#that often and only know Sanji’s lore because reasons

[mrscienceman4000]

Wait what if Sanji met Luffy he was a child- that would be so cute, and Luffy would be so supportive of his (future) cook!

[supersweetlyuniquebouquetstuff]

【30 Questions of CP, OC & Fandom★】  

| Credits to @mukami-kuron-mrsadisticcat !! Hopping in to be cool as everyone else- |

1. How long have you been in this fandom?

Around three years I guess? Taking in mind that I abandoned this blog for like two years- HAHA

2. Who's your fictional boyfriend/husband?

Sanji Vinsmoke-- AHEM, if we're talking about DL then it's Kanato xD

3. Why do you like them?

I liked him because he's cute and I believe he's one of the brothers that gets the more tender when he loves his S/O but there are other brothers who also do that so...

I think I never really liked Kanato, I remember that I focused on him because he was assigned to me on a roleplay group around 7 or 8 years ago xd

4. Have you make acquaintance with anyone that ships themselves with the same character?

Nah.

5. How do you feel about it?

No comments jdbskfbs

6. Do you feel any negativity towards them?

Uh

7. Do you like seeing their oc(s) interact with your man/woman?

uH

8. Do you feel competitive against them?

Uh

9. Confident, or pessimistic?

I'm confident all the time but as everyone it varies ksksksk

10. Would you like more to get to know about your ship, or would you rather it being lowkey?

I honestly don't care anymore for the ship, I just wanna roleplay with people because it's fun 🤸

11. Do you follow any of those people (them whom ship themselves with your fictional lover)

Yes! I used to follow @barashikki-dialoversoc when they posted more often, but it's not as active than before. Even though I always liked Bara and her headcanons and writings ksjsjs

12. Are you friends with them?

I think so 👉👈

13. What do you think about the 'stans' ?

It's alright ig, I don't care djsbdksb

14. Are you worried about plagiarism or copying of your oc(s) by others?

Nah, there's always bad people around but I'm not worried about it xd

15. How do you handle such a situation if it happens?

I would try to talk it and if that doesn't work or they block me I'll try more drastic ways (?

16. Is your cp public or only between a particular circle of friends?

It's public but ppl may not notice it at first becoz I don't talk about Tomoky x Kanato as often xd

17. Do you lock a specific cp ship, whats the reason? (I dare you to tag them~!)

Oh fuck yeah

I REALLY love TomokyxShoma (@komori--shoma ), it wasn't planned at first but it was like they had a click- HAHA, they're just so cute together and they're like one for each other KSBSKDJS 💕

I would like to mention that I highly like Mystic x Tommy too (@mino-diabolik ) but we're working on a it uwu however they will always be best friends jdjsdj 💖

18. What kind of behaviors do you suppose is pretentious to you?

Mmmmm anything unpleasant, hateful or possesive maybe, be nice.

19. What kind of comments do you dislike the most when it comes cp feedbacks of your oc(s)?

Ummm I donno! I've never gotten any but I would be very sad if someone said that their story is bad or boring when I've been doing my best to bring an interesting lore.

20. Have you receive hates about your oc(s) before?

Thankfully no uwu

21. Do you have a complete love story of your cp?

For Kanato x Tomoky: Hmmmmmmmmm not really and I'm not planning on doing one either ksbdksbf

For Shoma x Tomoky: Nothing's set yet haha, I guess that at the moment they used to be good friends and caught feelings, but I'm willing to doing or planning their whole story 💖

22.  Do you allow joint of alternate universe with the canon version of your cp story?

Yeah! Actually Mystic (@mino-diabolik ) is Tomoky's best friend and I was planning to make it part of the 'canon' version of her story dkbsdksj

23. Are you okay with people shipping their oc(s) with yours?

Yeah! As long as we build the relationship with love and smoochies then it's fine kdbskdbs

24. Ever gone through a bad experience in the fandom?

Thankfully no.

25. The ocs that you admire in this fandom are? (Tag them~)

Are you challenging me-

*Deep inhale*

@lured-into-wonderland @mino-diabolik @daughter-of-royalty @komori--shoma @strawberry--bride @bluebird-dolly-bride @smonie @sunny-flower-spot @kurosawa-family @fruit-of-infidelity

Even if we haven't talked or so I admire each of you 🤲💖

and if you're not here it's because there are lots of OCs, but i love everyone!! And i'll support everyone as long as I can, kisses ❤️

26. What is the moment that caused you to feel most disappointed or excited?

Dissapointed: Coming back to Tumblr and realizing I abandoned and missed my friends and their content for almost 2 years 💀

Excited: Bro I get excited every time I get a response to roleplay or so ksbsidjs so many things make me excited

27. The scariest era that you have come across in the fandom?

This one- Right now- I'm trying my best to deliver quality content to the people that follow me and look after me so I always check my writings and posts more than twice

28. The most wonderful thing you have come across in this fandom?

OTHER OC'S-- AND NEW FRIENDS-- AND WONDERFUL PEOPLE-- AND AAAAAAAA

29. Say something towards those that sup port and admire your cp~

I love you all so much and I appreciate you and ya'll can count on me on everything and I'm really thankful ❤️❤️❤️

30. You've worked hard, keep up the goid work! ★★★

Yay! Thank you!

[kaizokuou-ni-naru]

The Voyage So Far: Alabasta (Part One)

east blue (1 | 2) || alabasta (1 | 2) || skypiea || water 7 || enies lobby || thriller bark || paramount war (1 | 2) || fishman island || punk hazard || dressrosa (1 | 2) || whole cake island || wano (1 | 2)

(this is a repost, i deleted the first version of it by accident cause im Idiot)

the entry into the grand line is such a great sequence. it feels like such an ending- a triumph after they’ve spent pretty much all of east blue struggling to make it here, and at the same time the beginning of a new adventure, the biggest yet, one that has yet to end a solid two decades later. they all look so happy to have made it here- it makes me smile.

whiskey peak is one of my very favorite short arcs, and i think of the whole first half of the baroque works saga its the one that hits and maintains a tone best (almost certainly because its so short, admittedly, but still). i love the repeated shots of the moon, the reveal that the cactuses are actually covered in graves, the way everything seems far too good to be true at the start and the sense of suspense that creates.

zoro’s extended fight scene in whiskey peak is so great- it’s so creative and so dynamic and the odds are stacked so high against him and yet he’s clearly having so much fun. i do miss this sort of scrappy, improvised fight, cause its largely absent from later one piece but its SO much fun to read- zoro cutting holes in rooftops for people to fall through or shoving ladders to the ground as bounty hunters try to climb them.

i’m a huge fan of fight scenes that use the environment to their fullest, and this is such a perfect example of it. it makes the fight feel a lot more real and exciting, in my opinion.

i’ve never liked zoro and luffy fighting at whiskey peak, its always struck me as frustrating and contrived and kind of out of character for both of them, but i will say that i do like how on the same page they are even when they’re trying to kill each other.

the entire first half of the baroque works saga basically serves to introduce and endear us to vivi so we’ll be invested in the alabasta conflict, and that starts here in whiskey peak, when we get our first glimpse of her actual personality rather than the act she was putting on as miss wednesday, when she bites her lip hard enough to bleed in order not to break down at igaram’s apparent death.

watching robin’s actions with the added context of later one piece is one of the great joys of rereading alabasta. she does a fantastic job of appearing to be crocodile’s most dedicated and capable and dangerous employee while quietly but consistently sabotaging his efforts; saving luffy, sparing pell, sparing igaram, not telling crocodile anything about the strawhats despite meeting them here at the very start of the saga.

little garden has some really cool and striking panels that really put the scale of things on the island, the dinosaurs and giants alike, into perspective, and i love it.

i’m a huge fan of the depth of in-universe lore one piece has. just having little details like this, quotes from books written in-universe, go so far towards making the world feel like a real and wondrous place with mysteries to be solved and details to be uncovered.

i still think sanji is firmly at his best when he’s being a sneaky bastard, and i will never cease to be delighted by how thoroughly he manages to fuck crocodile over with nothing but a phone and some quick thinking not once but twice.

i really like dorry and brogy! for minor characters who’ve only appeared in one relatively minor and inconsequential arc so far, they’re not only very fun and memorable but also leave a hell of an impact on the story, not only in usopp’s new dream of eventually visiting elbaf but also in how they and their crew just keep coming up, first in enies lobby and then even further down the line in dressrosa and whole cake island.

i’m really excited for when we eventually get to reach elbaf, because this plot thread has been so thoroughly and subtly built up over such a long time that i can’t wait to see how it ends.

this is one of my favorite little moments to really drive home how much the strawhats care about each other. they all fell asleep on the floor rather than leave nami alone.

the whole introductory scene to drum is a really good summary of who vivi is as a person and how she contrasts with luffy, and it’s something i’ve written extensively about in a past meta. here ill just settle for saying, vivi is chronically selfless, and always the sort of person to sacrifice herself for others, and these traits which save the strawhats here are the exact same ones that bring her and luffy to blows later on in alabasta.

a good thing to remember when writing characters is that traits aren’t really inherently good or bad, they’re just traits and can have positive or negative consequences depending on the situation, and i think oda is really good at this. vivi’s selflessness, usually a positive thing, becomes reckless self-sacrifice when she’s pushed to her breaking point.

‘kindness begets kindness’ is a pretty consistent theme throughout one piece, though luffy is most often on the other side of it. someone (rebecca, law, tama, etc.) does something for him without really expecting anything in return, and gets paid back a hundred times over. this is a case of the opposite- luffy helps someone offhandedly, and is later saved by their gratitude.

i think luffy wearing his fingers bloody as he climbs the drum rockies is the only time one piece has ever made me cringe back from the page. this sequence is absolutely brutal, and it’s so well-done.

the way luffy decides chopper should be his crewmate is precious, and also reminds me a little of his recruitment of sanji (ironically, given he’s talking to sanji about chopper here). in both cases he sees someone do something good without even really knowing the full extent of their abilities and makes a snap decision that they are awesome and are gonna be part of his crew, no matter what they have to say about it.

i really, really enjoy the way the drum island flashback is set up, with the cutaway right as luffy is about to punch wapol’s lights out. the cut back to that punch finally hitting when the flashback ends is by that point infinitely more satisfying, since you’ve just read chopper’s backstory and therefore have a deep and abiding desire to see wapol eat shit.

hiriluk’s final speech is definitely one of the best and most memorable quotes from one piece, and effectively the crux of one of its biggest themes. one piece is all about inherited will. all of our main cast and a solid percentage of the supporting cast bear the legacy of at least one forebear on their shoulders, from kuina to corazon to otohime. the entire setting of the story is defined by roger’s legacy.

all those people are dead, but they’re sure as hell not forgotten- how can they be, when their legacies are actively shaping the world as a direct result of their lives and influences?

i really, really like the use of flags in one piece. flags are how you declare loyalty or war in equal measure, and flying a pirate flag is a declaration that you’re choosing freedom, come what may, over the laws of the world government. it’s just a really excellent running motif, and a great symbol of what one piece’s definition of piracy means.

this scene is also one of the ones that gets even more extra weight behind it when you know luffy’s full backstory with sabo, which i love.

chopper’s recruitment scene sums up one of the reasons luffy is really great. he just doesn’t care about a lot of things other people would normally take notice of. occasionally that gets him in trouble, but other times it leads to him responding to a situation exactly right, like here. chopper is listing off all his insecurities and reasons he can’t go with the strawhats, and luffy just flat doesn’t care. he wants chopper on his crew and he knows chopper wants to be on his crew, so as far as he’s concerned, there’s no issue at all.

it really is wild that the will of D is named this far back in the story, and has consistently been referenced and built up ever since in very slight ways, through comments by characters like robin and corazon, and yet we still know basically nothing about it.

and a toast to a new crewmate!!

continued in the next post, which covers alabasta arc proper.

[infriga]

Is one piece an easy anime to get into? Like, I used to watch a bit here and there a while back, but as of now I'm not sure who or what happens in the anime. Love the fanart and your own one piece/gravity falls crossover, so I guess that's why I came to you with this question. :)

Ok so, I love One Piece a lot, so this might be a longer answer than you anticipated. Sorry lol, I’ll try to add a TL;DR at the end. I mostly just elaborate on the benefits of reading the manga or watching the anime, or consuming both, and give some info for ease of watching/reading.

The most important thing to know about One Piece is that it’s not something you can watch in bits and pieces. It’s a show built heavily on continuity. It takes a while for this to become apparent, but even some of the most mundane early stuff can come back later when you least expect it. Oda’s world building is one of the best parts of the series. Plus there’s no such thing as a status quo for One Piece, so it’s constantly changing and thus skipping around will lead to confusion. There is consistently a change of some sort after every arc, without fail. But! It’s not hard to get into, because it’s just a linear story, not a series of reboots or spin-offs. So the easiest thing to do is just watch or read it in order. Start from the beginning and go from there. It sounds daunting, but there’s no rush, and it goes by a lot faster than you’d think. I know early episodes have that 90′s anime cheese dripping off them, but once you hit episode 30 and the Aarlong Park arc starts it starts to pick up and grow the beard so to speak.

If you’re not picky about watching or reading, or just prefer reading, then I recommend the manga, it’s got faster pacing, no filler, and Oda’s art is spectacular once he really hits his stride. 

He can pack a crazy amount of detail into a page, and his panel choreography is really good. I recommend Mangarock.com for reading since I know they at least don’t have the shitty infamous “Bisoromi bear” translations, but once you hit somewhere mid WCI arc Jamini’s box is the best scanlation out there. The One Piece subreddit usually posts the chapters as soon as they’re translated, though you should avoid it if you’re not caught up since it’s full of spoilers. The Viz translations aren’t too bad, but they do use Zolo instead of Zoro, which most fans hate, and they avoid swears a lot in earlier arcs which can sound kind of funny. They’re pirates, they have potty mouths. Sanji sprinkles his sentences with the Japanese equivalent of “shit” as a verbal tic which for some reason often goes untranslated. Every time you hear him say “kuso” that’s what he’s doing.

If you’re more of an anime person Then Crunchyroll or funimation’s website are good choices, or torrents if you’re a pirate haha. I don’t know what fansubs are the best, but I think most are decent, and nyaa.si is a good anime torrent site (I recommend Deluge as a torrent client). Crunchyroll can sometimes have weird translation decisions, but if you know a bit of Japanese to make up for it that isn’t a big deal.

The benefits of the anime is that it has an amazing voice cast, in Japanese at least, though I’ve heard the Funimation Enlgish dub is alright (don’t touch the 4kids dub with a 10 foot pole). It also has an amazing sound track as well. It does have a tendency to dial up the fanservice in later arcs a bit, especially compared to the manga, but the story is still in tact so if that’s not a big deal for you then you can just ignore the more egregious moments. Here’s a list showing which episodes are filler, or mostly filler, and the wiki also has them all colour coded, though watch out for spoilers on the wiki. The only reason I recommend skipping filler is mainly because some early filler contradicts later canon, they aren’t know for being the worst filler arcs in the history of anime, but they’re not generally too amazing either (except the G8 arc which is a good filler arc). The biggest issue is that some filler arcs end the arc with half the episode being canon, so look out for that. It’s generally not a bad idea to check the second half of the last episode of a filler arc, especially in the earlier episodes where they did that more often. Luckily there’s not a lot of filler and it usually isn’t too long. Some people often recommend checking out One Pace but I don’t, because One Pace isn’t finished, and it skips a few things. So it’s better for a re-watch.

If you’re interested in movies, the ones most worth watching are the 4th movie: Dead End Adventure - watch after the Alabasta arc, 6th Movie: Baron Omatsuri and the Secret Island - Watch after the Skypiea arc (my personal favourite), 10th movie: Strong World - Watch after the Thriller Bark arc, Film Z - Watch after the Fishman Island arc, and Film Gold - Watch after the Dressrosa arc.

If you want to both watch the anime and read the manga then I recommend watching the anime first, since that way you won’t constantly be comparing it to the manga and you’ll be able to enjoy both more overall. It’s hard not to compare the two, so if you let the anime speak for itself first I find people tend to enjoy it more overall. And you can switch to the manga at any time if you want.

TL;DR: Start from the beginning, don’t skip anything canon since One Piece is very continuity heavy. May be cheesy at first but that’s cause it originally came out in the 90s.

Read the manga if you prefer reading the source material, watch the anime if you prefer to watch rather than read, and just make sure to skip filler using a filler list (except the G8 arc which is a good filler arc). You can also look on the wiki episode guide since it’s colour coded, but the wiki may have spoilers so do so with caution. If you want to consume both watch the anime first then read the manga, so you don’t have to compare the anime to the manga all the time.

Don’t let the length scare you too badly. Oda has managed to do what few can: maintain consistent quality in a series for over 20 years. It may not be for everyone I’m sure, but it’s easily my favourite manga series I’ve ever read, and if you like world building, found family, lore, history, and adventure, then you’ll probably really enjoy it!