#sir gabriel

[mjrtaurus]

About half a year after Dragon got himself back on his feet from the boys moving out, he's at the store as usual when he sees a little plush crocodile marching along top of one of the floor displays, very clearly being moved by a child on the other side. At first he doesn't think much of it besides a fond smirk at the memories it brings of his boys doing similar antics when they were younger.

Except when this boy walks out from around the corner, his breath hitches. He looks practically identical to....

No, it can't be. His eyes are playing tricks on him. When the boy catches sight of him with violet eyes he beams and comes running up to him with that clumsy little toddler shuffle to say he likes Dragon's earrings.

And that's when he hears a voice he thought would be nothing but a memory.

"Gabriel! Hayati, you can't just wander off like that! You're going to get lo-"

Dragon knows it's cheesy as all hell, but Crocodile has hardly changed at all. Okay, maybe they do have a little bit of a matching salt and pepper thing going on and he definitely has a few new rings (gods, are any of them engagement rings? please please don't let there be an engagement ring). But other than that... it's like stepping back in time.

The little boy, Gabriel, is the son of Crocodile's half-sister. They were never close, in fact Crocodile only had the vaguest memories of her to begin with. But after her death, Crocodile was contacted as her only living relative. Gabriel's father wasn't in the picture and the boy is so young that he's naturally assumed Crocodile is his baba. Doesn't seem like he can be convinced otherwise either. Must be the family stubbornness.

Crocodile couldn't begin to say why he took Gabe in. What qualifications, and more importantly what right did he possibly have to care for a child when he couldn't even raise his own son? Maybe it was because he couldn't that fate had given him this second chance? And it turns out he's not completely terrible at it.

Buggy was the reason they were out here. He needed Crocodile's help with some circus business and Croc didn't have time to get a babysitter for Gabe, so family road trip. He was so preoccupied with juggling everything that he hadn't even considered the possibility that he might run into Dragon.

But he has.

He's... he's still so handsome. If he hates Crocodile's guts (of course he does, he would have to be utterly bereft of brain cells not to), his eyes aren't showing it.

“Baba… do you know this guy?” Little violet eyes, the picture perfect copy of his half-uncle’s look Dragon up and down with curiosity. Suspicion, too.

“Y-… yeah. Yeah, I know him.” Why was Dragon still looking at him like that? Why was he not giving him shit for bailing out on him and the baby? Why was he smiling in that stupidly handsome way of his where it made sun-worn skin crease and dimple?

“It’s good to see you again, Coração.” And oh, if that little pet-name didn’t have Crocodile just as flustered as when he first heard it… There was going to be a lot of catching up to do, now that Dragon had locked him in place with that one.

And no, as it turned out, none of those rings were engagement rings. Somebody by the name of one Donquixote Doflamingo tried, but Crocodile wasn’t about to get himself trapped in that pink spider’s web.

[pointycorgiears]

Sometimes I think Buggy is beside himself with worry about ensuring his sons don't grow up resentful of each other like what happened with him and Shanks. It was something he was concerned with back when it was just Gabe and Gryphon since they're the same age yet so different in personality. But then Nemo came along and he knows how easy it is for kids to be jealous of the new baby. Hell, he and Shanks felt that way for a time when Momo and Hiyori were brought aboard the Oro Jackson.

It's funny how out of the three dads, Buggy appears to be the most exoerience with children. That worry was something he brought up to Mihawk and Crocodile right away once the Gabriel and Gryphon arrived. It was something the other two didn't even think about, but they eventually came up with a game plan for it and things were going smoothly.

Then, Nemo comes along, and their meticulous plan gets shaken up. Now there is a wildcard. Buggy goes into an internal panic again, but at least he has personal experience with this kind of situation too. He lets the boys help with the baby, but he's adamant that it is not their job and they should help only because they WANT to, not because they HAVE to. He makes time to spend time playing with them, and just them, during his very busy schedule during the day. When one kid is occupied with something else, he finds the other and scoops them up and hugs them, and just sits with them for awhile on their own. Everyone gets special attention. He is making sure of it.

It's something Buggy kind of works through in his own way during all the craziness of adopting a baby into the family, so he hasn't sat down to explain it to Mihawk and Crocodile yet. But, they do start to notice the things he's doing and so they begin copying him. Very quickly, they have a nice rhythm going again that benefits all three children.

[cryingpariah]

Urpi smiling at watching her son-in-law with the Seraphim. She smiles seeing him ruffle Gryphon's hair when he gets an answer right on his math worksheet. She smiles seeing him wipe Gabriel's nose at dinner because the little peanut always gets a runny nose when he eats curry. She smiles seeing him put Nemo to bed with his little stuffed lion.

But Crocodile feels deep guilt whenever he catches this because he couldn't do the same for Luffy and he's worried about Urpi resenting him for that.

“You seemed trouble dear, is everything alright?”

She was making that face again, the picturesque look of warm motherly concern and understanding. Crocodile didn’t know if he deserved to be looked at like that.

He had seen her with the boys, with Dragon, anyone she comes into contact with comes out the other side..better. Warmer. Loved. She understood every one of the Gabriel and Gryphon's nonsensical games. Nemo loved her immediately and refused to leave her arms once in them. He had heard story after story from Dragon about her endless kindness and genuine nature. She was the perfect parent for crying out loud!

And Crocodile….

He met her eyes now, lined with wrinkles and patience before loosing a heavy sigh.

“I was just…wondering is all.”

She smiled, crossing one leg over the other and resting her chin in the palm of her hand.

“Wonder away dear, but don’t be scared to ask either.”

Was he so blatantly obvious or was mind reading some secret Shandian talent she had never deigned to share?

“Alright you caught me. It’s just…aren’t you upset with me, Mrs Urpi?”

An owlishly expression of surprise crossed her face. Her eyes looked around the room a little, as if she was trying to find where the question had even come from.

“Dear I can assure you I am most certainly not upset with you. I apologize if I gave you that impression-“

Crocodile surged forward in his seat, his voice rising and his one good hand gesturing at nothing.“With all due respect Mrs Urpi, let us drop the niceties. I am no child, please speak your mind and be honest: you can’t possibly tell me you aren't angry when you see me with the boys acting like a perfect father when Luffy-“

Losing his steam he slumped back into his chair, staring at his lap in shame. “There’s no way you don’t see me as a failure.”

A silence blanketed them, the echoing of the grandfather clock feeling like a gong.

He stood up, shame swirling in his gut. He'll apologize and then make himself scarce until the end of her visit. He'll-

“Crocodile.”

He looked up (he felt like he did that a lot with her) to see her patting the other half of the couch she laid on pointy. The message was clear and received. He shuffled his way over. For a moment neither of them spoke.

“When I first found out I was pregnant I was terrified.”

He glanced at her in surprise. What is she..

“I hadn’t been feeling well the last couple of days but I had just it was something I ate. I went to the doctor and I’m sure you can guess what they told me. I was happy but I also felt so distant from it all. I never envisioned myself as a mother, hell there was a point in my life where I never thought I’d make it twenty.”

“The pregnancy itself was fine, it was even fun at times but every moment of quiet had terrible thoughts creeping in. I couldn’t connect with my baby, I couldn’t do the one thing I was just supposed to naturally do and I felt like a failure.”

Crocodile was astounded, he had always felt so othered by pregnancy and birth stories and how the mothers had felt such joy and love but this..

“When Dragon was born I felt blessed but also completely undeserving. Every milestone he didn’t hit on time I believed was my own failing. I could barely eat or sleep, I didn’t even shower. I was paranoid and frantic. I watched him almost obsessively but balked at times when he got too close. I thought I was ruining him, that Nika himself was trying to tell me I wasn’t fit to be a mother.”

He didn’t know who reached out, all he knew was his hand was so tightly grasping hers and he felt every word that spilled from her lips like a sucker punch. In five minutes she had made him feel more seen and understood than he had in nearly twenty years and it was as gratifying as it was overwhelming.

“I-I don’t understand..why are you..”

She turned to him, her eyes and smile equally watery. She loosed her hand from his, using it to caress his back as she pulled him close.

“My dear Crocodile, I will never blame you for making your choice then nor do I blame you for choosing differently now. To overcome what you have..I cannot imagine such strength. I just wanted you to know that you never have been alone in your fears. It does not mark you as weak. I want you to remember that I am so very proud of you.”

Oh.

They didn’t speak more than that, they didn’t need to. Her gradually wetter shoulder and back spoke volumes. Had she known he was so close to tears? Is that why she tugged him into this hug, to allow him the appearance of keeping his dignity by hiding it behind her? It definitely didn’t matter but with the doubts and worries of being secretly resenting washing he had to think of something right?

[diioonysus]

objects in art: swords/daggers

[canon-gabriel-quotes]

Transcript:

You flew the mother plane directly into the world serve center.

Hit the cuntagon!

Audio source

[q-lyme]

Love like yours will surely come my way

[braisedhoney]

WRITHE IN YOUR AGONY, JUBILANT

[mjrtaurus]

Gabe and Gryphon being scared that Urpi doesn't seem to be able to fly since they've never come across someone with wings who can't fly so they worry that she's gotten sick or her wing muscles have grown weak.

“Tayta, what happened to Abuela’s wings?” One of them asks Dragon one day.

They didn’t want to ask her personally because sometimes she gets a far away look in her eyes whenever she talks about herself that doesn’t feel good.

Dragon is a bit confused at first, but then it clicks that they aren’t aware that sky islander wings are- in most cases- vestigial. He explains this to them and they are devastated by it.

To have wings and not be able to fly seemed so, so unfair…

Dragon gently reassures the boys that of Abuela ever wants to fly, he just has to pick her up and they can fly together. It may not be quite like flying on her own, but she loves it just the same.

He thanks the boys for their discretion, too. He knows certain things… they bother her deeply. He doesn’t think flight is one of them, but still.

[pointycorgiears]

I keep thinking about Gryphon perfecting his war paint makeup and meanwhile you have Gabe who has one of those dinosaur mask paints kids can get at those face painting booths at county fairs.

Then there's Nemo who's scribbled all over his face with lipstick and eyeshadow sticks. 😭😭😭

Gryphon is concentrating hard with a mirror, carefully applying dark lines radiating from his eyes, while Gabriel and Nemo are entertaining themselves nearby. The two are giggling and making dinosaur noises. Gryphon's eye twitches and he finally snaps at them, "You guys this is serious! I have to do this carefully if I want to look terrifying! Stop playing around, you're distracting me."

Then Gabe is just like, "I thought you wanted to look cool?"

"I do! Like, 60 percent cool and 40 percent scary. That's the magic ratio, according to Daddy."

"RRAAWWRRR!" Nemo agrees.

[justpassingbyoursht]

Yknow when I first saw Chronos i couldn't quite take him seriously bc he's... he's a twink. who gave him that tiny tiny waist and those birthgiving hips? why is he built like that? i expected a giant or something, i mean the big 3 brothers are built ykno their father should be big muscly guy too right?? and then i realized he's got an hourglass shape and. 😶

my bad supergiant u are right. titan of time. hourglass. titan of time? hourglass. checks out ✓ he is hourglass shaped. an hourglass. ⌛that. that is him. titan of time alright. hourglass

but still that tiny waist

[diioonysus]

reading + art

[resplendentgoldenwings]

It's tempting to get completely absorbed in the unhinged premise of Found, or to get caught-up in the chemistry and tension between leads Shanola Hampton and Mark Paul Gosseler. Many fans are intrigued by the potential of a dark romance between their characters, but if you don't take a moment to analyze it a little further you'll miss that something rare and unusual is happening on the show.

And that's a female character exploring her relationship with darkness in a way that's often reserved for male characters in shows like Hannibal, Interview With The Vampire or You.

As someone who has watched all four shows I often found myself wondering why don't we rarely see dynamics like this with women --I couldn't get into killing Eve-- and what I landed on was that well no one wants to see a woman in that kind of toxic dynamic with a man because of how frequently that happens IRL and the terrible consequences.

But Found manages to create this toxic dynamic by starting the story with its female lead in the position of power. She has Sir her former tormenter locked and chained in her basement. She controls his food, his entertainment, and his life. She has the power whether she feels it fully or not.

Starting the story this point levels what would otherwise be a very unlevel playing field and allows the story to linger in the tension and uncertainty of who Gabrielle Mosely is as a person. Whether or not she can heal from the trauma she suffered as teenager and integrate her dark and light sides or if she will be forever tormented and controlled by this aspect of herself.

I want to write a longer meta about this comparing these stories and the relationships between these characters and how fascinating it is to have a female character exploring her dark side on screen in this way. I have to watch the latest episode of Found first though along with at least reviewing some of the plot points of the shows I mentioned.

But Found, Gabrielle Mosely and this idea of Sir as her shadow-self is sort of living rent free in my head right now and something has to get out on paper.

[devilbeez]

If I had a nickel a crack/irrelevant ships hallucinated by the fandom turn into an actual canon ship, I would have 2 nickels. Which isn’t a lot but it’s weird that it happened twice

[peppermint-whiskers]

Tis finished uwu

My sillies 💖💖

[bowl-o-queerios]

[janetsnakehole02]

just discovered the absolute gold mine that is gabriel macht’s twitter account