#they've benn fighting

[furrybydaygaybynight]

a railcannon

a cannon for railing

I will figure out where to post the noncropped version along with some other more reavelng stuff I'll be making/already made.

I don't really wanna do another social media becouse I shouldn't, and I was thinking about putting it on my kofi behind a "whatever you feel like" tip, becouse well, ya boy just got disabled and needs to afford a neurologist, plus hrt would be nice someday.

Idk how to set up the tip thing. My demigirlfriend suggested making a subscription deal for my spiceworks but I will be hopping fandoms and consistency is the bane of my existence and I just don't want to drag the poor souls who got baited into giving me money into something they're not into.

I'm willing to hear out anyone interested in the full version or just more from me.

Enough oversharing I'll regret when I come to my senses.

[beanghostprincess]

AU in which Buggy actually formed a crew with Shanks and they're both co-captains (and boyfriends) and when they find Uta in that treasure chest they keep her and become inexperienced young dads who are not even married and already have a more serious relationship than most people. Buggy absolutely loves her. He does shows with her. They play pranks on Shanks. He does her makeup and helps her with her songs. Protects her to death. They take turns to watch the ship with her because she stays there whenever they fight other pirates, so that way she isn't alone. That's their little princess!! Buggy is more responsible and a bit more strict than Shanks and he's the one to scold them both when they do stupid things, because somebody in this family needs to have a brain. Shanks spoils her too much, and Buggy loves her a lot but he's the one to stop Shanks when it becomes too much. And the crew has to hold them back sometimes because touching their daughter means killing somebody and Benn has to take care of these things sometimes because otherwise they'll end up killing a whole crew because somebody bumped into the little girl once.

When she grows up she ends up having her own room, but she's still a kid and she always ends up sneaking into their room to sleep with them. She prefers to be in the middle of their dads!! And then she's the first one to wake up to make their early morning impossible to handle. She takes naps with Shanks on deck, and Buggy has to place the straw hat on her head to cover her pretty face from the sun because Shanks fell asleep before the sun began to bother them. Buggy and her play hide and seek and she always complains about him winning because his power is cheating, and he just tells her that she has to be more strategic and learn to fight against any sort of danger and cheating in the pirate world. And- And they're happy. Buggy does her hair and she loves her dad's hair too. Shanks kisses her forehead first and then Buggy's before sleeping.

And then the whole... Incident happens. But instead of leaving her there as Shanks says, they have a huge fight. The biggest they've had after Loguetown a few years back. But Buggy insists and honestly? Shanks doesn't need much convincing to take Uta with them to the end of the world. So they keep her. And she stays.

[marveling-cg]

Red Hair Shanks Has Absolutely Never Had a One Night Stand

Was having a fun chat with @pixiemusing about Shanks. She sent me that fantastic artwork of Buggy waking up to see his own name tattooed on the back of Shanks' arm, which put us both in mind of that hilarious work of Mihawk waking up in Shanks' bed, shocked that somehow he'd been seduced -- again.

(I would link both works here, but after a literal hour of searching I still somehow can't find them with a link to the artist?? If you find them, let me know, I'll add them!)

Which led to speculation that absolutely everyone who sleeps with Shanks wakes up like this: shocked by the experience.

He's a powerful pirate, known for never losing a fight he deigns to accept. Admirals hesitate when he approaches.

But everyone he's slept with is stunned to find they've never had a lover touch them more reverently?? He had tears in his eyes when they climaxed. He laughed at himself while he got them cleaned up. He snuggled himself against them before tucking in for the night. As @pixiemusing said, he Makes Love™ even during a one night stand.

The thing is, though, Red Hair Shanks has never had a one night stand. Not a single one. In fact he's only ever taken 4 people to bed, and he was in love with them all.

Benn Beckman: They meet, and it's immediate fireworks. Benn is quiet, and perpetually bemused by Shanks antics, and overwhelmingly competent in the scrape they get themselves into with a handful pirates antagonizing the little port town they're in. They spend the better part of the next week evading the Marines, while island hopping in a little boat with cabin just big enough for them to fall into bed to fuck and sleep out of the elements.

Everything's an absolute dream until Shanks asks to make the arrangement permanent, "Join my crew. Come with me to Laugh Tale."

Benn puts distance, and clothing, and a sobering cup of coffee between them then. He'll join Shanks' crew, but not as his lover. He's seen enough crews torn apart but distracting romances between Captain and crew members. He won't have it on any crew he's a member of. So Shanks has to make a choice: a life with Beckman at his side, but never again in his bed, or a future where their paths will eventually diverge as the sea calls them to different shores.

Shanks wants Benn, but he needs him more.

Makino: He proposes. Can't help himself. They've been hunting around on Goa and the surrounding islets for a certain devil fruit for the past few weeks, and Shanks had been taken with her since they first made port.

She was kind, considerate, as generous with her laughter as she was with her hospitality, whip smart but never cutting.

He was sure the world believed that he'd seduced her, but the truth is he never would have dared. If she hadn't invited him up to her room after the first week, he would have continued to sigh over her smiles from afar. But she did. And he was a man and a pirate and never turned away good fortune when it came knocking.

He also wasn't the kind of man who would march into a town and sully a good woman's reputation (she laughed and swatted his shoulder when he said as much). Plus it would be an honor of a lifetime to call Makino his wife.

"Under no circumstances, Shanks. I'm not made for the sea, and you'll never be at home on land. I won't have you regret me."

He knows she's right, but it doesn't stop him from crying as they make love again, or in the morning as he dresses to leave. Hell, he's almost grateful to the damn sea king for taking his arm and delaying their departure for another week.

Dracule Mihawk: Shanks does have sense enough to know that they'll never work.

It doesn't stop him from letting the little shaman in the village they've just run a particularly nasty batch of Marines out of continue the marriage rites as the rest of his crew and the village celebrate in drunken revelry.

And it doesn't stop him from spending three days and three nights using every trick his body can muster to convince Mihawk that he'd be worth the trouble.

But it's the same unyielding will that attracted Shanks to Mihawk in the first place that inevitably pulls Mihawk away.

There's no license; they exchanged no vows. There's nothing to annul but the belief in the shaman's heart. But Shanks keeps with him the memory of Mihawk's hesitation before he'd exited. "Until next time, Red."

Buggy: Buggy is like rediscovering a long-lost dream.

He's crotchety and demanding, full of bluster and so much determined hope that Shanks is blinded by it a bit. He's cunning and self-interested, but kind in spite of himself. Still as bull-headed as ever, but it's that very trait that's landed him right back here across Shanks' path, every bit the same grumpy dreamer Shanks had refused to see Laugh Tale without two decades before. He's everything a pirate ought to be.

Getting Buggy to give him the time of day feels like its own little victory. Getting Buggy to give him the time of night feels like a gift he'll spend his life treasuring.

He's learned by now that Shanks giving his heart away has no bearing on whether it'll be accepted or not. But, he's always regretted not risking it all with Buggy all those years ago. He knows he was right -- they weren't ready to find Laugh Tale, not when they were still green and grieving. Now that he's got Buggy here with him, at the end of the world, in the midst of a race with the last remaining emperors of the sea, he wouldn't be the one to walk away, not again.

Maybe -- just maybe -- that would be enough this time.

[find-roronoa-zoro]

Roronoa Zoro X CisFem Reader

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It was almost instinctual and animalistic the way your body followed through, dropping down to straddle Shanks and wind up for another blow. Your swing was interrupted as your brother's arms wrapped around your chest and roughly tugged you up off the floor.

Benn knelt down calling for his friend who was out cold. A few nurses came to tend to him and your bruised knuckles.

For a good while, you were frozen, sitting on the floor between Marco's bent knees while he gently rested his right arm around your shoulders.

You hadn't been in this position since you were very young. Kids at the orphanage often started fights with you and Marco always found it to be the easiest way to calm you, not to mention he could keep you from jumping up and continuing to fight. It probably looked ridiculous, two adults sitting on the floor in an empty hospital waiting room at 7 AM.

"Oh no." your eldest brother's voice caught your attention from the doorway, "Who did she hit?"

The two youngest looked puzzled as they'd never witnessed a display like this.

"She knocked Shanks out cold, yoi." Marco calmly replied over your shoulder.

"Why are you sitting on the floor?" Sabo tilted his head.

"Why'd you hit Shanks?" Luffy stepped into the room.

"It's his fault." you rasped flexing your dominant hand shifting the ice pack taped to it.

"Ace is having brain surgery right now because the fight he was in last night went awry." Marco quickly explained leaving the raven a bit conflicted.

"So, she decked him?" Thatch confirmed almost proud.

You stared at the floor finally feeling your nerves ease having almost all of your boys in one place. Sabo plopped down in front of you crossing his legs and slowly pulled you forward into a comforting hug.

"It's alright, sis." the younger blond murmured.

Someone cleared their throat from the doorway causing the blonds you were sitting between to growl.

"I come in peace." Shanks shrunk and held his arms up defensively.

His nose was bandaged and both eyes were puffy and bruised.

"Sit down and shut up." Thatch ordered before turning back to you, "Before we get into that please tell us what's going on with Ace."

Shanks quietly did as he was told while Sabo released you.

"His brain is swollen. Law has to basically drill a hole in his skull to relieve the pressure." you cleared your throat.

"What did you do to Ace?!" Luffy stomped toward Shanks as Thatch yanked him back by the hood of his sweatshirt.

Luffy had almost an unhealthy adoration for your ex but that was definitely (thankfully) overridden by the love he had for his older brother.

"Will he be alright?" Sabo asked quietly.

"Law thinks so. We'll know a lot more after he wakes up, but it could be a while, yoi."

"F/N?" your boyfriend's voice rumbled.

"Found this guy in the elevator headed to the maternity ward." Benn shrugged entering the room and taking a seat with Shanks.

Marco and Sabo helped you up so you could greet your greenette, who you were surprised to see.

"You didn't have to come." you sighed resting your cheek against his chest as he embraced you and pressed a quick kiss to your head.

"But I wanted to." he murmured guiding you back inside to take a seat.

Shanks watched the two of you warily while you continued to update your brothers on Ace's condition. After a few questions and a coffee delivery from Al, everyone's attention turned back to your redheaded ex.

"Now, what exactly brought us to this?" Thatch inquired motioning to the family camped out around him.

Shanks let out an exasperated sigh, "First off, you broke my nose."

Zoro shifted you in his lap as you tensed.

"I'll let her break it again, yoi." Marco sneered.

"Just tell us if we need to look out for Smoker, you jackass," you grumbled.

Shanks ran a shaky hand through his hair, "No, I think he's satisfied with the information I gave him. Apparently, they've been after the guy that did this for a while. He may come around for questioning, but it seems maybe Ace won't remember anyway."

You cringed at the thought.

"Who did it?" Luffy asked cracking his knuckles.

"What exactly happened?" Sabo lowered the youngest's hands.

"Guy named Teach," Shanks leaned forward, "the fight went on like normal, Ace won in the second round, but Teach was pissed. He insisted Ace cheated somehow, so we kicked him out. I guess he waited outside and jumped Ace in the parking lot. Benn and I ran out as he was ... well - " he coughed and continued, "Benn tried to chase them down while I called 911."

"I should have called you sooner F/N, I'm sorry." Benn voiced suddenly, "It happened so quickly."

You didn't want to acknowledge his apology but nodded anyway.

"F/N," Shanks called very softly, sighing when you refused to look at him, "I'm incredibly sorry. I should have discouraged him when you first asked."

"Whatever," you muttered.

"F/N-ya." Law called from the entrance letting his silver gaze settle on you nestled in Zoro's lap on the floor before scanning the group that had gathered, "...everyone, the procedure went perfectly. He's in recovery right now, once they assign his private room you'll be informed. We're going to keep him heavily sedated for the next twenty-four to forty-eight hours. If nothing changes, I'd expect a full recovery."

"I don't know what we can do to thank you. It would be hard to trust anyone else with him," you stated honestly.

"All of the surgeon's here are perfectly qualified." Law deflected glancing away, "I'll be his attending so I'll be back to update you when I can. You all should try to get some rest."

You nodded as he made his exit only just now feeling a bit awkward as you realized you were cozied up to Zoro and Law most likely didn't know he'd been replaced so quickly. That was definitely the last of your worries, though you figured you'd pull him aside to address it later.

"I guess we'll leave you guys to it. Let me know if you need anything." Shanks offered an apologetic smile.

"We will." Thatch replied before you could say anything snarky.

"We're going to go grab some food if anyone wants to come." Sabo stood wrapping an arm around Al.

"Finally!" Luffy grumbled stretching.

"I'm ok," you answered watching all of your siblings grab their coats.

"We'll stop by and get you some clothes then." Al offered pointing out that you were still in your pajamas.

"Thanks," you smiled, "I'll text you guys if anything changes while you're gone."

The room was finally quiet again as your family filed out. You could feel the beginnings of a migraine rolling through your skull and let out a defeated sigh. Zoro shifted you sideways to rest better against his chest and placed his chin against your scalp.

"You should rest." he murmured kissing your forehead.

You hummed already getting comfortable in his warmth.

"I've got you." was the last thing he said before you completely relaxed and allowed yourself to sleep.

[burningfudge]

Heyyy, I finally saw the Marvels with my family! OH MY GOD, what a truly unhinged movie. I was fighting for my life for most of it, just basically being like:

What do you think of it as a movie, btw?? There’s so much I like, from the singing planet, to Kamala and her entire family, to the scene where all the Flerkens eat the entire ship(!!). It’s incredibly ballsy — but also, WOW there’s some stuff I don’t like. It’s so goddamn fast paced that nothing has time to breathe, the villain is not very interesting, and I think the way the fight scenes are shot makes the CGI really hard to look at… in terms of looks from the original to this, it’s like comparing Spy Kids to Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over. Oof.

But I still had a LOT of fun, and I don’t really regret it. It’s probably still better than the Flash on account of pure dignity — and I guess to someone who knows these characters better than I do, I suppose the logic of the film makes more sense? My dad was confused by Kamala’s ability to use her powers without the bangles, and I still haven’t seen Ms. Marvel yet… so I might need an explanation on that myself. 😅

I liked the movie! I thought it was fun. Carol, Kamala, and Monica's dynamic was so much fun to watch, and every scene with Fury and the Khans cracked me up! Goose was amazing, too.

But yes, the movie could've been a lot better. I do think they could've added 15 or so more minutes because, like you said, it was so fast and had no time to breathe. I was kind of annoyed that the movie sort of glossed over Carol restarting a sun because that's a HUGE thing to do. Thor (temporarily) did the same thing in Infinity War, and it was rightly treated as a feat of strength, but the movie barely focuses on Carol (permanently) doing the same thing. It's like, "Oh, by the way, Carol restarted the sun. Moving on."

Yeah, the villain is BORING. I really don't know why they went with Dar-Benn, but I guess the problem is that Carol doesn't have many notable villains, and the ones she does have are related to the X-Men, like Rogue, Mystique, and Deathbird, so the MCU couldn't use them. Or they already used what villains she does have in the first movie, like Ronan the Accuser, Yon-Rogg, and the Supreme Intelligence. But I still think they could've used the Brood, Nitro, or Moonstone rather than Dar-Benn. Or even adapted a version of the Kree-Skrull War since I don't think the MCU is going to do it. And if they wanted to use the Quantum Bands (which are basically the Nega-Bands from the comics), they could've made Genis-Vell the villain (who would've turned good) since he's Mar-Vell's son and wields the Nega-Bands in the comics. Basically, there are many more interesting villains they could've chosen than Dar-Benn, or they should've written her better.

The logic of the film does not make sense to me at all; I just took it at face value. I still don't understand Kamala's origin or her abilities, and I've watched Ms Marvel. I think they've overly complicated her origin, and I still don't know what her mutant power is.

[daisy-mooon]

carol/yon-rogg… thoughts? (i’m so sorry in advance)

The way I was literally just vagueposting about them on Discord 😭 the TIMING

I've read nearly every Captain Marvel fic on Ao3, Yonvers included, and I have a lot of thoughts

Gonna start this out by saying I hope this ship never becomes canon endgame

Complicated exes

Carol would not go back to him.

She would definitely have regrets and grief, but she would not go back to him. It would he impossible for her to feel safe around him.

She could maybe be a coworker or ally if she's feeling exceptionally generous and the universe would collapse otherwise, but a proper relationship is out of the window.

Yon-Rogg projected onto her a lot. She was an amnesiac clean slate. In the deleted scene, the person he most admired was himself - what if he started admiring himself after he rescued Carol? Viewing himself as a saviour too her?

Yon-Rogg would never see the Supreme Intelligence as Carol. He's a Kree supremacist, and he knows that Carol is human. He can't ever treat her as a full equal.

The Supreme Intelligence would demote him, but I doubt it would give Yon-Rogg any consequences that actually measured up too his actions.

They definitely hate each other after.

They would both beat the shit out of each other if given the chance.

They've definitely been in a relationship and they've definitely slept together.

Carol wouldn't tell Maria everything about Yon-Rogg at first because of the guilt of having a relationship but eventually would spill the beans during the blip. It would be very hard for her to do.

Yon-Rogg would 100% be jealous over Prince Yan. Meanwhile Prince Yan would obviously care, but he'd he incredibly cold and dismissive towards him. He knows him only as the guy that destroyed Carol's life. He's not deserving of his time.

Valkyrie definitely knows about him. Again, like Yan, she doesn't think he's deserving of her time. But she wouldn't hesitate at stabbing him if he came to it.

The Kree have a kinda poly culture so what I'm saying is that Carol was sleeping with Yon-Rogg and Dar-Benn at the same time and they hated each other a lot

Carol's relationship with Dar-Benn is awful but a lot healthier in the sense that Dar-Benn had zero idea about Carol's origins.

I can definitely see Dar-Benn learning about Carol's origins after she becomes Supremor and being shocked, but deciding not to do anything to punish Yon-Rogg. Again, Kree supremacy. Any good will she has for Carol goes out the window the moment she realises she's human.

The shared blood thing... poor Carol.

I NEED people to talk about the fact that Carol literally DIED and Yon-Rogg resurrected her like??? This is how you know the MCU has gone to shit because any good writer would milk the fuck outta this

Carol's fine with blood UNTIL it is blue. Blue blood makes her incredibly squeamish.

She has a Thing against blood needles and transfusions that she refuses to explain.

Yon-Rogg would never call her Carol. Mostly Vers, maybe Captain or Danvers, but never Carol. It would mean that he accepts her as a separate person.

Very bitter over her leaving - "why isn't she grateful for all I did for her?"

Yeah the Supreme Intelligence treated him wrong... but that does not mean Carol should forgive him in anyway

I know some Yonvers fans will kill me but it's an emotionally/psychologically abusive relationship.

She literally does not have access too basic medical information about her species???

Are we gonna talk about the fact that all of this time hes wittering about fair fights Carol physically can't beat him in a fair fight because Kree are stronger than humans? And that she isn't allowed to know that she's human? So she's being gaslit into thinking her failures are her fault when they're not?

I honestly also think its important that not everything should be romantic. They aren't romantic in canon and he still abused her. It's not always a partner or family member that can abuse you - it can be anyone.

I would write more but it's 1am so im wrapping it up. Anyways, final thoughts: a very interesting and deeply unhealthy dynamic that adds a lot to Carol's character but as an endgame ship would detract from her character arc. Anyways im tired af gn squad

[the-haunted-star]

My humble thoughts on The Marvels

The Marvels is a fun, brisk (perhaps too brisk), light-hearted buddy super-herione adventure. However, the things that Marvel has been struggling with lately are unfortunately still in the play with this sequel. The plot is pretty thin and the villain is another of Marvel's typical shallow, one dimensional type baddies. While we can certainly understand and even sympathize with Dar-Benn's motivations and why she's doing the things she's doing in this film there just isn't enough meat on the script bones for actress, Zawe Ashton to work with although she well with what she's given. The same goes for the plot. The acts that the villain is perpetrating on the planets and its people in this film definitely qualify as high stakes material but the film's pace is so rapid that it ignores any opportunity to show some emotional stakes for the victims of the villain's atrocities.

So while the film downplays these aspects it chooses to focus more on the relationships between the three heroines. In that respect it does a decent job of bonding these three young women along the course of the film into a sisterly dynamic. Each have issues with each other positive and negative and by the end they've been able to work through their issues and understand each other better. Brie Larson, Teyonah Parris and Iman Vellani have good chemistry together with Iman continuing to charm and delight as Kamala Kahn/Ms. Marvel. Sam Jackson is great as Fury as usual and has some of the funnier lines in the movie. And let's not forget Goose the cat/flerken who kinda stole the show in the first movie. She's back and is involved a lot more this time to equally humorous results.

I was pleasantly surprised and impressed by the fights in this film. I thought they were hard hitting, well choreographed and fun to watch. The fight between Monica and Kree soldiers in the Kahn's house was a stand out sequence which I thought made clever use of her powers. The end fight between the trio and Dar-Benn was also equally exciting . The visual effects were very good and consistent throughout which is another area where Marvel has been struggling lately. With this film, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 and Loki Season 2, the VFX quality appears to be back on track.

Honestly my biggest gripe would be with the marketing department for this film. The amount of trailers, tv spots and clips released for this film was ridiculous. I only watched the first two trailers and maybe a couple of the tv spots and I felt like I had seen most of movie already. I watched the rest of the clips afterwards and was shocked at how much more of this movie was spoiled in the clips I hadn't watched beforehand. Even the surprise cameo and part of the fricking post credit scene was shown in a couple of the spots! If you're someone who did watch every bit of footage that was released I can honestly say you saw most of the movie beforehand and that's unfortunate. Given the film's short runtime you can rest assured there was a lot of material cut from the final film. I've already noticed a few things that were in the marketing footage and test screening leaks that were missing from the final cut.

Overall, despite a simplistic story and a forgettable villain this movie is still a lot of fun. While it is mostly standalone in nature, it is also very much a sequel to not only Captain Marvel but WandaVision and Ms. Marvel as well. (Surprisingly there's zero reference to Secret Invasion despite the Skrulls having a role to play in this film but that's probably for the best given how poor that series turned out to be.) The post-credit scene however is a game changer and hints at some exciting possibilities to come. ⭐⭐⭐

[thirdrootwriting]

East Blue Blues

(Gen, no pairings)

Summary: What's a pirate like Shanks doing in a place like the East Blue?

When people -the newer members of his crew, Mihawk, the occasional bewildered ship of unprepared Marines- ask Shanks why a New World pirate takes a couple of months every few years to bum around the East Blue of all places, he'll usually laugh it off as vacation time. Sure, sure they are Grandline pirates and he's a man that grew up cutting his teeth on the New World, but if you were going to relax, you ought to do it right, yeah?

The straight-forward, honest waves, the temperate land -as if the entire sea was a spring island-, Marines and pirates that (with a few noticeable D. named exceptions) were so weak that they didn't even qualify as a fight, it was the perfect place to spend some drunken, lazy days singing sea shanties, appreciating the ocean breeze, and feasting on the spicy-sweet dishes of the region.

"Wasn't that all reason enough?" Shanks will answer, followed by a teasing threat that nobody better get any ideas about crashing his vacation time.

The few times they've met up over the years, Whitebeard never asks about these trips to the East Blue, he doesn't have to. Shanks is the type to return the favor - he's a good guy like that - so in addition to always bringing good booze when goes to see the old alcoholic, he doesn't mention how Whitebeard's eyes trace the horizon in the direction of Wano.

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Dawn Island's a bad place to dock a pirate ship - what with it being the home of the Goa Kingdom that most of the smaller islands in this region swear their allegiance and tax dollars to. Even worse, the nation is one of the Founding Twenty and is therefore subject to the dubious honor of World Nobles occasionally stopping by to check on their ancestors' old homeland. All of which means, it has a sizeable Marine presence nearby and enough political importance to call over someone with actual power if shit hits the fan.

All of this makes Foosha Village, on the opposite side of the mountain a great place for a pirate ship to dock, yes, really Benn, just think? What wet-behind-the-ears Marine, or over-dedicated challenger from the New World would think to look for the Red-Haired Pirates here?

Benn also never asks about their regular trips to the East Blue, which is probably good because Shanks has yet to successfully bullshit his first-mate once, in his entire life. (He'd never been able to bullshit Rayleigh either, perhaps it was the true mark of an excellent first-mate.) He's pretty sure, Benn knows because Benn probably knows everything, but his first mate never asks. Seems to make point of it even.

Whatever, whatever. Benn could pointedly not ask all he wanted. They'd picked up some great treasure on their trips to the East Blue each time anyway.

Some of the honest-to-sea-and-sun best goddam food Shanks has ever eaten at a restaurant shaped like a fish, the world's best and most chatty sniper in Yassop, and more than one case of excellent booze for Shanks to drink and to use as a bribe from when he wanted something from Whitebeard.

And it is with the scent-memory of that beer and grub lingering in his mind that Shanks strolls into the lone bar of Foosha village; Benn, Roo, Yassop and the rest busy restocking and exploring solo or in pairs, the better to not scare the sleepy village by presenting them with a pirate mob.

It is clean and well-kept on the inside - the floorboards scratched, but not tacky with unwashed alcohol and blood like more pirate orientated taverns. It's wall and shelves are adorned with bottles and old fishermen's knick-nacks. The only decoration that stands out is a framed poster of the East Blue's hometown hero, Garp the Fist, (the old loud-mouthed, Marine bastard).

The only people in the bar are its apparent owner, a pretty lady either ending her teens or starting her twenties, and what looks to be her only patron, a scrawny little brat swinging his legs back-and-forth under the bar stool. The rounded vowels and quick pace of the East Blue's spoken accent bounces to Shank's ears as the two banter fondly.

"Dinner was great, but Makino I'm still hungry. I need more meat!"

"Hmm, but I still see some vegetables left on that plate, so you can't be that hungry."

Shanks smiles.

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Sea Kings may hunt and breed throughout the ocean, but they always returned to their home water of the Calm Belt to give birth and die.

Likewise, a man could sail a thousand seas and become the ocean's king, but he'd always carry the salt of his hometown.

Roger, his captain, might have conquered the Grandline but he'd still liked his food spicy-sweet, still sang shanties about peaceful waves and clear skies, still rounded his vowels and spoke quick.

That wayward Shogun Whitebeard took as a brother won't come back, not matter how much the old man stares at the horizon.

Likewise, no matter how often Shanks comes back to the East Blue, he won't find his captain, won't find his captain's hidden child if Roger and Rouge had any sense (they really didn't, but they'd had Rayleigh so close enough).

Still, the water here hooks beneath Shank's heart and above his stomach and pulls him back to the East Blue, like if perhaps he sails these specific waves enough it will quell the longing that rots in his gut to hear his Captain's laugh just once more, and for just a single cherished second longer to once again be chasing Roger's crazy dream all together with his family on the Oro Jackson.

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Miss Bar Owner turns out to be named Miss Makino, and on top of a very pretty face turns out to be an absolute hoot in her ability to gently and politely smile through every tall-tale and crazy stunt a New World pirate crew can pull. In another life she'd have made a damn fine first-mate or ship's doctor with that nerve, though in this one, she's happy to live a peaceful life in a sleepy town, which Shanks can't begrudge her. Everybody's got their own dreams, after all.

The little runt is Luffy - a cute name for a cute little spitfire of a brat -, and he's great too. A fearless, mouthy child with more energy than anybody in Foosha knows what to do with, and eyes that sparkle like black diamonds when Shanks or any of his crew talk about their adventures, about their freedom.

A little pirate-to-be if Shanks ever saw one, and when the crew sets sail for their next bit of wandering then promptly sails right back to Foosha when it comes time for a resupply, his crew takes to calling little Luffy their Anchor and singing love songs about sailor's wives when Shanks so much as glances at Makino's place.

Assholes the lot of the them, right though they are.

Whatever, Shanks has found his treasure this trip in two new friends and lucky for his crew, he's the sharing sort.

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Anchor's a fun kid to tease, quick to anger and even quicker to forgive. He'll spend dinner at the bar arguing and shouting that he is 'definitively tough enough to be a pirate, you jerk', till Makino puts him to bed huffing, then excitedly shake Shanks awake an hour before sunrise and drag him giddily by the hand up a nearby cliff to show his friend the rising sun.

Luffy promises it's the coolest and prettiest sight on the whole island, and that he's only showing Shanks, just Shanks, cause he's his friend.

("Whipped", Roo mouths with glee as he watches the kid drag Shank's hung-over ass out of the door from where he's eating his breakfast, and Shanks would've flipped him off but Makino was watching.)

Waking up that early does suck, there are a million and one reasons Shanks could never be a Marine and one is definitely his desire to drink later into the night and sleep till lunchtime, but he'd got enough honor to respect Luffy sharing something he treasures with him.

The dawn's light really is stunning from the cliff side Anchor dragged them to. It paints the sky with an untameable riot of yellows and countless shades of fierce reds, all against a backdrop of brilliant blue, and Luffy laughs with unrestrained pride at the impressed look on Shank's face.

That horrific subtle riptide that always drags Shanks back to these waters still sits in his chest, but he's got good food in his stomach, a friend's laugh in his ear, and the rising sun in a clear sky, so -

... so for the first time in quite while, Shanks manages to ask, "What is your dream?"

Luffy turns to face him, a large-grin nearly splitting his cheeks.

"My dream - " he says, so excited to share, his dark hair standing out against the brightness of the dawn sun.

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"My dream - " says Captain Roger, the sun behind him mimicking the old straw hat he's just plopped onto Shank's head, so excited to share like he's the kid, not Shanks

And, hearing this silly, impossible, ridiculous dream, Shank's can't help but throw back his head and -

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-laugh, and laugh, and laugh, free for the first time in more than a decade of the gut-rot of grief.

[cgsf]

Men's Hockey (RPF) fanfiction recs:

Jamie Benn/Tyler Seguin

"A Fool for Lesser Things" (E) by Linsky | 11,553 | Still, though—no way. People don’t just forget four years of their lives. “You’re gonna need to give me way more than that if you want me to believe you,” Jamie says. “Did he wake up yet?” someone asks, and Tyler fucking Seguin walks into the room.

"I Feel Like I’ve Been Locked Up Tight" (E) by Linsky | 33,976 | Jamie’s not sure where he missed the boat on the whole sex thing.

"Something Like a Crush" (E) by purplecatsweater | 3,807 | It isn’t that Jamie isn’t incredibly aware of how close Tyler is – his fingers curled over Jamie’s arm, his leg thrown over Jamie’s, his breath coming in short bursts against Jamie’s collarbone once he shuts up and actually pays attention to the movie. Really, it’s just that Jamie is used to it. Tyler wouldn’t know what personal space was if it smacked him in the face, and Jamie’s never really complained.

"gonna have to ask about" (E) by ferrassie | 6,783 | This is not Tyler’s apartment. He has no idea how he got here or who he’s sleeping beside, face hidden in the pillow. He’s been sitting up long enough to wake him, though. “Tyler,” he says, voice muffled and rough with sleep. “You awake?” He looks up with half-lidded eyes, dark hair a mess.

"Door to Door" 🔒 (E) by Ferritin4 | 10,148 | "I work two jobs. I’m Tyler," Tyler says, extending his hand. "Do you want to come in?" Well, he’s not doing anything illegal, Jamie thinks, shaking it, because no criminal in the history of crime has ever willingly invited a cop into their house, and there is no one in the city of Dallas who hasn’t pegged Jamie as a cop within six seconds of meeting him.

"Whatever You Want" (E) by LouLa | 2,449 | Jamie's possessive streak is something Tyler’s seen more and more of over the past few weeks.

"you haven't moved an inch" (M) by blinkiesays | 7,301 | To be honest, Jamie's gotten drunk and woken up in relationships before. He's not proud, but, you know. It is what it is. He just didn't think it would ever happen with somebody like Tyler.

"God, You Two Are So Married" (E) by popfly | 3,900 | 75% of what people say when they're joking is true. When it comes to Jamie and Tyler's fake wedding it's more like 99.9%.

"definitely, maybe" 🔒 (T) by carissima | 7,935 | He’s never met anyone and thought that they could be The One. But he looks at Jamie and he thinks, maybe.

"Captivated by You, Baby" (E) by Linsky | 9,049 | Tyler said to watch, but—Jamie’s pretty sure this isn’t what he meant.

"it's not a slow dance (this modern romance)" 🔒 (M) by fadeastride | 3,989 | He knows he's a little stupid when it comes to Jamie, a little too easy, a little blind to the rules of platonic friendship. Still, there's no reason for the next thing out of his mouth to be, “Hell, I could do it.”

"Sex Bomb" (E) by my99centdreams | 7,175 | He's got to say something. He's got to. They've been together for almost a year now and his - his need for this god damn word has been here for the entire fucking time. He can't escape it. He wants it so bad.

"Look at the wonderful mess that we made" (E) by sherlockelly | 89,563 | A name-on-wrist soulmate AU where being outed by a same-sex name is still newsworthy if you're in professional sports and is a very real concern for some NHL players. Despite the shifting attitudes, no one in the sport has ever come out publicly. Tyler has always felt relieved that 'Jamie' could be a male or female name, it makes hiding his sexuality a lot easier. Jamie's not been so lucky.

"baby, i want to touch you" 🔒 (E) by teamfreeawesome | 1,376 | So, maybe Tyler has a thing about Jamie's thighs.

"Taste Me" 🔒 (E) by teamfreeawesome | 2,005 | So, maybe Tyler has thing for a post-fight Jamie.

"swear it won't take you long" 🔒 (E) by ladyalysv | 9,823 | Tyler's pretty good at not thinking about stuff. Like, professionally.

"Next Level Bromanship" (E) by disarm_d | 7,974 | The thing that Jamie didn't realize was that even if he wasn't a guy, he still wouldn't be Tyler's type.

"but here's my number" (G) by ifonlynotnever | 1,711 | Tyler is drunk, and Jamie's number is just there.

"rearrange the alphabet" (T) by Aurum | 2,834 | Apparently Jamie's soulmate likes awful pick-up lines. It both is and isn't as bad as it sounds.

"off-ice situation" 🔒 (M) & "carving space" 🔒 (M) by anonymous | 18,767 | He waggles his eyebrows, grins and looks over at Jamie like do you want to tell them or should I? Jamie elbows him and everyone laughs, and neither one of them can stop smiling. Crisis averted.

"Once More With Feeling" 🔒 (E) by SpiritsFlame | 55,431 | Tyler is a romantic. He thinks that anyone who gets to the NHL has to be, to pin everything on an almost impossible dream. He won't admit it, but he'd been looking forward to his Loop, to meeting the person he's going to spend his life with, over and over. Looking forward to the endless days of getting to know them, the two of them trapped in a moment together. He didn't think he was going to be in it alone, on the tail end of a bad trade, with no soulmate in sight. He didn't think it would be like this.

"too fragile just to guess" (M) by SpiritsFlame | 14,672 | Jamie has done stupider things than agree to go be Tyler's date to the wedding. So what if they'd been sleeping together for two years. So what if they stopped a few months ago. So what if Jamie isn't over it, and probably never will be. He's done stupider things. Just not by much.

"caused a scene" 🔒 (E) by notthequiettype | 1,047 | There are two Halloween parties every year: the one where PR gets nice, family-friendly photos of cute kids and couples costumes and usually some dogs, and the one at Tyler's.

"my mouth is filled with honey" 🔒 (E) by notthequiettype | 2,345 | Tyler likes Jamie's body so much. Tyler likes Jamie, so much, too.

"I'm Awfully Fond Of You" (E) by SomebodyOwens | 3,993 | Step 1: Publish Nudes in ESPN. Step 2: ????? Step 3: PROFIT!

"Holding Patterns" (M) by suburbanmotel | 5,342 | “Being between one thing and another,” Tyler says again, the phone close against his ear and mouth now. “Well, that’s us, isn’t it. That’s us.”

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This is an ongoing list.

[eusuntgratie]

Okay updates on my hockey ~descent~

I've been reading a bit of bennguin and that was pretty good, I've been looking at some vids and I swear when Tyler got into a fight after someone took a cheap shot at Jamie 😭 like why do I care so much about that?? Anyway I have also just finished reading closed fracture by lightgetsin and it was so lovely <3 so looking for some more recs for sidgeno if you have them! (also why are there (((( all over the place sometimes? I've seen a few in fics and in tweets?) I do really like the Penguins logo and jerseys so maybe I'll follow them closer when things get moving a bit more, its the off season now right? Some other ships I'm a fan of is sterek from teen wolf, Sirius/Remus from hp, Macdennis from iasip, steve/bucky - just pretty basic ones lel 😬

oooooh i'm so excited to answer this okay okay. thank you for the update i love this!

tyler seguin is everyone's favorite slutty bisexual. go bananas in his tag (just #tyler seguin or #seguin) on tumblr and you'll find some great shit. that ship doesn't get as much attention anymore bc benn isn't fandom's favorite. i don't know enough about the stars to know all the reasons, but he did a very dirty and unneccessary hit on the vegas golden knights captain in the playoffs this year and that was enough to make me not like him. i can rec some stars blogs if you want - they are a great team with a solid fandom presence and a lot of young amazing players. and they have seggy :)

um, if you love boys being overprotective on the ice, i can definitely give you some pens moments but ALSO you should look into tknp (travis konecny/nolan patrick). i think i have a #protective tk tag on here you can browse bc the boy goes batshit insane anytime someone touches his boy. one of the big reasons a lot of us fell for that ship. you don't have to be a flyers fan to love them; tk is a fandom darling bc he's so tiny and fighty and wonderful.

also, any decent player is very protective of their goalie, so if you love that dynamic, you might enjoy some defenseman/goalie pairings or there's just some fun clips and gifs out there. i'll try to reblog some stuff for you. give my poor followers a break from the rwrb posting and tzp thirst 😂

DON'T GET ME STARTED ON SIDGENO OH GOD. okay i'll reblog a few posts for them because the things they say about each other are just. alright. you're in love. we get it. okay.

King and Lionheart is the fic that made me fall for sidgeno. There is an excellent podfic available as well.

I could give you a billion sidgeno recs and writers and blogs to follow. What kind of fic do you like? Fluff? Whump? PWP? Kink? ABO? Monsterfuckery? Sidgeno is the most popular hockey rpf ship at least by numbers on ao3; we got it all, baby! I read a lot of angst and porn, so I don't want to throw a bunch of recs at you without knowing what you like :)

((( and )))))))) are russian smileys... so you're probably reading Geno texting. So instead of texting (or tweeting - you can see these in some of his old tweets): i'll be there soon :) he would text i'll be there soon )))

we ARE in the offseason but hockey comes back (relatively) soon. preseason games (exhibition games that don't count towards playoff standings) start at the end of september and the season kicks off in October. The Penguins season opener is vs the Chicago Blackhawks which should be a VERY fun game to watch, bc Chicago drafted Connor Bedard this year, one of the best hockey prospects since Sid himself. Bedard is insanely talented and we are all very eager to see how he does in the NHL. Sid was Bedard's favorite player growing up (he is so many players' favorite player growing up) and they've met and they are both very sweet boys and anyway it will be an interesting game.

Stucky was my first ship since really diving into fandom and I spent a ton of time in Teen Wolf fandom! There's a ton of teen wolf on my ao3, mostly sterek, but i mostly write hockey these days.

feel free to keep sending me questions! there's a lot to learn when you first dive into hockey but i love the sport and love this fandom!!

[deusexlachina]

STEMquisition Part 13: Sexually gratify the Qunari by hyperfixating on dragons

In which I make the Qunari horny enough to consider an alliance and then repay The Iron Bull for his help by getting him cast out of his people and nearly killed.

Now that I'm a little stronger, I revisit Emprise Du Leon. I saved them from the army of red templars, but now I also have to save them from demons and also three High Dragons. Did I mention the place is also bitterly cold, and still lousy with red lyrium? Why does anyone live here, and why have they not moved?

The people rejoice, because they're finally safe. I rejoice, because all these dead dragons can be dissected by my good friend Frederic of Serault. This gives us a chance to finally understand what the deal is with Corypheus' pet dragon, who's the only real threat in his entire arsenal.

With Leliana's help, I hire every naturalist we can find in Thedas to help Fred.

We learn that dragons can stem the spread of the blight within their bodies by sealing blighted flesh within cysts, which is scientifically interesting but regrettably does not do anything whatsoever to help fight Corypheus' pet dragon. I get a reward of the Prismatic Greataxe Schematic, which I already have from the Golden Nug, so my reward is instead just this picture of a dragon. The "Rewards Received!" text only mocks my pain.

But The Iron Bull is impressed by my delve into dragon research, because he likes to masturbate after killing high dragons. I didn't make that up. He does.

Slaying every High Dragon in Emprise du Leon has given The Iron Bull enough orgasms that he feels close to me. He talks me up to his bas boss in the Benn Hassrath, the sneaky wing of the Qunari that also includes Tallis, the poor man's Iron Bull. The Qunari are willing to make an alliance with me, starting with collaborating to blow up a red lyrium ship. To cover the Qunari ship, we split up and fight two groups of Venatori.

The ship is taken down, but several mages slowly amble up to where the Chargers are. The ship's not clear yet, but if the Chargers stay to defend it, they're dead. For some reason I can't defend it myself. I guess they're much closer to the Chargers than they are to us? But then how did we see them? There's fog all over the place.

The Iron Bull has to choose between his country and his friends. And when I say the Iron Bull has to, I mean that's my call, because everyone delegates everything to me. Including, uh, fashion choices. I side with the Chargers, because they're our friends, because two of them are scientists, because one of them is a transgender icon, and because they've been loyal this whole time. Most importantly of all, though, they were able to defeat the Envy demon offscreen. I don't know why they can't handle apparently three mages. I guess they were tired. But when you have people this competent, you don't throw them away over a bad day. Sorry, Qunari.

I check in with The Iron Bull, whereupon the Qunari attempt to assassinate him. They used saar-qamek, a deadly neurotoxin. Fortunately, as an ex-Benn Hassrath agent, The Iron Bull knows the antidote to saar-qamek: saying it won't hurt you. The placebo effect is a powerful thing.

The Iron Bull insists that this assassination was a mere formality - a way of showing him he's cast out of the Qunari. It's like when you kick someone out of your gaming group and set their house on fire. The point is the message. And the message is that he's...TAL-VASHOTH. You know, the Qunari who have abandoned the Qun. Like...uh...me. I tell him it's a bit weird that he's saying it like a slur.

But this isn't about me. He just needs to vent about being Tal-Vashoth, in a conversation that is surprisingly not that different if you're Tal-Vashoth, besides this exchange.

[thesummerrtriangle]

hi! so most (if not all) of my favorite outsider pov fic recs in one piece are gen. eitherways, buckle up, it's going to be a long list. all of these are oneshots.

but the eternal pose points East (Lech L'cha) by grainjew and fallingwish

aaa this is amazing! it's a wonderful display of straw hat loyalty! written through the point of view of the sun pirates, though majorly aladine, as jinbe collects the crew.

i just realized that i'm not going to be able to fully explain how wonderful most of these fanfics are.

2. The Way They Used To Be by deebainwonderland

written through the point of view of a young boy about the straw hat pirates in a world where luffy died at marineford. it's a haunting representation of how luffy's death might affect the strawhats, and how they change with his demise.

3. belong among the wildflowers by WhirlyBird70

an old gardener rediscovers a dream all for the sake of some flowers. OR luffy finds pretty flowers, wants to give them to robin, and stages a coup. it's a wonderful study of the straw hats through the eyes of an outsider, and their interactions are wonderfully written.

4. waiting for the storm by SoccerSarah01

in which a reluctant government employee observes the strawhats' exploits. it indirectly shows the great charisma that luffy and his crew have, and how they manage to get supporters everywhere they go. it's also kinda a regular civilian's view on events, stretching from alabasta to timeskip

5. In Which Higuma Doesn't Get To Get Drunk, Even Though He Really, Really Wants To by grainjew

in which post-wano luffy time travels to the past in the moment that higuma enters the bar, and the events that unfold after that, told from the point of view of said bandit. this is hilarious, and grainjew's characterization is always top notch.

6. Benn's Confusing, Bewildering, No-Good, Very Odd Early Morning by grainjew and Origamidragons

another time travel fic, this time told through the perspective of benn beckman. a post wano luffy falls into foosha village, drops information, fights with shanks and then leaves. the best part of this fic is the underlying disbelief in almost every line of dialogue exchanged, mainly because it's funny.

7. when you think your day can't get weirder and then your boss gets turned into a yoyo right in front of you by SoccerSarah01

a random bandit's reaction to gear 5 luffy and post wano strawhats. i don't really have much that i can verbalize about this, but it's extremely amusing.

8. To sail until the end of the sea (with you) by alliumnoblade

in which the marines capture zoro, robin and usopp, and one observes them, and how they are different from the stories they've heard. featuring, mild straw hat shenanigans that border on the impossible.

9. How I Wanted to Follow You by longing paradise

zoro and luffy's relationship is one of my most favorites in the entirety of one piece, and this post-canon one shot displays that perfectly. told through the perspective of some upcoming pirates a few years after luffy's death as they visit shells town to ask about the location of one piece from zoro (though, let's be honest, he's the worst person to ask for directions)

10. Tag Tail Training by stormy1x2

the straw hat pirates get stuck with a captive! but, life never stops on the sunny, so chaos. or, a marine observes the unique way the strawhats train and wonders if it's mutiny.

11. Bon Voyage by taizi

luffy gets hurt during a fight, and the straw hat pirates will always put him over everything. one piece fics about loyalty make me shriek with joy and this is no different.

12. both haunted and holy by merikai

the straw hats through the eyes of vivi and yamato. a study on how they are family, and they do care about each other a lot. also featuring a yamato who decides to be yamato instead of kozuki oden and then joins the strawhats.

13. SEALED. by wizardslexicon

a report from CP0 agent, guernica, about the exploits of the straw hat pirates. he's horribly wrong, because the straw hats are the farthest things possible from masterminds, but it is framed in a way that seems logical.

14. Kaidou's Post-Imperial Adventure (The Kaidou & Linlin Magma Tea Party, The Newspaper Reader’s Woes, How To Crash A Strawhat Beach Party, & Other Happenings) by grainjew and Origamidragons

kaido goes through a cover story and experiences the luffy effect and gets roped into becoming a somewhat subordinate of the strawhats.

OR

VILLAIN DOMESTICATION ARC and i will not accept any other characterization of kaido from here on onwards

15. the night we met (a time travel au) by one_step_closer_to_death

a series in which luffy is a very unsubtle time traveler, as told through the eyes of people he interacts with. one note for this, luffy is born a couple of years before roger's execution, so..yeah

16. World's Worst Funeral by sympt0matic

not really sure if this could be said to be outsider pov, but it is tagged such and it's too funny to exclude

17. A Ghost Story (of your own making) by Acewithapaintbrush

the inherent horror of gear 5 and the straw hat pirates for the marines

and that's it! once again, i have to say, my words don't do these justice. they're all amazing and i had the wonderful experience of re-reading them while in the process of making this list.

i hope you like them!

sooo can you guys drop your one piece outsiders pov fic recs? im not looking for any ship in particular, i just love to read outsiders povs, it's always funny

[shankss-magnificent-ass]

Imagine a member of the red haired pirates being de-aged part 1

Requested by @spiritofthesea

You: *is in a bar fight and gets pushed info Jewelry Bonney making her drop a pizza box*

Bonney: hey! *turns around and in her anger turns you into an infant* that was my pizza!

Shanks: *knocks out the man who pushed you and looks to see you on the ground* whoa whoa whoa, what?

Bonney: *gasps and makes a run for it*

You: *starts crying*

Shanks: damn it *knows he can't go after her and leave you here and he has no idea what to do with a baby so he picks you up* Yassop!

Yassop: where the fuck did you get a baby?

Shanks: it's (y/n)! They got hit by a devil fruit user!

Yassop: support their head for fucks sake!

Benn: *gets up and looks over Shanks's shoulder to peer down at you* aww they were kind of cute as a baby.

You: *pees*

Shanks: *adjusts his hold on you so he's holding you up by the armpits* really? Really? Damn it (y/n) I know you might be a baby right now, but I know you did that on purpose, you little shit.

You: *giggles and grabs his nose*

Shanks: aw huh huh, you're so cute, I can't stay mad at you. *Cuddles you closer to his chest*

That night in the lounge

Shanks: *comes in* wow it's three in the morning, you're still awake?

Benn: *carrying you around and patting your back to try and stop your crying* yeah, they've just been so fussy, that aside did you have any luck?

Shanks: *throws his coat over a chair and flops down on a couch* sort of, we now know the name of who did this to (y/n), and I think I know why.

Benn: oh?

Shanks: yeah, during that bar fight (y/n) got pushed into Jewelry Bonney, who has the ability to manipulate a person's age or something or other, and (y/n) getting pushed into Bonney, knocked a box of pizza out of her hand. And if word on the street is accurate, pizza is Bonney's favorite food.

Benn: *hands you off to Shanks* so what's the plan?

Shanks: *positions you on his chest and starts to rub your back* so bad news, I've already looked, and it seems Bonnie has left the island. She left a few hours ago.

Benn: fuck

Shanks: BUT! We do know where she's headed, and the guys are already preparing to set sail.

You: *settles down and drifts off to sleep*

Benn: how'd you swing that one?

Shanks: told em I'd do it myself when they refused to get out of bed. But I assume it was (y/n)'s crying that motivated them to get up since it prevented them from going back to sleep.

Benn: speaking of which how'd you get them to settle down so fact?

Shanks: *smirks smuggly* I'm their favorite person of course

A week later out at sea

You: *wearing a button up shirt as a onesie and giggling*

Shanks: *bouncing you gently on his knee* any signs of Jewelry Bonney yet?

Benn: *at the helm* Yassop what do you see!

Yassop: *in the sparrows nest* I see her ship!

Shanks: great, if we're lucky we'll all get a full night's sleep tonight.

Yassop: yeah, and then you and Benn get to stop playing (y/n)'s surrogate parents.

Benn: I'd like to stop playing house too

Shanks: you're only saying that because (y/n) is a daddy's baby.

Benn: why am I the mom?

Shanks: cause I'm the fun one?

Benn: hey! That's sexist!

Shanks: you're right you're right, my bad, we wouldn't want (y/n) to learn that stuff.

Yassop: neither of you should have kids

After shanks convinces her to turn you back

You: *remembers everything*

Shanks: *teasing* Soo... How you doing?

You: shut up

Shanks: you pissed on me on purpose!

You: and I'd do it again!

A month later

Benn: (y/n)!

You: what are you my father? quit nagging me *covers your ears*

Benn: I did change your diapers

You: fuck you, that doesn't count!

Benn: it so does count too!

Shanks: *using an old man voice as he hunches over and waves gryphon around like a walking stick* keep it down ya whippersnappers!

You: stop acting like an old fart, captain!

Shanks: *still going with the bit he lifts his hand to his ear* you're gonna have to speak up sweetheart, I can't hear you

You: captain, I swear to the-

Shanks: what?

You: Shanks if you don't-

Shanks: huh?

Benn: *knows you're about to snap* (y/n), forgive him, he's stupid and doesn't know what he does.

You: you're right you're righ-

Shanks: wwwwhhaat!

Benn: *rubs his temples as he sees you snap*

You: *tackles Shanks*

Shanks: *laughing as he wrestles you*

You: *yelling in anger*

Reader (here)

Shanks (wip)

Benn (wip)

[chillin-at-partys-bar]

"No apology needed." The stern look on Benn's face remained, though his lips titled upwards into a small grin. While the frog incident might have been inconvenient at worst, it was still a nicer problem to deal with than kids fighting each other.

And about that. "Also, she does tend to bite." And perhaps it wasn't really great of him, as the teacher, to not crack down on that as hard as he should. However, "The kids she bites are the ones who are causing her trouble. They've got to learn to respect boundaries, but if she could tell me before she bites them I'd appreciate that."

He'd already had calls from other parents, complaining about it. But he simply asked them what their child had done to deserve being bit. It got him an angry talking to by his boss, but other than that he didn't feel it a good lesson to let someone pick on someone else without consequences.

Niamh sat down, motioning for Morgan to sit back down in her little chair as well. Morgan sat and picked up a crayon, intending on finishing her picture, but when Benn spoke, her expression turned sheepish. She looked at her mother.

"A frog..."

"Morgan..." Niamh scrubbed a hand over her face and sighed. "What have I told you about bringing animals inside, sweet pea?"

"Not to 'cause they live outside where they're happy."

"That's right." Niamh's voice wasn't scolding, but was gentle. "No more bringing any critters into Mr. Benn's classroom, okay?"

"Yes mama."

Niamh turned her attention to Benn. "I'm so sorry about that. She loves animals. She brings bugs and lizards and frogs into the house all of the time."

[shankss-magnificent-ass]

Imagine shanks thinking you're a cinnamon roll and finding out he is very very wrong

A battle breaks out on the red force

Shanks: *worried the whole time about you*

Benn: get your head in the game idiot, this is how you loose your other arm!

Shanks: (y/n) is a sweet soft little puff of a thing, I'm worried about them, they've never been in a fight before.

Benn: they're smart enough to hide

Meanwhile on the other side of the ship

You: *in a knife fight with three Marines at once and is fairing very well against them and stabs one*

Yassop: *kills the other two marines you're fighting with his gun* get your little ass inside!

After the battle

Shanks: (y/n)! It's over it's okay to come out now

You: *strolls out of the cargo hold with blood all over your mouth and hands and all down the front of your shirt*

Shanks: oh my gods! Are you okay! Doc Doc! Come look at (y/n)!

You: I'm fine, relax, this isn't my blood

Shanks: *even more worried now* who's blood is it?

You: *has already disposed of the body* don't worry about it

Shanks: *incredibly worried now* you look like you killed someone

You: that's because I did, I actually killed several people today

Shanks: you won?

You: you seem surprised

Shanks: I am, I thought you wouldn't know how to fight

You: I don't

Yassop: I watched them sink a dagger into the ribs of a fully armed marine while fighting two other Marines at the same time.

Shanks: you said you didn't know how to fight!

You: true, but I am full of anger and spite and I know how to survive.

Shanks: ... Well that's... Good to know I suppose.

[honeybuckin]

you know how people say that their life flashed before their eyes ? well , that was exactly what was happening now when hunter looked at her . except his life was of their moments . he saw her and everything they've been through . he never stopped loving her . simply learned to move on from what they were . knowing in his heart that he'd never find someone better than his bella . even if she wasn't his anymore . even if he never deserved to call her his . " happy to see something things never change , " referring to her love of books . he made note of her flipping the question on him before even answering it herself . " i've benn i'ght . " he shrugged . recently getting out of jail once an assault charge was dropped . a drunk fight he barely even remembered now . he chuckled at her words . his hand instantly combing through his curls . " a haircut ? " he teased . " who said i'm not trynna grow it out ? have my hair as long as yours . "

it was a bittersweet torture to look at him. isabella saw both everything she had loved and lost in the same face. when she lost their baby, who would've been a little girl, she felt a pain she had never experienced before. but she couldn't help but wonder --- maybe it was supposed to be that way? in some way, maybe hunter had been right? maybe she could've spared herself some pain if she didn't decide to go through with the pregnancy. faith and destiny were two cruel forces of nature. " i just stopped by the bookstore " --- not wanting to answer his question since she didn't have an answer. she motioned to the book in her hand. bella had good memories of forcing him to go with her while she was deep between the shelves. they had a lot of good memories too, right? " how has things been for you? " maybe she didn't want to know what he was doing with the guzmans now but he had always been good at only telling her what she needed to hear. so the femme didn't doubt that he would hold back on some details now too. " you look like you're doing good. maybe you could use a haircut. " bella teased, trying to make their conversation as normal as she could. she knows she should tell him but how? in the middle of the park after not seeing each other for a year? bella wasn't sure if she could.