#they both liked the cheap stuff

[blondthndrninja]

Title: Tobacco

Rated: Everyone

Pairing: Trafalgar Law X Nami

The smell of cigarettes invaded Nami’s senses as she walked through the busy street. The scent of tobacco mixed with a citrus blend and immediately her mind conjured up the image of her late mother tending to her mikan trees.

‘Bellemere.’ She thought as she made her way to the tobacco shop at the end of the street before going inside.

Boxes of cigars, cigarellos, and cigarettes lined the walls along with loose tobacco leaves and various pipes that looked hand carved. The smell of the room reminded her of when she was young, when she and Nojiko would accompany Bellemere into town and stop by the tobacco shop for Bellemere to get her box of packs for the month. Once Nami had tried to sneak a smoke and Bellemere had given her a firm smack upside the head before launching into a lecture on how she and Nojiko should never consider taking up smoking and that it was a bad habit that she picked up when she was younger and that young ladies shouldn’t smoke because people don’t find that attractive.

“What can I do for you miss?” the shopkeeper asked.

Nami then saw it and picked up the box, “One of these, please.”

“Of course.” He said as she handed over a few coins, it was still the same price as it had been so long ago. “Have a nice day.”

“Thank you.” Nami said quietly as she turned around to leave the shop stepping outside to turn the corner only to collide into a solid body.

“Nami-ya?”

The orange haired pirate looked up meeting golden eyes, “Tora-o? What are you doing here?”

“I could ask you the same.” Law said to her looking at what was in her hand, “I didn’t know you smoke.”

Nami frowned, “I don’t. They’re for Sanji. Now excuse me, I need to get going.” She said only for him to grab the box out of her hand, “Hey!”

She saw his eyes widen slightly as he gazed at the packaging, “I knew I recognized this brand.”

“Huh?”

“Cora-san…he used to buy this all the time when we traveled together.” He said quietly.

Nami bit her lip, “They…they were Bellemere’s favorite brand to get. She…she said it was a bad habit she picked up…when she was younger.” She looked at Law who had an unreadable expression as he looked at the box, “What’s wrong?”

“Cora-san…he told me the same thing…” Law said quietly, “…I used to hate the smell.”

“Me too.” Nami said, “Sorry if I dragged up any bad memories.”

“You didn’t.” Law said his gold eyes softening, “Though I wasn’t expecting to hear that someone else smoked the same brand as Cora-san.” He said as he handed her back the box.

Nami moved her hand so that it covered the top of the box and looked up at him, “I know you’re probably busy but…if you want to, would you tell me more about Cora-san?”

Law’s fingers moved under her wrist catching against the bangle and then moved to her palm, “Only if you tell me more about Bellemere.”

[ganondoodle]

honestly i dont know how many times i can keep trying to like and engage with things if they always end up disappointing me so badly i cant like what came before it anymore

im not trying to center this around me or something, but im having a hard time coping with arcane doing it too (to me)

few things can catch my attention and all interests in media i have ever had fumbled everything later so badly i often never want to see or think about it again

its happened with transformers (prime specifically, i think the ending of season2? i dont remember everything but after the fucking new guys show up and it killed my hyperfixation on it back in the day), one piece (stopped since whole cake island and anything new i see of it only makes it more clear i cant stand it anymore), zelda (ahah .. totk, fuck that game, basically killed my hyperfixation on the franchise and im only holding on for some projects and cool people i met through it), (edit; how could i forget fromsoft/elden ring and what the DLC did.....), arcane/league (arcane, lore retcons, and now its ending, but it happened before it turned into a hyperfixation so theres that bit of mercy lol) and those were only my super special hyperfixation ones i still clearly remember im sure im forgetting some, its happened with movies and other series i gave a try too (even mob psycho ... the series i thought couldnt disappoint me ...)

i feel so bad about it, i feel like i am somehow wrong to dislike or even hate how media goes, and bc it happens every time i feel like .. theres something wrong with me .. theres gotta be soemthing wrong with me right?.. i SWEAR i do NOT find joy in hating or disliking things, it is not fun for me, i hate hating things, especially when i once loved them, even if it may seem like there is nothing i can ever like i am NOT doign it on purpose, i feel the same, i feel like theres nothing i can ever just like, and i hate myself for it .. but also cant help it, i cant force myself to like thingsi dont either, i just want to rip my hair out and cry

[loppiopio]

just some 🥥 related sillies i've made for that fic we all know.

[aro-culture-is]

aro culture is getting so fucking tired of people using the fact that there's a queer romance in something as a reason you should watch it. like haven't allos had enough of romance? queer or otherwise? I'm not saying queer representation is bad, of course, I'm just fed up with asking what a book is about and in response all I get is "oh it has queer people in it" cool! what is it about? having queer representation is not the be all end all of media can we please have ONE thing without romance in it. please.

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[rollanan]

alright i kinda just wanted to get this off my chest in here but

we know that the 4th season of Bookworm is going to be animated by another more well known and budgeted studio, however i am afraid that the show might lose its charm

i mean like yeah it looks cheap but its like i can feel that it has soul even tho its raw, and its charming that way cos like you know its going to be one of those obscure unknown animes that just happens to be one of the greatest things ever id prefer it to be that way rather than looking super shiny

[konfizry]

The in-game description mentions that Shionne's battlemaiden outfit might be good for archery; note the presence of the blue oversleeve (igote or yugote, i had do look that up) on her left arm, which you wear to prevent your sleeve from getting in the way as you hold the bow with your left arm and draw the string with your right hand, especially if you're shooting while on horseback apparently. Now the whimsy part comes in with the glove. It seems like if you want to go asymmetrical and wear only one glove, that's possible (as do practitioners of kyuudou for example) but. you'll probably want to wear it on the hand that draws the string. i.e. not on the side that has the igote. like what was the project here

[eats-the-stars]

hate my sister's shitty good for nothing boyfriend. can you imagine being a 30yo man with two kids who won't even scramble an egg. Not for his kids, not for his girlfriend, not for himself. literally if my sister doesn't leave out pre-made meals when he's watching the kids he will rip up bread or pour them dry cereal or open a granola bar and make himself microwave dinners. like, lowest effort possible. but if i mention this to my sis, she'll be like "no he's definitely cooked for the kids! he scrambled an egg for them once! i watched him do it!" but it's like...so he scrambled one egg in the last five years. just to like, prove he can? at your direct insistence? should we all clap? like seriously. hate this guy. had to really hold back recently because he had someone over and he was interacting with the kids more than usual for appearances, and he had to keep asking me and my sis what the 5yo was signing because he barely bothered to learn his own son's primary form of communication. i was so tempted to say "that one means 'go home' but you wouldn't know that because you don't take them anywhere." so hard to hold that in. If I had to describe this man in two words they would be these: Low Effort. Not quite bare minimum, but JUST enough to convince my sister that it would be too much hassle to get rid of him. he's stupid as fuck, but just smart enough to quickly stop shit like screaming obscenities at the kids for doing normal kid things. and he once stomped on my headphones and broke them in a fit of rage, but gave my sister money to replace them so it was "fine." Like, my sister thinks that he's just struggling with his anger issues, because he had a bad childhood, blah, blah, and oh he would never actually hurt her or the kids. and like, good for you, but i don't trust like that. genuinely hoping he gets struck by lightning and dies instantly.

[hecksupremechips]

Honestly though I think it’s really a bad sign when I look at Shin Tsukimi and literally feel like he’s a self insert 😩

[icewindandboringhorror]

Various recent pictures of things

[pom-seedss]

Price your art high otherwise people won't see the value in it and it won't sell!

Price your art low otherwise people won't be able to afford it and it won't sell!

Well! Maybe! My art just doesn't sell! Ever think of that?

[orcelito]

Gencon is very busy...!!!

Ummmmm highlights of the day..!!!

I maybe bought 4 Naruto figurines. Thankfully not individually expensive (though perhaps a little expensive all together...) see I wanted Sasuke but I also wanted Kakashi and I couldn't have Sasuke without Naruto and well it would feel wrong to have the 3 of them without Sakura and so I somehow. Got all 4. Haha. I'll most likely post pics later, whenever I end up opening them. I'm still at the convention center rn lol

(Putting the rest of this under a cut bc it got a little long lol)

I was on the field of the Lucas Oil Stadium, aka the stadium that the Indianapolis Colts play at. I've attended all of One game here (not professional football, it was a high school game lol) so I've felt the size of it, but it's still fucking crazy being on the field. It's so BIG...... and obviously they've got the grass covered rn, but it's still pretty cool!!!

I maaaade dice!!! Pretty precise process it seems, & definitely would require a Lot of work (after the sanding and the painting etc etc). I do still wanna get into it, but if I wanted to spring for stuff like the vacuum chamber or the pressure pot...

Yeah, it'd get expensive. Add in the fact that I don't have a good place to do this away from the cats & it really is not feasible to start rn. But!!! Eventually!!!! I think I'd really enjoy it. I just need a dedicated workshop space where I can spread out without worrying about poisoning my cats lol.

Here's some cool game set stuff I saw in the event hall. This picture is maybe... hm... a fourth of the event hall? And then when you consider that the vender hall (connected to the event hall, though it's closed right now) is maybe 1.5 times as big as the event hall?? Give or take a little...

Aka just imagine booths upon booths upon booths... I'm gonna have to take a pic of it tomorrow. I was there too briefly to think about taking a pic. Honestly I maybe managed to get through like a tenth of the whole vender hall in an hour of wandering. It's fucking huge. And So Many Dice... I bought one set of 14 (I think it was) dice. Aka an extended set. And then I got a random set bag of dice (just a basic 7). And then a d20 with a cat on it. And a dice of LETTERS. Aka I guess a d26 (I totally did not have to double check that there were 26 letters in the alphabet)(I have 702k words written & posted to ao3)(😂😂😂 I'm very tired) but with letters instead of numbers. And it's glow in the dark!!! And I found some hxh buttons, and a mighty nein poster, and uhmmmm. A cute lanyard. And that's all I bought. Which really is such restraint for me. (Omfg I just saw a dragon cosplay)(someone just dressed as a dragon)

OH YEAH I saw a fucking. Persona 5 Ryuji cosplay. Hanging out with the biker lady from Durarara. Featuring the Ryuji holding her scythe hfksbfmd which was such a funny image. I was too shy to ask for a pic but just trust 🙏 i saw this

Anyways yeah the only real big thing I bought is the naruto figurines. I'll show pics later once I got the stuff again (I dropped it all off in the car earlier)

Omfg literally as I've been sitting here (on a bench at the side of a main hallway) someone stopped by and gave me a handmade bracelet !!!

DND's 50th anniversary!!! So cute!!!!

[thatonebjp]

Finally did that third Signpost Uncommon cycle

[you-hate-time-travel]

scifi au dave taates organic meat for the first time in his life when hes like 15. all hes known before that is cheap pan-species non-offensive printer meat that tastes kinda dull

[screamingay]

yet another dream about killing someone and trying to cover it up.. this is normal right

[mars-ipan]

i am such a one drink girlie. tipsy is plenty and i do not want to experience a hangover ever in my life

[drjohnhwatson]

one thing that makes me mad as a hornet is whenever I pick up a detective book especially if it’s in a series and I go to goodreads and see a slew of negative reviews becos inevitably I can tell you the tenor of it without even looking. “SHERLOCK HOLMES RIP-OFF” they all scream.

does your story have a duo solving crimes? SHERLOCK HOLMES RIP-OFF.

does your story have the narrator be the sidekick? SHERLOCK HOLMES RIP-OFF.

is your story’s detective eccentric in some manner of dress or personality? SHERLOCK HOLMES RIP-OFF.

I’ve picked up two detective series recently (the gower street detectives, barker & llewelyn) and we are two for two with people gnashing their teeth over it. Sherlock Holmes isn’t the only detective? Hello?? I guarantee if Agatha Christie was a writer now and published her first Poirot story TODAY, people would be gnashing their teeth and growling about how it’s just a flimsy SHERLOCK HOLMES RIP-OFF.