#verse: pre-pirate verse

[teltinsurvivor]

As Shepard asked if she thought he wasn't cut out for the lifestyle, she narrowed her eyes in thought, as if reconsidering her words. "I'm still figuring you out", she noted. She didn't know shit about him whereas he had probably dug up all the files he could find on her. "The lifestyle can get tiring, though", she admitted, unsure why she was bringing it up. She refused to elaborate on it, however - the thoughts of how excruciating the constant fear of someone stabbing you into the back never formed into words.

They were my ticket to get out and off-planet. Damn, did that sound familiar. For as much pride she seemed to have in what she did, in what she had become, someone intimidating, powerful, independent - it had never been a choice for her. Not even remotely. For people with a normal, safe upbringing, it was easy to look down on people like her and judge them blindly without having the faintest clue of what it's like to spend a day not having anything to eat or anywhere safe to sleep. When it came to survival, people were willing to cross some lines - more than they would have thought once they found themselves in a situation where their lives were actually on the line. Jack was no exception. And neither was Shepard, picking the risky Alliance lifestyle to escape whatever shit life he had. As she took another bite of her meal, he mentioned that being biotic had convinced them.

"I guess mom must've been proud that his boy made it into the Alliance, huh? I hear that the Eclipse is happy to recruit human biotics, no matter what their background is. No tests needed."

A jab. Jack knows he might not have a mom, or maybe not a mom that was proud of him, given that he mentioned a rough upbringing. But damn, does she like hitting sore spots sometimes - it made you get a better read on people. And she wonders if he would've taken the merc path had the Alliance not accepted him.

At the mention of batarians and pirates, it was her turn to let out a huff. "Batarians are to blame for a lot of shit for sure, but the Alliance must be beyond stupid if they think it's slavers and pirates. They probably don't want to cause too much public panic. I'd love to see you try to convince the Council though."

" eventually. can't hurt. they've probably already figured out we've tossed half their bugs at this point. " If the Illusive Man is willing to let him push this far, then Shepard clearly matters too much for him to cause a fuss over a little bit of privacy. Shepard suspects that Cerberus' official response will be to let Lawson handle the quiet replanting of the bugs, but she's got a tough job ahead of her; Mordin's not easy to hide anything from.

(And good for Mordin, too. An ongoing project to keep him busy, after he resolves... whatever's going on with the scale itch.)

He makes himself a bowl, skipping the stove in favour of following Jack to the mess. He works at his own cold meal in silence as he lets her eat — he'd be surprised if she wasn't half-starved after that explosive performance on Purgatory — until she feels like striking up conversation again, though he lets out a huff of amusement at her choice of wording. "Really. What, you think I'm not cut out for the lifestyle?"

He supposes she might be right about that. The Alliance offered easy pay, roofs over his head when he needed them, and guaranteed meals. A basic system of support — that was all he really needed whilst he pursued his rather limited personal interests. The mercenary lifestyle, if Zaeed was anything to judge by, required more of a streak of independence and a great deal more personal desire. (Then again, it wasn't as though Shepard all that great an Alliance soldier, either. He was a touch too defiant... just a little too self-interested.)

"... yeah, you're right. A little over a decade" — shit. He knows he hasn't changed things up for a while, but it feels different saying it aloud — "with the Alliance, up until a couple years ago. Things got a little rough for me, coming up on Earth, and they were my ticket to get out and off-planet. I enlisted as soon as I was legally allowed... my test scores didn't really make the cut but, luckily, being biotic did. Stuck with them since."

He chews thoughtfully on a tough spoonful of cold calamari. He finds suddenly that it's lost its taste, and that's nothing to do with the new-and-improved Gardner.

"... until two years ago. My ship — the original Normandy — we were hit by the Collectors. The same bastards we're tracking now, the ones behind the colony abductions. Blew her to pieces. Scattered my people across the galaxy while I was lying on a bed in a lab." The words are like sandpaper in his throat. He swallows the bitterness that came up with them, digging fingers into his hair to put pressure against the ache that rose at the memory of it. It was still like yesterday... bridged by a sea of months-long dreams (roaring in his head like static. he was drifting through the stars, already a corpse. there was pain. his ribs burnt; his chest felt as though it were collapsing. there was no air in his lungs. each passing moment an eternity. how long could this go on?), punctured in between by moments of muddled waking. Despite how long his dreams had felt, it was still like yesterday.

Like yesterday that he'd yanked Joker from the pilot's chair, forcibly dragged him to a lifepod amidst the fires and the wreckage swallowing their ship. Still like yesterday that he watched the pieces of the Normandy piercing the atmosphere of Alchera, bursting into flame (and he remembers thinking that it was kind of beautiful — like the glow of falling stars), as he listened to the dying of his heartbeat pounding in his skull.

He shakes the thoughts away, pulling his hand away from his head. There's not enough time that he can afford to waste it reliving dead memories.

"The only reason Cerberus has any say in how I handle the Collectors is because they're the only ones looking into this. They're funding this mission... they brought me back, built me a new ship. Still — the second I could, I went back to the human embassy on the Citadel. Figured maybe I could find a way to get back into the Alliance... maybe get some backing from the Council, get some real traction there on the missing colonists.

"But... batarians and pirates." He shoves his bowl aside, leaning an elbow on the tabletop to press a calloused palm against his mouth. It's the only way that he can shove down the spiteful laugh that would've otherwise burst. "That's what they're blaming all of this on. What a load of horseshit."

As if they were doing anything about that presumption, either. What had they done for all the colonies in the Verge, all those years before the Blitz?

[trickstercaptain]

@shadowcovcn sent a meme: " magic always comes with a price. " - bootstrap

       Jack sat contemplative at his desk, absently turning his own compass over and over in his hands, gaze fixed on the maps layed out in front of him. An island that can't be found on ordinary charts. Gold enough to keep a man flush for the rest of his life. All greatly appealing prospects for a crew who hadn't seen a decent prize in weeks, who were growing restless, if not downright frustrated, with their young captain, and who needed to be placated before the atmosphere aboard the Black Pearl became even more tense. The legend of the Isla de Muerta was a final gambit, a bone thrown to the rabid pack of dogs that were his crew, as Hector so eloquently put it. And yet one of the few men on board this ship Jack would consider a true friend was here counselling him against it.

       “ You're saying we shouldn't go. ” A pause as Jack met Bill's gaze, wanting to take his concerns seriously. The reality, unfortunately was much more complicated than that. “ I've already let the cat out of the bag to Hector, William. He's not going to be easy to talk down. The men have half the treasure spent already. ” Trying to sway them from this course would arguably be more dangerous than just seeking the damned island out and discovering what the fuss was all about. “ But they're just stories, are they not? One last ditch ghost story from the Aztecs to spook the European navies off of their shores. Not... magic. ”

[house-of-tales]

@0dd1t1es liked for a starter!

"Hm? There's nothing dangerous on this island, Usopp, come on" ok, maybe it was too early to say something like that, they only arrived, but as far as Zoro could see, there was nothing for his long-nosed nakama to worry about "Listen, I'll let you come with me if that helps, but just saying, I think it will be worse to stay on the ship when you could go look for useful stuff."

The island did look like it had a very interesting fauna and flora, maybe Usopp could turn something from it into a weapon? If anyone could do that, it would be him anyway.

[gumpistol]

VERSES

MAIN :: I'm going to become King of the Pirates! —

Luffy has completed a two-year hiatus to undergo training in order to grow stronger before entering the New World. He has matured somewhat and is less naïve now, however for the most part he still retains his ambitious, optimistic, carefree, and impulsive attitude with a renewed excitement. At this time, Luffy has been named the youngest of the pirate of emperors at the age of 19, with a current bounty on his head of 3 billion berries. [ This verse spans the events of manga canon post-timeskip and up through the Wano saga. ]

PRE-TIMESKIP :: Come on board and bring along all your hopes and dreams! —

Luffy is a young pirate captain, age 17, building a name for himself and the Straw Hat pirates as a notorious crew in the eyes of the World Government. He and his crew are currently making their way through the Grand Line, but have yet to reach the New World. [This verse spans the events of manga canon up until the 2-year time skip.]

DAWN ISLAND :: I'm not a kid! I'm a man! —

Crybaby Luffy is the local, loudmouth 7-year-old village child who has made it his mission to join red-hair shanks' crew and make the grumpy portgas d. ace his friend! and he's doing his very best to annoy everyone along the way! [This verse follows and takes place during the varying events of Luffy's childhood on Foosha island.]

OPLA :: being a pirate is about adventure & freedom! —

Monkey D. Luffy, a nobody kid in a straw hat, suddenly appeared claiming he was going to be king of the pirates! He has since gathered himself a small crew and ship, while taking on big name pirates in his home sea, the East Blue. [This verse follows the events and timeline of Netflix's live action One Piece series.]

MODERN: WORLD TRAVELER :: I don't want to go on a boring adventure —

After graduating high school, Luffy chose not to attend college, but instead decided to travel the world. To his grandfather's dismay, he's not really sure what he's doing in life yet, but he doesn't care because he's having fun and making friends along the way. When he's not running off to another country to check it out, he's either staying with his grandpa or with one/both of his brothers. [Would like to plot this verse out more.]

MODERN: PRO FIGHTER :: Eye of the Tiger —

Monkey D. Luffy is a young, up and coming mixed martial arts fighter who just recently made his professional debut. he is determined to make it to the top and become the international lightweight champion! [More to be added.]

[firstkeptdaughter]

Main Verses:

→ Pre ME2. Likely I won’t be RPing much in this verse, but it will be possible with characters who have met Miranda prior to ME2 (Niket, Lanteia, Liara, Jacob, The Illusive Man, Maya Brooks.)

→ Mass Effect 2. I just love playing Miranda during ME2 while she is still a Cerberus loyalist. I like exploring her growing distrust towards Cerberus and her incredible character development during ME2.

→ Mass Effect 3, preferably as an AU with Miranda on the Normandy.

→ Pirated Normandy ME3 AU. So this is an AU envisioned by the fantastic concept artist Matt Rhodes. Unfortunately it never became canon, but he made a fanart of it. See this post here for the fanart. In this AU, the ME2 crew is flying on a pirated Normandy and they’re both on the run from Cerberus and the Alliance. The ship is being filled up with scavenged equipment and extra bunks are being set up for additional recruits.

I am, of course, open to other AU’s and timelines, just ask. But those are my main verses.

[missmungoe]

I give you: The Navigator’s Map of Shanties for the Weary Voyager!

So my husband got the idea to make a timeline map of my Shanks x Makino series ("Shanties" for short), so that readers could better see how the different fics are connected, and while I should have been prepared, knowing full well how brilliant he is, I was not prepared for the end result. I mean look at it!!!

Some descriptions of key fics and planned updates below! The fics are listed in the recommended reading order on AO3, but feel free to chart your own course! Beware rogue whirlpools and dangerous straits, and remember that however dark and treacherous the sea, at the end of the voyage is always a safe harbour ♥

Hoist the colours! 🏴‍☠️

Heed the Siren’s Call // Shanks and Makino’s origin story, and the starting point of Shanties. Setting is pre-series to the timeskip.

Sailor's Folly // Siren's Call from Shanks' perspective. Includes the origins of Makino's sword, Siren.

Sea Songs // Sequel to Siren’s Call, set during the canon timeskip and after.

Scylla // Pirate!Makino AU, where Makino leaves East Blue with the Red-Hair Pirates at the start of One Piece.

Charybdis // Sea Songs AU, where Blackbeard destroys Fuschia and Makino goes on a trek across the Grand Line looking for Shanks, who thinks she's dead.

Mnemosyne // Kuja!Makino AU, where after Siren's Call, a pregnant Makino ends up on Amazon Lily.

Andromeda Unbound // Reverie Arc AU, where Makino, the Revolutionary Army, the Red-Hair Pirates, Straw-Hats and the Warlords join forces to crash Shanks’ execution.

On the Water // Pirate!Makino AU, where Makino and her child leave East Blue with the Red-Hair Pirates after the timeskip. Includes Shanks and Makino's floating bar, Siren's Call.

Salt Vows // Arrested!Makino AU, set during the current Egghead arc.

Tethered to Kinder Shores // Makino and the Red-Hair Pirates. Includes the origin of Makino's shanty, "Moored to Her Port".

Moon and Her Maiden // Selkie AU. Canon OP verse but Makino is a selkie.

Tideswept // Royal/Arranged Marriage AU.

Bind Me to the Tide // Soulmate AU, where soulmates feel each other's pain. Canon OP verse but with soulmates.

Love In Good Liquor // One-Shot collection set during the different Shanties verses.

Planned updates

This list is not comprehensive (meaning I have more fics that I plan to continue than the ones listed here), but it's the stories I'm focusing on right now:

Andromeda Unbound // Chapter 9/9 ✅ (Complete)

Bind Me to the Tide // Chapter 5/? ✅

Mnemosyne // Chapter 29/29 ✅ (Complete)

Salt Vows // Chapter 3/? ✅

Tideswept // Chapter 10/10 ✅ (Complete)

On the Water // Chapter 4/5

[jedidryad]

WIP Wednesday: It's hard to be practical and pragmatic in this galaxy

If you've read The Hand of Thrawn Duology, you will know that Mara's search for Jorj Car'das results in data on how to get to a planet called Exocron. Since it's all a retcon, Zahn handwaves it with about three lines of set up in a dialogue exchange between Karrde and Lando while Mara is on Nirauan.

But she had to get that information somehow, so here's my supposition about how the journey to Exocron began, with information pulled from The Darkstryder Campaign- Kathol Outback via Wook.

“You found something then.” Karrde sounded relieved if still nonplussed as he grabbed two datapads off his desk. He handed one to me as I stood up holding one of the datacards.

Ghent continued to wriggle uncomfortably. He mumbled about things being impossible as Karrde and I pulled up the records.

What he’d found was a collection of star charts and entries in historical records, and also references in other texts: mythologies, religious ceremonies, folk tales.

I felt my brows knit together as Karrde continued to ask questions and Ghent only grew more flustered.

Then I stumbled across a verse, a holographic image that had clearly started life as vellum or nerf hide. The quatrain looked ancient.

I read aloud, 

“The coveted haven of the precious vessel, In celestial realms of treach’rous spectro, None alight without doubtful wrestle –”

“– on the hidden world of Exo”

I glanced up at Karrde as he cut me off to finish the fabled verse. He looked at me, bemused, “it’s the Cothian Rubei”

“Kriff. We’re at a total dead end.” I flopped down on Karrde’s sofa next to Ghent, “Sithspawn. Two years and all we come up with is a crikking mythical planet!”

“Car’das was a philosophical sort,” Karrde mused, rubbing his chin.

“Deamos Na Coth wasn’t a philosopher,  he was a madcap spiritualist.”

“Says the Jedi.”

“I’m not a Jedi!”

“Fine, you just use the Force sometimes.”

“That’s right, and don’t you forget it.”

“Mara, do you really think it’s impossible there’s some unexplored planet out there that resembles the lush green paradise of Exo?”

I stared down at the star charts and historical accounts in my hands. I’d read the stories of the expeditions to find Exo. They’d been led by a philosopher named Deamos-Na Coth in pre-Imperial times. The planet was supposed to be incredibly beautiful, a paradise available to those who knew where to seek it. 

Most of the expeditions had been disasters with few ships ever returning. Those that were recovered had clearly been raided by bloodthirsty pirates and slavers, or had become sites of bitter mutinies. Most ships had disappeared forever, lost somewhere between the stars. It had been presented to me as foolish to try to find a mythical planet when there was a beautiful, glorious Empire to serve.

“Of course it’s possible." I conceded, "there’s any number of planets that could match that description: Naboo, Yavin, even Endor if your paradise includes Ewoks, but that’s the thing. He could be anywhere now.”

“Ghent’s digging seems to point to Kathol.”

“Oh of course, the Kathol Rift, where comms get inexplicably jammed,  pilots go mad and pirates lie in wait to scavenge over the wreckage.”

“You don’t need to go in there, just pay a visit to the Kathol Republic and see what you can find out about the area.”

“You’re starting to sound desperate, Karrde.”

“You know I wouldn’t dare trust anyone else with this.”

I frowned. “I know.”

[despairforme]

[ AU list, been a while since I posted one! ]

AU.01 - FIFTEEN MEN ON A DEAD MAN'S CHEST. ( pirate!au )

AU.02 - JUST A DISAPPOINTMENT. ( historical!au )

AU.03 - KINGDOM COME. ( fantasy!au )

AU.04 - BETTER THAN THAT. ( university!au )

AU.05 - THROUGH THE STARS. ( spacepirate!au )

AU.06 - CHILDHOOD'S HOURS. ( child!au, linked to main verse )

AU.07 - HUMAN ERROR. ( shapeshifter!au )

AU.08 - BULLETPROOF. ( hitman!au )

AU.09 - NO MORE SUMMER DAYS. (retired)

AU.10 - ALL THE KING'S HORSES & ALL THE KING'S MEN. ( royal!au )

AU.11 - TEASPOON. ( chibi!au )

AU.12 - I FUCKING PROMISE YOU. ( teenage!au, linked to main verse )

AU.13 - TIME TO GO HOME. ( pre-hollow!au ) semi-retired

AU.14 - LET THEM CRUMBLE. ( marvel/dc/!au )

AU.15 - PURGATORY (retired)

AU.16 - FALL FROM GRACE. ( angel!au )

AU.17 - KING OF THE HILL. ( highschool!au )

AU.18 - OCEAN DEEP. ( merman!au )

AU.19 - MAROONED. ( castaway!au )

AU.20 - CEMETERY DRIVE. ( zombie apocalpyse!au )

AU.21 - FEAR NO EVIL. ( hogwarts!au )

AU.22 - HUNTING PARTY. ( poacher!au )

AU.23 - THE SERPENT'S CALLING. ( dragontamer!au )

AU.24 - NO ESCAPING GRAVITY ( greaser!au )

AU.25 - CINEMATIC. ( actor!au )

AU.26 - WE COME IN PEACE. ( alien!au )

AU.27 - SPEEDTRAP. ( formula1!au )

AU.28 - DREAMCATCHER. ( fairy!au )

AU.29 - PORTFOLIO. ( model!au )

AU.30 - THE END & THE BEGINNING. ( haikyuu!au )

[house-of-tales]

Zoro grunhiu no sono...mas logo acordou, todo grogue e sem entender nada.

"Huh? Já tá na hora de levantar?" na cabeça dele é cedo demais para estar lidando com um capitão energético, não interessa se é seis da manhã ou cinco da tarde.

❛❛ ⸻⸻ ZORO, ACORDA! VAMOS PROCURAR COMIDA 'PRO JANTAR. ❜❜

@house-of-tales

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[marinafanning]

ok rick. you want to do iambic pentameter? lets do iambic pentameter.

you might notice that the first line, "the words that memory wrought are set to fire," has 12 syllables. in iambic pentameter, as the word suggests, each line has 10 syllables. (iambic requiring sets of two syllables, and pentameter meaning 5 meters. 5 meters, each with 2 syllables, makes 10 syllables). the way that we (and by we i mean shakespeare) would adress this is by shortening one of the words (in this case, memory) into one less syllable. this would be written as mem'ry, with the apostrophe in place of the missing vowel. the word fire at the end of the line would be said with one syllable. picture a pirate saying arr and put an f at the beginning. or imagine saying it with a strong, vaguely southern accent. the last line of the third stanza, "to walk the path in thine own enemy's boots" also has an extra syllable. this occurs in the word enemy, and we adress it in the same way as memory, changing it to "en'my" i know that rick is not opposed to shortening words with apostrophes, because he uses "o'er" in the second line. is this supposed to be written like shakespeare or not?

my other point is that this sonnet implies that demeter is pronounced deh-mee-ter, due to it being an iamb (a format in which in each set of two syllables, the stress is on the second syllable. the opposite of this is a trochee. think present vs present. PRE-sent, like a gift, is a trochee, while pre-SENT, like to show off, is an iamb. if you want to figure out wether a word is a trochee or an iamb, try super emphasizing one of the syllables, way beyond how you would normally say it, and not emphasizing the other. then switch them. figure out which one sounds more right, and you have your answer). i don't know what the correct pronunciation of demeter is, but i've been saying deh-meh-ter, real fast, with the emphasis on the first syllable. apparently rick doesn't think that's right, though! or he was taking a creative liberty in order to make that line work. i wouldn't be super surprised. shakespeare does that with his characters names sometimes. like, in hamlet, laertes' name is either pronounced lair-tees or lay-air-tees, depending on which is more convenient for the verse.

[disorganised-bagel]

hi, hello, i am very not normal, so here's which madilyn mei song(s) i think fit each rtc character the most

colour coded for your convenience :) and also i thought it looked pretty

constance - partner in crime. i think it very much gives pre-character-development ocean and constance vibes; "you do the talking, sew up my mouth if i can't keep it closed."

sheep in wolf's clothing could also fit, maybe? potentially?

noel - never the muse. "always the poet, never the poetry", etc etc, he longs to be tragic and stuff. i think it fits?

some lines from little long legs also work; "i wouldn't mind rain, or to only speak solely in poetry quotes or a dance, or a ticket to france"

jane - flesh and bone. i will never shut up about her with this song istg, it fits her so well!! "i wish to live outside this hollowed head of mine, did i exist if i was only ever thoughts?" it just!!

some lines from the chapel could also fit her potentially? "i'm missing a time that i've never known" and "i remember a song, i sung along, but how did it go?" kinda give me jane vibes, idk

ricky - dress like a pirate. instinct was to say the milk carton, because. cats. but i think this works too? the whole escapism/imagining sailing away from your life thing? as well as "don't wanna spread any hate or do much plundering to ya", because he's a lover not a fighter? idk

ocean - one man circus. it's currently unreleased, but i thought the snippet here fit her well enough? (that link doesn't really work but just click through the 'wips' highlights until you see the one that says 'one man circus' at the top)

i was honestly stumped for this one tbh. the hare verse of tho i'm a tortoise could also maybe work? idk. she was the hardest lol

edit: i think good ol' hollywood could also maybe fit her? it's also unreleased, but you can listen here. i feel like the "i had dreams of being something" and just. the whole vibe i think fits ocean? idk

misha - the milk carton. i was struggling to think of one for him, and also ik i said this one for ricky too, but i think this fits? "my brain is still at home, home's far away" and "i had it good, and yet i've left and can't retrace my steps" feel fitting enough? like, about how he left ukraine? idk

oh, oh, also let's be friends (reimagined) maybe? "we know we don't fit, but the screen seems like it could be home" kinda fits?? maybe?? idk please help me lol

[house-of-tales]

ace holds up a bottle of sake to zoro: "I heard it's yer birthday!"

"Oh?" this man just woke up recently from a nap, he was too groggy to remember that it was his birthday "Oh, yeah, it is! Thanks, man. You really know what I like!"

[notachanterelle]

what was the technological context when asher was learning magic?

(assuming that hes self-taught... somehow. idk if it makes sense since all unauthorized magic is forbidden. maybe hiding in his basement or something)

like did they all use books and journals? did they spread the lists with new spells like gta cheatcodes or smth ToT?? were computers common so he could read optical disks? was internet already a thing so he could pirate student books? did browsers and image boards exist so he could ask shit on some abscure forums online?

just i imagine connor and j in modern era with the internet of early 10s or even late 10s. these fuckers just go to youtube / reddit

Sir...you are going to give me a damn headache with these questions. Keep 'em coming, though.

Okay so. This is not Earth so the timeline is different. Generally the setting is based on stuff between 1900s-2000s, and if you want to narrow it down further then I do take a lot of inspo from between 1950s-70s. So you have real silver coins even though those stopped being minted at least half a century ago, and you have fashion that is...well it's all over the place but I'm working on it!! Since I have the money now, I think I could buy a couple of books on 20th century fashion, maybe going even more specific if that could happen.

I got off-topic.

THEY HAVE BOOKS. THEY USE BOOKS. THESE BOOKS ARE NOT AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC. YOU CANNOT PUBLISH THAT SHIT ONLINE.

(Not sure why I capitalised that. Sorry.)

Also this is pre-internet era. That could change, but this is currently pre-internet. I post some stuff about them having computers or texting or whatever but that's just for sillies. However, I did think "what if there was internet" and the answer would be...you would still not get easy access online to books about learning magic. What if someone uses it to learn magic unauthorised??? That is dangerous information to keep out there!

(But you would get people illegally uploading stuff online anyways. Live, laugh, and pirate stuff.)

If I was well-versed on this topic I would give you a better answer...but yeah, I think that the monarch (she STILL doesn't have a name) and the wizards would never let any sort of magical knowledge be converted into a digital format that could be shared online. Ever. Your average troublemaking wizard-in-training could certainly attempt such a thing, though.

[fallout-fucker]

As much as I don't wanna take away from the 50's aesthetic of Fallout, a part of me wonders if any other country did progress past that era, mostly for the music and cultural movements. Like, how do we know the UK wasn't in a 70's hippie and/or 80's punk reminiscent era?

Sometimes I get this little headcanon that a lot of the same songs and music genres that came out of like the 50's-90's, perhaps even to the 2010's, still exist in the Fallout universe. Maybe not every artist, understandably, but a few? But the reason that there's only 50's music is that at some point a few decades before the Great War, America quietly and gradually banned the majority of music genres and songs because they didn't fit into the 'Clean, good, family-friendly' American culture they wanted. Also, it was a move the government made to control the populace. Take away art and music and things that could add to the already existent tensions due to the Resource Wars and such, and there are fewer things to stir the pot. If people aren't inspired by music and its influence, then maybe they won't be influenced to make a stand. It was a way to control them and keep them peaceful. Bring in more songs about love from the 50's, and people start settling down like in the 50's. Want people to embrace nuclear energy and robots, even if they're potentially a radiation risk? Atom bomb, baby! Have a few party songs, a few innuendo-filled songs (The Wanderer, Rocket 69), and one or two slightly political ones (Anything Goes), and they still think they have a choice.

The reason there's only a few songs in the games isn't just because they're the ones that survived the bombs, it's also because they're the ones deemed acceptable by the government and the rest were already destroyed. When I do think about this stuff, I always imagine people smuggling holotapes of music into the US.

Maybe Sole had a couple pirated holotapes? Maybe they never will again and that sucks. The 'Wealth might not even know there's other music. Perhaps Daisy heard some? Perhaps they try to remind one another how a particular song went, or what the missing lyric they can't recall is. They bond over hating the limited amount of songs now compared to what it was. It was bad enough when the US government discreetly banned ABBA, but now there's nothing. If Sole has to hear one of those songs again and nothing else, they'll go storming old recording studios and illegal Pre-War clubs themselves to find other music.

What I'm saying is, I would find it funny if the US is stuck listening to the same 40 songs, whilst people in other countries could be popping everything they have to Dancing Queen or Barbie Girl.

I like the mental image of someone fighting for their life against raiders to Gimme, Gimme, Gimme, or fighting glowing rats to Toxic by Britney Spears. What if Fallout-verse Taylor Swift is like 90-something when the bombs drop, and is now roaming the Wastes as a Little Old Lady Ghoul and the locals dub her as 'Granny/Grandma Ghoul'.

/Joke/Shitpost/

[aamaranthiine]

Seafoam Dreams A summary of Amalthea's AU verse for One Piece. tagged as: ☪v: seafoam dreams sub-verses: sands of silver and gold || the lion's gilded cage. note: sub-verses are established and separate storylines within the one piece canon for select mutuals of mine. all other threads within this au are still separate from each other unless otherwise discussed.

Amalthea originally hails from a sky island that once orbited the Red Line and the North Blue, where she was born and raised in a small community consisting of a melting pot of Lunarian individuals, avian minks and humans. It was peaceful and reasonably self sufficient, though her memories of her birthplace are long faded by the current canon.

At the age of fifteen, her island was ransacked and her family either killed or captured by the Government for use in experimentats on those of Lunarian blood. Amalthea escaped and ended up on what is in current times Rubeck Island of the North Blue. It was there she found and ate her devil fruit before being adopted into the kingdom that made the island their home.

For just around ten years, she was kept safe by the people and the royal family. Until circumstances arose that once again attracted the attention of the World Government, whose assault on the island forced her to flee into the Blue.

This becomes a pattern throughout her life; she had to learn to be elusive, keep secrets, how to hide and protect herself. How to weave the most believable lies. Even the seemingly most mundane people could not be trusted, for the fear they would be complicit in allowing the Navy to find her trail again.

At current canon, pre and post timeskip, Amalthea has been alive for over 350 years. That is a lot of history to cover but suffice to say, she is a master at surviving on her own and avoiding unwanted attention most of the time. She has taken her time to travel all four Blues and the Grand Line, exploring the far corners of the world in her search for safe havens, knowledge and useful connections. There have been portions of Time throughout the decades she has spent hidden entirely from people; to cope with the burdens of immortality, she shuts herself away to sleep or to exist outside of her humanity.

For the present day, she tends to go by the alias Thea and is known throughout underground and black market channels by the alias Luna. She is a freelance cartographer (mapmaker), navigator and log pose artificer. It is usually her and a few others work that supply poses for pirates and other non-Government affiliated individuals traveling the Grand Line and the New World. She has many contacts and connections throughout the world, and tends to maintain a neutral alignment when dealing with pirates.

The nature of her Lunarian heritage is kept very well hidden; as with no wings and no soul-flame visible, she easily passes as human. Her mythical zoan devil fruit is also kept secret, or passed off as a different type altogether through half-truths and selective use of her Ability. Her presence to those with keen Observation haki lends to the idea she is only a civilian, and never anything close to a threat.

All of course, a masterfully crafted ruse to protect herself.