#the ship sails strong

[better-call-mau1]

So...

Sabezra shippers, what are we thinking after Ahsoka episode 2?

[nekrosmos]

Sailor Nikolai, loyal first mate of Captain John Price ⚓​🐻​

Bonus alternate versions under keep reading (no bg and lineart only)

[lale-txt]

oikale real i’m afraid

[incomingalbatross]

OK, I'll bite. How does one get into One Piece? It seems to be my sort of thing, but there is both so much and so many of it. Can you just watch the live-action? Will I miss important things?

There IS so much of it, absolutely! I am very happy to promote it, but acknowledge there is So Much. :P And honestly, a lot of the things I like about it were slow-build for me - the characters and themes are consistent, but they also take time to grow and come into their own. It took me a while to get really invested the first time around.

I can give a quick overview of the three main types, though.

One Piece live-action is remarkably good at getting the core and the feeling of the story while still working as its own thing, I think. It's definitely compressed (the 8 episodes cover 80-some manga chapters), and this means it suffers in some ways - there are both fewer and shallower minor/side characters, for example. However, it's clearly made with love for the original, balances the inherent cartooniness of One Piece with the live-action form well, and the Luffy actor in particular is a really good pick.

I would say if you want to try Experiencing One Piece in a way that gives you a satisfactory product in a reasonable number of hours, try this! (It WILL give spoilers for a few later things, but again, there is So Much of One Piece that a few spoilers don't really hurt.) If you don't like it, then probably the manga/anime won't be worth your time; if you do like it, the other forms might be worth checking out.

In fact, my biggest warning is that the live-action HAS served as a gateway drug for me and several other people I know. ;P

One Piece manga is... currently at 1138 chapters. That is a lot. It's also less accessible than the live-action just in content and tone, if you're not familiar with manga tropes/conventions. However, the pluses are that manga can be read at your own speed, and Viz Media, the English-translation partner of One Piece's publisher Shonen Jump, gives digital access to their entire One Piece archive (and lots of other manga) for a subscription of a few dollars a month. This is how I got into One Piece.

One Piece anime is currently at 1122 episodes, which is apparently about 450 hours. This is definitely a long-term project - about the journey, not the destination, perhaps. :P However, most of it is available on Netflix, and all of it on Crunchyroll. I think this really depends on whether watching or reading feels like more of a time investment for you -- I like reading because I can go at my own pace, but on the other hand, anime can be turned on in the background.

(And the length is slightly misleading, since apparently about 10% of that is filler arcs added by the anime. You could definitely find a guide to skipping those without the original story suffering.)

In conclusion: I do recommend the story in any of its forms! The live-action is a solid retelling of its first major arc. If you want a fun pirate story about freedom and determination and the Power of Friendship, it does a good job with those essentials. At the same time, it is very far from being the whole One Piece package, simply because there's so much more that gets told after that arc. The anime and manga are both good choices if you want All The One Piece, depending on your media preferences. :P

[euphoriaface]

and they were roommates

[supreme-leader-stoat]

In retrospect we really messed up by not going with a term like "deep automation" or something to refer to the current crop of self-refining software tools. People hear "artificial intelligence" or even "machine learning" and, unless they're already familiar with the technology, assume you're talking about something that's somehow "conscious" or "aware."

No, the computers are still blind and dumb as bricks in the metaphysical sense, and are set to remain that way for the foreseeable future. They're just getting really good at picking out (and, in the cases of things like chatbots, imitating) patterns in large and complex datasets, which is a potentially useful tool properly applied.

[fumifooms]

I never would have considered marchil before but after seeing ur blog my mind has shifted and I’m obsessed, honestly i don’t know how it isn’t more popular their dynamic is great

I am hungry for good fics on AO3 and I humbly (desperately) await ur next marchil upload😭

I knoww right they interact all the time and have such chemistry… It’s baffling. I’m glad you’ve hopped on board, ahoy matey!!

Big news, I am working on:

Marchil March… Be prepared. I’m gonna advertize it soon but it’s gonna be in two weeks. Time flies aaaa (Thank you reblogger, you know who you are <3)

Also while I’m here, I’ve been trying to find a catchy ship name for them, contributions and votes welcome. A buddy has thought of Short Fuse which is sooo perfect, but another fandom’s already using it so hmm. Closed Book… MagicLock... Detonation. something something implode (bc he bottles things up) explode (boom boom. Traps and spells). Explosive Trap? SpellTrap/entrap spell… Matching pouches/small pouches? Magic Touch, bc he’s very agile with his fingers being a picklock and all... I am struggling. Something storybook/trope themed?

Some memes to keep you snacking through the wait. Second meme textpost from here. Hungover Chil be like

The ship is growing! More and more people are liking it! Just yesterday on the dunmeshi discord people entertained the thought of it and went from comedy to ungodly levels of angst lol

I’m working on another long marchil oneshot rn!! This is alongside working on shorter fics, fanart and tumblr posts but I’m hoping that Marchil March will get my gears running and productive

[monsoonhazard]

Entry for 2023 Summer of Giles! | @summerofgiles

Punk scene in the 70s were a hell lot livelier with these two. Yes they live together happily ever after.

[bougiebutchbinch]

As you're talking Guardians again, I wanted to take a moment to say that Straight Until Boiled: or, how Yondu Udonta learned to stop worrying and love the dick, is one of my favorite fics of all time. I laughed out loud at multiple moments, not just the title, and I've reread it over and over. Thank you for sharing this with us!

OMGGGGGG that one is one of my absolute favourites, too! I need to do another reread....It's like, 10 years old so a tiny bit clunkier in places than I'd let my fics be now, and a part of me wants to smooth it out and make it perfect because I love it so much....... it deserves all the TLC, just like our shitty space pirate dads. who do NOT wash. I adore them - and I adore you!

Thank you so much. I have an early start at work today, so this was just the boost I needed to get me out of bed lolololol

anyway if you like queer, dirty, inexplicably southern space pirates who really should NOT have been left with a kid in their custody, this story is very fun!

[industrialfrottage]

Lovely little Brigantine named Breeze

[coolgenie]

Do you really think it takes talent?

[justplainlovely]

omg thank you so much 🥹

also look at this damn tag list

it's just gonna get incredibly longer, I think

might also revisit the "Lucy is golden retriever/puppy girlfriend" material in another Nipton chapter because I am still obsessed with that one and it was funny af to write

[arainayeet]

i was uno-reversed by @heniareth, so i come bearing more falsehoods hehe! :D

this time, I'll feature my main inquisitor, Corimae Lavellan!

i am reverse uno-reversing you @heniareth!! i went overboard with my tags the first time, so if anyone would like to showcase another OC, be my guest!! and if i haven't tagged you but you want in on this, feel free to consider this your tag, too :]

[in-boiler-room-ten]

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[iwatcheditbegin]

How am I still seeing so much “ still at the restaurant” bullshit. It’s been almost 2 years please.