#straw hat lore

[thneeodore]

I decided to confront the human..bad idea I know, but curiosity got the better of me!

He told me his name is "Once-ler," and he needs materials to make a..."Thneed"? Whatever that is! Anyways he seems pretty harmless, but I'm keeping an extra close eye on him just to make sure there's no funny business!

[weirdlythneederina]

I was experimenting with my shading here 😅

[thneederinaartdump]

This is the original/scraped image of a post I made of my baby @ellysweetart 🩷🍓

Yeah, so it was supposed to be Elly and Poppy having a chat over some refreshing juice, not just Elly by herself😅

[empty-dream]

I've always loved the name "Red-Haired Pirates" because it sounds so cool but also so random. Like of all things, they name it after Shanks' goddamn hair color. Are there not many pirates with red hair besides Shanks? Is there something special about red hair in general in One Piece universe? Or is it Shanks' red hair that is special? Is he sponsored by a shampoo brand?? I don't even think he takes a bath daily.

I mean, when you name a crew, of course you'd like people to associate the name with the actual crew members. And thank god Shanks is an absolute juggernaut so it works and when people say Red Hair, they actually think of Shanks instead of some random ginger head.

[fauvester]

thanks to mels for pointing out that star trek disco has now established that cardassians are known for loving cake to such a degree that it's part of other species cultural lingo. truly love that for them. you know the first real sign that cardassia's postwar economic miracle is revving up is when the patisseries of lakat reopen

[jazz-beans]

Nami Swan <3

[moxie-girl]

um ok Strawhats Star Wars au (think like clone wars era-ish) where they’re all space pirates…

- Luffy is a force-sensitive Mandalorian foundling from a covert of True Mandalorians hiding bc the New Mandalorians currently control the planet (Shanks is his buir btw) (he’s standard human …?)

- Zoro is a former Jedi youngling who left after his crèche-mate and best friend Kuina died, he fights with two of his own lightsabers as well as Kuina’s white saber (he’s an oni-like species)

- Nami used to work for a group of bounty hunters/spice runners from an aquatic planet and was picked up by them after they took a bounty out for Bell-mere (she’s half aquatic species, half human, so Arlong’s crew like her even less…)

- Usopp is another Mandalorian from Luffy’s covert and a sniper who’s skilled with any weapon, but especially an energy slingshot he modified from an energy crossbow (he’s a near-human species notable for their long noses)

- Sanji is a modified clone who escaped from the cloning facilities as a kid, his siblings are an enhanced special ops team (think bad batch) and the rest of the clone army look pretty normal (black hair, no curly brows- those are a sign of enhancements) so most people don’t clock him as a clone at first

I’ll figure out the others later…

[the-entity-down-the-street]

Everything I know about One Piece I learned from my spouse, and while I've gotten used to the truckload of lore attached to it, learning that SANJI'S EYEBROWS have a backstory-

[vaknewt]

One Piece: Vegapunk's Broadcast(Official Full English Translation)

I've stitched together an uninterrupted version of Vegapunk's broadcast as of now. Tried to get things accurate, but got a bit confused with the three Vegpunks during their 'Coffee Stream.'

Coffee Stream and Prep

Chapters 1108-1113

*Beep... Beep... Click...!! Zshk...!!*

Stella: Ahem!  Hello?  Check, check... Is this on?  Hello out there!  Come in, world.  Ahem... I am Dr. Vegapunk, a humble genius scientist.  While many of you will likely be shocked by what I have to say in this message, I assure you that it is the truth of this world!!!

Shaka: Come now, Stella. *ZSHK* You can’t just start this up out of nowhere.

Stella: Hmm?  What do you mean, Shaka?!

Shaka: Surely the audience will need to be adequately prepared to hear it.

Stella: You really think that’s necessary?  Some intelligence agency will pick it up and it’ll spread across the world by the next day…

Shaka: Are you certain about that?  What if they manipulate the information?

Stella: Hrmm. A good point… So what should we do?

Shaka: I’ll relay the signal through every naval base in the world and force them to output at maximum strength.  The transponder snails can receive audio signals, but the visual transponder snails will take time in order to be set up for viewing.  I suggest giving them an interval of one hour.

Stella: One hour?!  That seems long.  So long, in fact, that it will give those who might not want this message to be heard the time to interfere with it.

Shaka/Stella?: Very well!  Let us set the preparation period for the message to ten minutes!!  You hear that world?!!

Shaka/Stella/Pythagoras: 

-So, nine and a half minutes to kill.  What now?

-Want to invent something?  I’m rather busy.

-Why not have some coffee?

-Calculating the likelihood of signal jamming…

-The coffee will take ten minutes to brew.

-Then I won’t have time to drink it!!

-I calculate the chances of jamming are exceedingly low.

-What is that, Stella?

-Hmm?  Why, it’s the dream of all mankind: Vega Coffee!!  One little speck of this stuff dropped in water, and you’ve instantly got nice, warm coffee!!

-How many minutes left?

-It’s not like we’re on a strict timer.  Let’s wait seven minutes or so, and then we’ll begin.  Not that anyone will be close enough to stop us if they wished…

-I can’t help but notice you’re not drinking your Vega Coffee.

-It’s hot!  I have a very sensitive tongue!

-That’s mean, Shaka.  You knew that already.

-Four more minutes, Stella.

-*sip* YEOW!!

-Stella, there’s not much time left.

-Why not use thermoelectric elements to take the coffee’s heat and convert that energy into something--

-One minute left, Stella.

-I know!! *Slurp..* Well, it’s been such a short time that the coffee’s not even cool yet, but are they all set up with their video transponder snails by now, I wonder?

-Thirty seconds to go, Stella.

-I feel a bit nervous knowing this is going all over the world.

-Video will one day connect the entire world.  It will mean knowing, and the discomfort of being known.

Vegapunks Message

Chapter 1113

Stella: Can you all hear me?  Hello?  This is Vegapunk.  Hello world.  Come in world!!

Shaka: It’s a one-sided hijack of the waves, Stella.

Stella: I know that!  Well!  In that case, let’s get this message started!!  I have committed two sins.  Therefore, whether I am arrested or executed, I shall program this message to be broadcast when my heart stops beating.  However--!!  I want to make one thing very clear first.  Whoever may have rendered their judgment unto me, I am not trying to convince you that their intent is evil.  I will not apply the labels of good and evil at all, in fact, because I understand too little about him to begin with.  What I am about to tell you is so preposterous you might even burst into laughter.  However, you all have the right to know.  To make a long story short, the world as we know it will sink into the sea!!

Chapter 1114

Now, speaking of the near future for me, assuming that the sensors I built are functioning correctly, in the days after I recorded this message, there should be a most remarkable earthquake that strikes the entire planet!!  As a result of that, the sea should rise about one meter around the world rendering some islands uninhabitable.  Beaches around the world will be lost for good.  If I am wrong in this prediction, feel free to disregard the rest of this message.  If this has happened, however, you should heed my words very carefully!!  This particular earthquake is not exactly what I would call a natural phenomenon.  In my own way, I only ever hoped for peace, but this was the root of my first sin.  I dreamt of a source of endless, eternal energy, and in my desire to push the world forward into the future, I flew too close to the sun.  Allow me to explain just what it is that is happening to our world.  From about 900 years ago to 800 years ago--A period of a century, there is a span of history that is completely and entirely blank.  We call this the Void Century, because all records from this time were eliminated.  The only means to know this lost piece of history is to find a message from the past in the form of ponegliffs scattered across the world and decipher its contents!!  However, the World Government has made it a crime of the highest order to decipher the message of the ponegliffs.  And despite being a member of the government myself, I broke this law.  That was my second sin.  Through the sheer tenacity of a group of excellent archeologists, I inherited some texts and a number of ponegliffs, which I have deciphered and continued studying to the best of my ability.  I regret none of this!!  History, you see, tells a story, in other words, what I know is an incomplete story of that 100-year void!!  It would be dishonest to fill the blanks with my own speculation, so I will leave you only with the verified truth!!  The main character of this story was born into a kingdom with an impossibly advanced civilization, 900 years ago.  Like the Sun God Nika spoken of in legend, he fought with a body that stretched and contracted.  His name was Joyboy.  And he was the very first man on this sea to be called a pirate!!!

Chapter 1115

But as for why he was called a pirate… I have only read from a handful of ponegliffs, but what I found there was the record of a breathtakingly vast war.  Joyboy’s enemy… was the World Government of the present day!!  More accurately, it was the precursor to the World Government, a provisional army put together by 20 kingdoms known as the Alliance!!  You might say they had no other choice, so robust was Joyboy’s faction!!  Without knowing the spark that caused the war, I won’t say who was right or wrong, I’ll simply state that two competing ideologies came head-to-head.  As I mentioned earlier, for its time 900 years ago, the country of Joyboy’s birth was a startlingly advanced civilization.  And the weapons that were used over the course of this 100-year conflict appear to be impossible to re-create with the latest of modern science.  Even I, a humble genius, cannot replicate them!!  And therein lies the problem!!!  The Void Century came to a close with the defeat of Joyboy, but not before leaving vast, permanent scars of war across the face of the world!!!  The world is made up of a series of islands.  Sailing between them is difficult, and many people never experience anything but their own culture at home!!  But this shared understanding of the world does not necessarily apply to the world of a thousand years ago!!  Because a cataclysm occurred during the Void Century causing the world to sink once before!!!  We are currently living on the pieces of a continent that existed long ago!!!  The world of a millennium ago now slumbers unseen at the bottom of the sea!!!  In fact, one can assume that in the past there were a number of continents we know nothing about.  If the world were still the same as it was in the past, then the act of erasing 100 years of history would be simply unthinkable and impossible.  However, it makes much more sense when you understand that the rise in sea level over that century was 200 meters!!!  As for why the sea level rose so much during that century, it would be natural to assume the work of a sudden natural disaster, but I can state for a fact that this was a man-made disaster!!!  If such a cataclysm were caused by natural forces, then the initial disaster would have spanned several centuries and inflicted slow but continual damage upon the world!!  But by any measurement--climatology, geology, environmental and atmospheric science, this dramatic shift could not have happened within a single century!!!  So the cause is something else.  And when I detected the rise in worldwide sea levels the other day, I had my answer.  I knew the cause and confirmed its existence!!!  The ancient weapons that sank the world into the sea 800 years ago still exist today, and await the moment that they stir once again!!  In other words, the vast war that arose during the Void Century never came to an end!!!

Chapter1116

Sadly, I owe you all my deepest apologies.  But I need you to understand why!!  I wanted to create the energy that would power the industry of the world to come.  And though it is still incomplete, I have at last reached a practical stage of my life’s work, the Mother Flame, a fire that never goes out!!  It is an energy source that will one day in the future enrich the lives of people all over the world!!  Unfortunately, one little piece of that flame has been stolen!!  The fault of this lies entirely with me!!!  Around two weeks after the theft of the flame, the sky over Lulusia shone with a powerful light, and the kingdom vanished without a trace, according to reports.  After that was when I observed the first signs of worldwide earthquakes!!  As a scientist, and with utmost pride in its development, I can tell you this… Nothing but the Mother Flame could have created so much energy!!!  The flame that I created was used to activate an ancient weapon!!  I know nothing about who might have carried this out, but the results speak for themselves!!!  My actions have led, directly or indirectly, to the loss of many human lives!!!  A fact that weighs most deeply upon my soul!!  I am so sorry!!!  I have inadvertently proven that the man-made disaster that once sank the world is possible again!!!  In the past, there were three ancient weapons, and Joyboy attempted to preserve them for the future!!  Why would he do that for such dangerous things?!  Have we not sunk far enough?!  Who is the true evil here, and who fights the good fight?!!  The day will come when all of the answers are laid bare!!  And I warn you--That moment will happen when we reach the very precipice of the world’s drowning!!!  The Void Century is still ripe with mystery!!  However, there are some who have learned the truth!!!  The king of the pirate’s crew!!!  When they learned all of the true history, why did they drift apart without telling anyone?  Why didn’t they act on it?!

Chapter 1117

I know this information is in bits and pieces, but if I were to say more, it would be speculation.  Lastly, I have one final message to impart.  To those scattered throughout the world who bear the name of D, within you there is a-*ZRRKSH!!*

Chapter 1118

*ZSSK* That… name… *ZSHK*

Chapter 1119

…But actually… …nothing of the sort.  …Which you might consider a will inherited through the years. *ZSSHK!!* …can only pray that those at the mercy of this reason will be able to hear this message.

Chapter 1120

*Zrk* Someone once said that the voices of the past will be heard… History is told by the winners, and the voices of the losers at the bottom of the sea are so very faint, but the truth that was gleaned at the cost of so much sacrifice has at last been told to the world, just now… I can only pray that this message has made it safely out to the world at large.  It would be foolish to hear about a war 900 years in the past from only one side.  History requires a multifaceted approach to understand entirely.  If only I had more time on my side!!  Alas!  There are forces outside of my ability to stop.  Twenty-five years ago, the pirate Gol D. Roger, completed an unprecedented tour of the entire world.  And what he and his crew heard were likely the purest voices of the past.  In conclusion, as I’m sure you’ve all surmised by now, my view of the future is thus!!!

Chapter 1121

One day, the memories of the Void Century will be recalled, and mark my words, that day is coming!!!  The sinking of the world’s continents was a man-made disaster brought about by weapons!!  Weapons which, by someone’s design, still exist today!!!  The machinations of history and fate seem to insist upon the obliteration of those last descendants of rare races!!  If the worst should come to pass, I want you all to take care of yourselves!!  No matter what should happen, I believe in the intelligence of mankind!!  I believe in science!!! *ZRSHK* --ger died 25 years ago!! *ZZRK* Whitebeard died two years ago!!  But the fall of these legends was merely the prologue of a new era!!  And now, these people who refuse to buckle under any and all suppression… They are the ones who are closest to the truth, ironically enough!!!  Then again, perhaps it was Roger who sent them there.  The person who winds up with it may not be the one Joyboy desired!!!  There is no stopping the tide… The fate of the world now rests in the hands of the one who finds it!!  The person who lays claim to the One Piece!!!

Chapter 1122

That is simply the truth. *ZRTT* Joyboy is his-- *ZZZT* *BEEP* *BEEP*

This is when the Five Elders finally stopped the broadcast.

[shallowoak]

Design Chatter - MLP East Blue Crew!

>> Link to the art here! <<

I've seen some fellow MLP au artists talk through their design ideas, so I thought I'd share my two cents and ramble a bit! Fair warning this will be long and there will be spoilers!

I kept a few simple guidelines for myself in mind:

Keep it fun and surprising, in the spirit of the original!

I draw in the G4 style, but features from every gen and toy line are fair game

Anypony who appeared in the comics as a cameo is not immune and has been redesigned for my selfish needs

I love back card / blind bag style character blurbs. I live for crumbs of worldbuilding XD

I've purposefully not included cutie marks because I suck at drawing them and I'd never finish a piece if I had to draw them :v (maybe a post for another time?)

🌅 Luffy 🌅

In-universe:

"Friendship isn't so much magic but a mandate for those this pony captain likes! This joyful newbie idolises Shanks, a fellow flightless Pegasus pirate. Though rubber wings are useless for flight, his ultra-lightweight body means he is still adept at aerial combat- falling slower and flinging faster. He passes the time between islands gliding by the mast with the gulls."

Design:

I'll level with you all; I'm not huge on red and black ponies. It's nothing personal to anyone who uses the scheme; it's just not my bag. The contrast is a bit harsh on my eyes. (And that every brony in 2015 slammed ponies with the scheme, forever ingraining that bias into me)

Rather, Luffy's scheme is based on his shorts! Light blue and white evoke the shoreline and sky, two limitless places where he spends a lot of time. A softer scheme allows me to draw his vest and hat without them becoming lost on his fur, and I feel it gels better with his light n' bright attitude to life. There's no way he's edgy enough for red and black-!

The swirls on his wings (and hoof fluff) are from the G3 depiction of Pegasi. It's such a gosh darn cute way to draw wings. It's also a fun little nod to the pattern on his fruit and Gear 5 form later on. Ponies are always skirting around the idea of destiny. For him to be a Pegasus was an easy pick for me, the wings symbolising both freedom of movement and spirit!

💚 Zoro 💚

In-universe:

"This aloof Zebra spends all year saving for Apple cider season, where he promptly blows all his bits in under a week. He often unknowingly intimidates those he meets; a bias unaided by the three swords he wields with magnets embedded into his front hooves."

Design:

I'm weak. I couldn't resist the alliteration of Zebra Zoro. You can blame Zecora for starting that. You can also blame her for the parallel of people misunderstanding Zoro's personality based on first impressions. I Pinkie-promise he's a big softie really.

Before I'm bashed, I'm well aware Zoro is Asian. In this instance, you can view that his being a Zebra just connotes that his ancestry lies outside of the East Blue rather than drawing any real-world correlation.

It's the little things that make this version uniquely Zoro, though. His stripes are sword-shaped, come in threes and neatly avoid his back. Hoof magnets were a popular play feature of G3 ponies before kids kept eating them 😶 But I think it's a fun way for Zoro to retain that Earth Pony-adjacent strength whilst still being able to hold all three swords. His stance has always looked weird, anyway.

🍊 Nami 🍊

In-universe:

"A light-footed, citrus-scented Pegasus who gambles with the best in Klugetown. Nothing escapes her- not even the bits from your purse! After a decade of being on high alert, she's more in tune with the weather than even other Pegasi. The sight of rainbows stretching across the sky makes her think of home."

Design:

Honestly, it's nice that we don't know anything about Nami's birth family. When she was adopted, she was just a baby, even younger than Sanji. Belle-Mere (Mare…) and Nojiko shaped her entire life. To that end, I wanted her design to be free of speculation and to focus on what we know for sure.

Her being a Pegasus was influenced by a few things. In G4, Pegasi often have an affinity for the weather and sky. Like Luffy, her wings symbolise the emphasis on freedom in her story. Farming is traditionally an Earth Pony job, so it also shows the disconnect between her passions and current situation.

In this case, the clipping of her wings doesn't stop her from sailing away any more than it does in canon. But it adds to the feeling of control Arlong holds over her, another physical reminder of her duty and self-sacrifice.

Despite what the timeskip art style wants us to believe, Nami is pretty but also really... normal. Normal proportions, face, hair, profession. She's weird for an OP character in that way. To reflect that, I decided that her coat should reflect the colour of the maps she creates. Unique from the pastels around her, but not super stand out, much like her orange mane. The darkened ends of her fur walk the line between showing hard graft and dirtied hooves 🥲 I expanded her tattoo to be a full leg design- 'cuz why shouldn't she show off the symbol of her life truly beginning!?

🎱 Usopp 🎱

In-universe:

"A young, apprehensive Changeling who often lives disguised as a Pony. He uses his transformations to bring stories to life and dazzle those he meets! When danger arises, he shifts into the form of a smaller animal and hides..."

Design:

The choice to make Usopp a Changeling speaks to his insecurity. Why present yourself as a village foal when you could be a great pony of the sea? Or anyone else you could dream up? It also speaks to my own insecurity as an artist, not touching the idea of drawing his nose on a horse face with a 10-foot pole. It's not happening, nuh-uh. It's a horn now for a reason, trust me!

But it also allows for some very literal metamorphosis as he grows throughout the series. His horns grow larger and change shape as the slingshots he uses evolve. (Yes, he absolutely does use his horns to fire things from!) In Pony form, his cutie mark changes to reflect which part of himself he identifies with -or has the most faith in- at any one moment. As an artist, I bet he has great fun drawing up new marks to use.

Rather than becoming a muscly bug after the skip, his wings literally break out from his shell. It isn't the end of his development, but it signifies his change in outlook and newfound faith in himself. Followers of God Usopp view his Pony form as one they, as "common folk" can easily comprehend, rather than his true nature.

He's the only one I drew as his timeskip design, just because it was the most interesting to me. Hyperfixation does strange things to a man.

🍥 Sanji 🍥

In-universe:

"A hot-headed Unicorn who breaks expectations, he fights rude customers with kicks that match the strength of a true Earth Pony! His unusual tail is a hot topic of speculation for off-duty chefs at the Baratie- but he won't speak a word about his past. Maybe try asking about his specials instead?"

Design:

Classic Unicorns are calm, refined and beautiful. Everything that Sanji is... on the surface. I love how Sanji constantly plays with our expectations; who says a creative can't kick ass? Further to that, Sanji's magic skills are wholly unimpressive, with a grand repertoire of two spells. It helps separate him from Robin, the actual magic scholar on board. As an Earth Pony unable to teach him, Zeff has always felt guilty.

His blue coat reflects the shirts he often wears, sure, but blue feels so appropriate for someone who loves the sea so much. It also allows for his fluffy black socks to stand out, coining his epithet. (If horse Sanji wore pants, would he wear them like this? Or like t h i s?) Not naming any names, Luffy he's the only fighter sensible enough to wear horseshoes to protect his feet and often visits Farriers when they make port.

His tail isn't hairless, but is covered in a thin layer of fur like his body until it reaches the tip. It's useful for working in the kitchen as it's easy to wrestle into a hair net. In the Baratie, he's often seen with a red bow decorating it, warning customers that he'll kick if provoked. This style of tail is a largely lost trait of old Unicorns, now most commonly seen in nobility who care a little too much about bloodlines. It's not a feature he's proud of, especially when it calls into question the nature of his relationship to Zeff- a pony he otherwise closely resembles.

[sen-ya]

i can't shut up today can i anyway I just added more stuff to my queue and it's set to run for 3 weeks then i will start posting zombie apocalypse au stuff cuz I wanna see how many pages I can get done before I start postin. I've got 7 pages rn and it's gonna be..........long. i hope my flakey ass commits.

[weirdlythneederina]

Drew this like a year ago (i haven't been able to draw Audrey this well since😭😭😭)

[thneederinaartdump]

Audrey braiding Ted's hair :)

[sleepdepravity]

Oh yeah, actually, I also watched film red last night with my friend. I can see why someone compared it to movie six. I’m just kinda “eh” on it. A lot of the plot points and narrative structure stuff I was laughing incredulously at, also, me and my friend heckled usopp’s dad a whole bunch.

[asimp-posts]

Happy birthday to my man who will be the king of the pirates and who always makes my day ❤️❤️❤️

Happy birthday Luffy ❤️❤️

[titikookieslyth]

Me at 2:30 am : one last episode and I'll go to sleep.

Me at 3:00 am beginning a New episode : finally some gum gum lore