning Jinbe.

How that would bring Jinbe to really bow his head down in apology.

But for Nami to then rise above her past and relieve Jinbe of his heavy burden because she understood the layers behind it all. She will not forgive Arlong. But his crew's actions is not a reason to hate other fishmen. Nami is but one example of what Otohime wanted to pass on to the future of fishmen. To go above their hate and racism towards humans, and get along.

I like to think that the reason he says this is because he used to not believe Otohime's way of thinking about humans. He had prejudice against humans. He went on a journey for the sake of the fishmen, but also to see for himself what the human world is really like after meeting Koala and after Fisher Tiger's death.

Jinbe having witnessed it time and time again (Ace and Whitebeard), and even more personal here with Nami, it really just proved that there is hope and goodness in the world if we embrace that. It was a genuinely powerful scene that I hope nobody glossed over. Nami's kindness is different from Whitebeard's or Ace's, since neither of them had a reason to hate fishmen. Nami, however, was tortured by fishmen. She could have chosen to hate their race, but instead, she only blames it on Arlong and his crew. And she's not even that unfriendly towards Hachi.

Also, let's not forget the fact that Shirahoshi was listening the entire time, AND KNEW HODY KILLED HER MOTHER, and all this was happening near Otohime's grave!

Oh, you sneaky, sneaky, Odacchi! This was definitely foreshadowing Shirahoshi's similar trait with Nami. Back then, I just thought she feels a little close Nami because I thought they shared losing a mother by the hands of the opposite race. But it's actually deeper than that. It's because Shirahoshi heard Nami not hating her race despite her experiences! BECAUSE SHIRAHOSHI'S MOTHER WAS KILLED BY HER OWN RACE AND SHE STILL DOES NOT FALL TO HATRED! Holy shiiiiit! I mean, I know Nami hates Arlong, but as far as Shirahoshi understood the conversation she heard, Nami is not a person who harbors hate herself.

THE LAYERS OF THIS SCENE. God, I hope Otohime heard them talking here fr.

Meanwhile, at this exact moment, Hody's crew were forcing fishmen and merfolk to step on Otohime's picture. The audacity. God they're the worst villains in the series. Hody and his crew are pure evil. EVIL. At least Doflamingo has a desire to have a family of his own, even if it twisted. Blackbeard, at worst, is just a greedy, ambitious mofo.

This is an incredible arc. I genuinely think it's up there with Enies Lobby, Marineford, Wano, and Egghead. The symbolism and setup is just crazy good. (We don't talk about the anime pacing. Only story-wise.)

Bonus: It's so wholesome every time Nami hugs Jinbe. I cry a little inside whenever I see it. Happy tears, ofc.

[nicovrse]

Did Zoro save Robin again?

This post will contain spoilers from Egghead, so please read with caution if you haven't read the manga!

On Twitter, there was speculation that Zoro was likely the one who rescued Robin. Given how things panned out in Chapter 1078, 1089, and 1090, it is possible (or not).

Chapter 1078

The Straw Hats are separated into smaller groups. All groups except for Robin and Jinbe’s, are currently facing a Seraphim. The group breakdown is as follows:

��� Luffy, Zoro: Fighting S-Bear and S-Hawk

• Sanji, Nami, Brook: Fighting S-Shark

• Franky, Usopp: Folding to S-Snake

• Robin, Chopper: Heading to a sealed lab

• Jinbe, Stussy: Looking for Vegapunk

The chapter then leads to the panel below.

Side Note: Although this panel has already been animated in Episode 1111, I found Lucci's comment, "It will have the benefit of rattling the stronger targets," intriguing. Sanji saving Nami proved that, but it would be nice if Zoro could do the same with Robin. We've seen Zoro's reactions before.

As mentioned, the only groups not dealing with a Seraphim are Robin and Jinbe's. Lucci mentions S-Hawk is now targeting weaker opponents, which is why I believe he is heading towards Robin's group. I'm not trying to diss Robin's group, but in comparison to Jinbe and Stussy, who both use Haki...it's not looking good.

Chapter 1089-1090

Skipping forward to Chapter 1089, we now see this panel of the Straw Hats.

And this panel from Chapter 1090.

I was hoping we'd receive some clarification as to how Robin became severely injured. Chopper and Atlas are in far better condition than Robin.

So far,

• Kaku mentions that he was up against two Seraphims. We know for sure that S-Hawk was one of them since S-Bear and S-Shark were already occupied by Luffy and Sanji.

• Zoro is looking for S-Hawk to prevent him from attacking the others.

• (I believe) S-Hawk did not target Jinbe and Stussy. Their injuries seemed less severe in comparison to the others, but who knows.

• Considering the severity of Robin's injuries, it is likely that she was attacked by one of the Seraphims that Kaku fought with. Both Robin and Kaku have similar conditions.

• All the Seraphims were captured.

Currently, there is no proof that Zoro saved Robin, but based on these events, it is possible. The story may have gone differently to how I'm assuming it went. I’m just confused as to why such a significant portion of events were left unanswered, if it wasn’t intentional. Until then, it is just speculation, but this post is to express its likelihood. I suggest not taking this post too seriously, as it could end up being wrong.

Credit to @oto11252923 on twitter, their speculation made me curious! Also, thank you for taking the time to read this! :)

[percyaugod]

Unnamed Rise AU Part 2: Eternal Prison

Edit: It has now been named The Prisoner and the Pretender AU. : D

Leo was bored asking how long has he been stuck there anyway. The technodrome says forty-three seconds. Leo is unamused and gives a flat "Ha Ha. No really."

The technodrome doesn't say anything and Leo is left reeling. "What, how!?"

"Time dilation. Time moves faster here than back in your dimension. If it makes you feel any better you aren't aging. This place was designed to be an eternal prison. Not very eternal if the Krang die of old age."

Leo crossed his arms muttering bitterly about how well that worked out.

The technodrome holds Donnie above all others, and it is partially because of being connected, but it's mostly because Donnie is just Donnie. Donnie is the first to look at the technodrome and see something truly amazing. It holds him in such high regard because he holds it so high. Which is why it doesn't want to disappoint him and lose that.

Not to mention how much of himself he was willing to give to it so it could think for itself for the first time. No more just sitting around waiting for commands. Being used like a tool by those that don't appreciate it, don't deserve it.

Leo keeps the technodrome talking so he can hear his brother's voice, though he'd never admit it to even himself. He's just gathering data, nothing else. Yet he's probably just doing stuff to aggravate the technodrome like messing with the stuff it uses to make nutrients so Leo doesn't wither away.

It tastes awful, he's just trying to make it pizza-flavoured. Or preferably anything other than what he imagines Dad's chair tastes like. He knows chemistry, he can do this!

The technodrome begs to differ. He knows Earth chemistry. These chemicals are literally alien to him.

The technodrome keeps moving so it's harder for Krang One to find them. Which is extra difficult while trying to look like just a piece of nonfunctional rubble floating there.

Leo would definitely try to sneak outside. If nothing else he's bored and wouldn't completely trust the Krang spaceship. He still hasn't decided whether it sounding and acting like Donnie is worse or better. At least it'll be harder to forget the egghead.

The technodrome only lets him out to get supplies because even broken it's still far too big to enter. Supplies are hard to come by though, and who knows how long Leo will be in here until his brothers can save him. It keeps watch of all exits in case he tries something.

Leo is definitely curious about the technodrome, especially its connection to Donnie. How exactly did it get a copy of his brother on its systems, and what is it going to do to the original?

He wouldn't just ask it directly though. Donnie can't lie, but who knows about the technodrome. He asked in roundabout ways about other tech and functions to gather more info before making his way slowly to how piloting it works.

Leo tells stories to the technodrome who listens since at least he isn't trying anything. It's when he tries to exaggerate something and the technodrome corrects him that he realizes the technodrome remembers this stuff too because Donnie remembered it. So now Leo has the technodrome tell him stories to help him remember. It's odd hearing some of the same events but from Donnie's point of view.

Leo has a lot of trouble sleeping, especially in a prison dimension. He says something completely wrong and falls asleep to a "Donnie" rant.

Leo asks the technodrome what it knows about neuroscience since it could help him take care of his brothers in the future as team medic (you can rip medic Leo out of my cold dead hands) and he's pretty sure the ship mentioned tapping into someone's brain or nerves to receive instructions.

He's really going to have to look Donnie over when he gets back because that can't be good.

The technodrome constantly brings up Leo having the portal closed on it. Is this what Draxum feels like dealing with him? Good.

[deadite-central]

Every so often One Piece gets an arc that mostly focuses on lore/world building reveals, biggest examples probably being Reverse Mountain, Jaya and this one: Reverie, as we leave our main characters and focus on the shifting powers in the world

Immediately out of the way, it’s a joy to see Shirahoshi again, currently watching the Fishman Island remake as it’s coming out with my friend and man I still love her so much. Seeing her finally free to make decisions for herself, after everything she went through during Fishman Island, is such a joy to see, she can finally see the real world! And we continue on what Queen Otohime said: the youngest generation is who will be shaping up the world anew

Speaking of shaping up the world: We finally get to see more of the Revolutionary Army!! I have a very special place in my heart for Lulusia. Seeing how much the Revs inspire the people, I get really emotional. Call it growing up in a country still affected by a regime that ended years ago, seeing that a bit of hope can change the mentality of people, even in a fictional story, means so much to me. Especially with the added bonus of Moda’s clothing reminding me of some traditional Polish folk wear. The Revs themselves have great designs, love them all

Reverie itself has one of the cutest meet ups, with the three princesses saved by the Straw Hats finally meeting and immediately becoming friends. Shirahoshi, Rebecca and Vivi are all characters I adore, if I didn’t make that clear during their respective arcs, and seeing them interact and gush over the Straw Hats together is so sweet. It also shows just how much positive change Luffy has brought into this world

There’s this thing Oda does ever since the end of Dressrosa that I like to call the Doflamingo jumpscare. Doffy may not be a mysterious guy, or an actual threat anymore, but with how much he had been set up since Jaya it would be a disservice to his character to just not mention him at all, and that’s how we get here. Doflamingo clearly knows something that us readers can only try and piece together, something that still makes him a danger, something that still makes him important. He’ll make a comment whenever something big happens to the plot that will leave you wondering for days on end what was that about? It’s a really good way to build up hype and mystery, and also to utilise a character like him

And right after we get that, we’re met with a new reveal: Imu. I will be reinstating a point a made in TikTok a while ago, but what makes Imu interesting to me, is how from the first panel you see them, it immediately clicks that this is THE guy. I absolutely adore the dark blob design, which is why it pisses me off so much where people try to give them an appearance. Let Oda do this at the right pace man. In the manga they’re already incredibly eerie, and they get more and more ominous as the story goes along, but I have to give huge props to the anime this time, Imu was terrifying in Egghead

Also remeber Charlos getting punched to oblivion in Sabaody? The first time was so nice we gotta do it twice!! And the reveal that it’s Mjosgard, the guy who seemed like every other Celestial Dragon during the Fishman Island flashback who realized his wrongs and actually tried to use his power as a Celestial Dragon to do good, is great. Mjosgard shows that the Celestial Dragons at their core are humans, which makes it all the more terrifying that their wealth makes them believe they’re higher beings. It’s scary, but realistic

We haven’t seen Bonney in a while, and she’ll become important in a few arcs, but here we get some neat foreshadowing for her and Kuma’s relationship, as well as teases of the Sorbet Kingdom. In retrospect, these scenes are so, so important now that we know what happens on Egghead (unless you’re not caught up and if so GO READ EGGHEAD RNNN)

We finish the arc of with some genuinely insane panels, starting with what started the Rat Haired Shanks agenda, which leaves you absolutely shocked when you first see it. After all, it’s hard to believe Shanks would conspire with the gorosai, right? I’m not getting into Elbaf spoilers but this is important to keep in mind, as it leaves you with so many questions. And then, the absolutely jaw dropping panel of Imu sitting on the throne where no one should be sat, and the gorosai, who are supposed to be the highest power in the world, bowing to them. Literal chills