#that meme made me laugh so hard

[mollyrolls]

HAPPY SELF SHIP WEDNESDAY MOLLY!! I hope your day gets better :(( and send me ur homework!! I can do it!!! I'll blow myself up in a chem lab for u!! (writing the first thoughts that come to mind I'm sorry) HERE ARE MY QUESTIONS!!! who asks the other to go on dates more often? where do you guys go? (like does akaashi often text u about meeting at a coffee shop to hang out or do u? etc). has he ever had you and bokuto meet yet? how did your guys' first meet up go? AND ANY OTHER IDEAS THAT COME TO MIND THAT YOU WANT TO SAY DEFINITELY ADD HERE!! (I made this for u and eggy <3)

hi ness :’)

i wont torture you with my homework but i greatly appreciate the offer

ok questions

i ask him on dates more, but he asks me on better dates. like i’ll ask him to go to a bookstore w me or a cafe to just meet minimum 3 times a week and then he’ll hit me with a “hey i got us tickets for the orchestra” once a month and i throw up

i’ll never stop screaming abt this but honestly my favorite dates are when you’re doing mundane things together just bc you want to be with them. like i love going grocery shopping or returning books to the library w him that counts as a date in my eyes LMAO

i have met bokuto 🙂‍↕️ it was horrifying 🙂‍↕️

not bc bokuto is scary but bc i was a nervous wreck, like this is the same energy as meeting the family. bokuto was incredibly welcoming and nice and i sat there like a scared dog unable to crack jokes. akaashi laughed at me. the second time we met was way better, we get along pretty well

[samipekoe]

my witch gf who turns me into a peanut

[silna-pdf]

This exists too

[myfriendthedictionary]

hsr text posts that came to me in a dream (pt. 1)

[baticeer]

[kindest-little-fella-in-town]

this was munitions, right?

[cloud-based-and-rainpilled]

So much cunt was served that day

[misspoetree]

KinnPorsche + Text Posts: Tankhun - Part II

[Character Editions: Pete Part I & II | Vegas Part I & II & III | Tay | Tankhun - Part I | Big | Porsche Part I & II | Kim | Porchay | Chan | Kinn Part I & II | Macau | Pol]

[Themed Editions: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ?]

[Episode Editions]

[trek-tracks]

I see no difference

[avenin7]

How I feel like chapter 5 of @ginneke ‘s fic is gonna go

(based entirely off the post they sent me that gave me the idea at all)

Link having an autistic existential crisis while Revali is so hype just is so silly to me. Even though the roles would probably be reversed in the fic, I couldn’t stop giggling about this

[kragehund-est]

[dootznbootz]

Cursed thought: The Trojan Horse but you can hear Caramelldansen from inside as the colored lights flash can be seen between the boards.

[anewdaywilldawn]

Bro acting like he didn’t just put a whole ass jar up his sleeve 💀

[dimention-l]

Mario?

What do you mean busy?

WHAT DO YOU MEAN BUSY?

On a slightly more OOC note:

I'm trying to find Nolrem, he's the only one that knows where Merlon is

I'm TRYING to get new pure hearts to stop this new chaos heart

Are you implying I summoned it?? Why in the name of the Underwhere would I summon it??? Do seriously think I would do something like that? I'm the hero! Shouldn't you be asking Dimentio or "Mr. L" why it's back?!

-Mario

[elemental-daddy-neos]

Boy pussy...

Sorry I thought this was funny

[moongothic]

Hey so also have Sir Crocodile brainrot and have recently reread Impel Down. This is probably nothing at all but it made me question the artistic choice made. Like we dont see Crocodiles full face until Luffy recognizes him. Before that tho he joins in on Jinbei & Ace's convo about Whitebeard and is shown to (non-)react to Boa Hancocks visit. But we only get his face in shadows or see the hook. Which. Why. Oda we know what he looks like and who the guy with the stitches on his face and the hook is. WHY OBSCURE HIM.

My friend, this is what we call a "cocktease"

Okay jokes aside, yes it was an artistic choise. More specifically, a storytelling technique Oda masterfully used to build up hype and excitement to Crocodile's eventual reveal and re-introduction into the story.

So thanks to Ms Goldenweek's cover story (which ran back during Water 7/Enies Lobby) we already knew Crocodile along with Daz, Bon-chan and Galdino had all been sent to Impel Down, when we also learned about Impel Down, Marineford and the Gates of Justice (+ the giant whirlpool between the three locations) to some extent. ((Now of course, if you were an anime-only then you would've had no idea about the former BW members being in Impel Down. And even if you had read the manga you still would've had to actually pay attention to the cover story and its lore, and not forgotten all about it))

So even before Luffy decides he's going to head to Impel Down to save Ace, we know Crocodile's going to be somewhere down there. The second Luffy arrives there, we are immidiately reminded of the fact when Domino mentions Crocodile taking the traditional "bath" new inmates take at the entrance. And as we descend deeper and deeper into Impel Down, with those cuts to what's happening down at Level 6 every now and then, as well as with the Baroque Works Countdown, Oda time and time again keeps on reminding of us of Crocodile's looming presence in the background. This is all absolutely deliberate. Crocodile was arguably the most iconic (maybe not most popular but iconic) One Piece villian at the time, if given an opportunity of course the readers wanted to see him again. But just letting us see him right away would be anti-climactic, and distracting from what's actually important (Ace, and Luffy getting to him as fast as possible). So keeping him hidden could serve multiple purposes:

For one, Crocodile doesn't get to steal the spotlight from the other characters (at least not too early). We can focus on Luffy, Ace, all the new Impel Down characters and the other returning characters in peace, while Crocodile waits for his turn. Another thing is that Crocodile's presence being downplayed gives off the impression that perhaps him being there isn't that important to the story. Thus, him teaming up with Luffy to break out isn't such an obvious twist (and so when that happens, it's ever more hype as a result)

But indeed, the most important part is that by teasing us constantly through out Impel Down, Oda creates hype. He makes us the readers excited if/when we might get to see the bastard, even if it was just a quick little cameo. So when Luffy finally reaches Level 6 and we finally do get that reveal, everyone loses their fucking marbles over the HISASHIBURI DANA MUGIWARA when we finally get to see The Motherfucker Himself. (And indeed, then getting to see him fight alongside Luffy is cool as fucking hell, completely unexpected and absolutely delightful)

But there's also another thing building up to Crocodile's reveal does. Compare his original introduction to the re-introduction

Compare Crocodile at the height of his power and influence, to the absolute rock bottom he has hit. No longer happily laughing while looking down on people (literally), he's filthy, he has given up on life, with sunken eyes and a hollow look on his face, only moved by a thirst for petty revenge (/an opportunity to go out with a bang). He doesn't even get the whole page for his grand reveal anymore, he's been shuffled to the side so the plot can progress on the same page.

Oh, how the mighty have fallen.

And to some degree, this is kind of meant to be a shocking realization to the readers. That this is not the same Crocodile we remember from Alabasta, that Crocodile died when Luffy defeated him. This is just the husk that remains, a shadow of what was once there. It's a sad sight, and probably not what the readers who loved Crocodile The Villian wanted to see. It's not the epic Return of the (Evil) King they wanted. And that juxtaposition helps, because Crocodile doesn't return into the story as a villian, but as a frenemy/ally-on-thin-ice. And that idea is easier to signal to the readers in a lowkey manner when you do his re-introduction like this.

So yes, Oda refusing to show Crocodile's face until Luffy found him was 100% a deliberate artistic choise. This is fantastic storytelling