#wci coded

[lyricalpiece]

[beanghostprincess]

TW // Food , EDs

Something about Usopp getting sent to an island where delicious food is used as bait and he has to actively fight to eat (thus probably ending up just straight-up not eating some days and relating food to negative experiences) and Sanji constantly using food to serve and make others enjoy but barely eating himself because it isn't as rewarding and he doesn't really care about his well-being because he is used to starving (both physically and emotionally).

Like-- Usopp not really refusing to eat but kind of having a defense mechanism/odd quirks around it (eating too fast, keeping food for later, feeling safer if he straight up doesn't eat, or directly not being hungry at all) and Sanji actively just forgetting to feed himself and when he tries to do so he isn't... Full? At all? or satisfied? It just leaves him emptier. He likes giving food to others, that's what completes him. Eating just because just feels wrong for him.

So you have this guy with strong defense mechanisms against food who treats it as a necessity to live instead of enjoyment and another who treats food as an enjoyment but ONLY for other people and never himself.

And I like to think Usopp, after spending so much time getting used to storing food just in case he can't go hunting for more, still does the same when he's back with the crew. But he doesn't even know why he does it exactly. He is eating. He doesn't need to do this. But then he realizes he always thinks about Sanji whenever he keeps food. Usopp notices Sanji barely eats if the food is something he gives to himself, but gladly enjoys it when it's somebody else's doing. So Usopp just waits until everybody is out of the kitchen to approach Sanji and go "Hey, um, would you like to share the leftovers with me?" and something like that. And Sanji does end up eating more than usual which is, you know, an average meal.

On the other hand, Sanji stays with Usopp while he eats and speaks to him. Makes him feel safe so he doesn't have to make everything quick and running. Make him see that he is alright and he can take his time to enjoy the food without any worries. At the end of the day, they end up eating together after the whole crew has gone away, but that's more than fine with them.

[trenwreckd]

And I've been meaning to tell you, I think your house is haunted

[jinbeisluffy]

I see so many posts over different social media platforms about sexuality/gender hcs for the strawhats and i want to add in my own two cents because i believe im very correct (but anyone’s opinion is valid so long as it doesnt go against canon coding)

Luffy - the most aroace and trans guy to ever BREATHE. i dont mean aroace in that hes somewhere on the spectrum where he can still be attracted to people, because he cant. this guy had never grasped the concept of romance and never will, because theres no reason for it to him. hes trans because i say he is, i dont have many reasons for THAT but its just the signals hes sending me. trans to trans communication trust

Zoro - gay. thats it thats the post. no but i dont ship luffy with anyone but zoro is just attracted to literally any man who is strong, thats his criteria and thats all he ever needs. is he aware of it? not at all, he has no idea that its not normal to get bricked up by the thought of other men

Nami - i havent seen a bigger lesbian in media ever, genuinely i dont think any other character is as obviously lesbian as she is. she loves girls unapologetically no matter what, supports all girls at the end of the day (cough kalifa) . i also hit her with the asexual beam because i can, specifically demisexual because i THINK so

Usopp - while i wanna consider kaya, i wanna consider sanji too and thats making me lean between bi or omni even if omni is a label under the bi umbrella. its more a question of if he recognises his preference for men or not, because he does prefer then at the end of the day. the ace beam bounces from nami to usopp because he too doesnt feel anything and doesnt think about it either

Sanji - oh my god where do i begin. maybe just the blatant queer coding of wci as a whole?? of course hes attracted to women, thats not an aspect you can remove or just toss around to being something else. he loves and respects women, but he is so QUEER. all of wci is just queer coding, its a queer story and sanji is a queer character i will die on this hill. he probably has some kind of gender issues too, what specifically? no clue, but he likes people of multiple genders and is in deep denial about it all the time he wont ever truly accept it but he can one day as a treat live with that fact

Chopper - oh hes a reindeer he cant really have a sexuality DID WE FORGET THE FACT HES HUMAN TOO ISNT THAT LIKE HIS WHOLE THING, NOT BEING A MONSTER BUT ALSO A HUMAN. HE IS BOTH? i dont have any specific labels to slap onto him, just that hes a people lover and encourager of literally everything. ace beam bounces onto him too

Robin - trans trans trans trans trans trans trans trans you will accept robin transfem into your life right here right now. she can like anyone, she has no label on it, she just likes people and cant bother with genders or anything like that. the ace beam actually skips her because if they were doing a hear me out cake she’d be the one putting all of the crazy things. freak. (lovingly)

Franky - HOW TRANS CODED IS IT NOT TO REBUILD YOUR OWN BODY TO BECOME A BETTER VERSION OF YOURSELF AND TO REBUILD YOUR LIFE IN A WAY YOU WANT, BUT GOING BACK TO WHAT YOU LOVED ABOUT YOUR OLD SELF, AND EMBRACING IT. literally, trans goals. he modified his body and went i might as well give myself top surgery and an awesome dick while im here!! sexuality wise hes a lover of everyone, but he has preferences for women (robin) but encourages all bromances (with brook)

Brook - THIS IS WHERE IM MOST PASSIONATE!!!! people can say that hes the token straight grandpa. but theyll never understand the joy of old gay brook had a romance with his captain, the joy of brook trying to subtlety let the other strawhats know he accepts them (he isnt subtle at all and everyone knows). look at brook in drag twice for no reason and tell me he isnt queer, in some way. the ace beam finally hits someone and its brook, insert skull joke here

Jinbei - very specifically old gay man who didnt really do much throughout his youth, he always knew he liked men but he never had TIME to do anything, too busy being awesome and a father i fear. now that hes with the crew he isnt automatically gonna seek anyone out, but hes also not gonna restrain himself from finding interests in people, hes being more selfish now and thats good for him. finally the ace beam hits jinbei and proceeds to fly off towards other op characters that i might talk about some other time

can you tell im asexual and love projecting onto characters with it !!!!

[wonderlandsakura]

Niche Things I Think People should Write/Read More: Part 2

I ran out of tags, anyway Part 1 here. If part 1 and/or 2 gets like,, 100 notes, I'll add recs if they exist (someone asked so I did it anyway hehe)

- Fics where Izuku is such an amazing analyst (and the UA staff know it) that they just. Let him teach the class (or anything where they aizawa know he's more skilled and just leave him to teach so they aizawa can nap)

I would prefer it if he's a literal child that just gets the position, but sadly I haven't found that

The UA Analyst Kid of RogueVector's Announcer AU series on AO3 is the closest I think

I do have fic recs of him being an analyst and/or teacher at UA tho, but I'm too tired to find them

- Zuko is given A Child and Will Die For Them (he is so mother coded)

There's Bound To Be A Ghost At The Back Of Your Closet by anactualforrealadult is what I was thinking of when I wrote this, but it doesn't fit perfectly (btw it's zukka)

- Danielle Phantom and Dark Danny are Standard Danny's kids, I need this please I must be FED

Like a few of my reblogs, but I'll see if I can find them

- Monkey D. Wyvern, if you know you know

I'll add this soon, but you can find art for it on Tumblr too :))

- The Reluctant Kings friendship (Danny & Din Djarin)

The Phantom Mandalorian series on AO3 has Danny essentially adopted by Din, but it would be nice if there were fics where they're just friends who are unknowingly OP

- Mandalorian S3 dinluke fix-its /hj

I haven't been able to stomach actually reading these yet, but they do exist

- Gottlieb/Geiszler + Jayvik Xovers where they get to Science!

forming new limestone by wobbeegong on AO3, actually a favorite fic of mine, I was sad when I couldn't find anything like it after I read it but that might have changed

- Jinx being Silco's daughter even after time travel (Jinx the Sapphire of Zaun)

And I know this body's not mine (Wish I could crawl out) by Hopelessjoy14 is where I got this from, it's incomplete but good so far

- Co-parenting Koushirou and Mihawk; like not together but these 2 sword obsessed men are co-parenting Zoro

Doesn't exist yet, and I don't recommend looking if you don't want to get bombarded by bad misogynistic parent Koushirou fics :/, anyway I'm working on it

- the Shimotsuki-Dracule siblings, where in a Kuina lives! (but is severely injured/paralyzed) AU, Zoro gets to be hounded by not only little sister Perona, but also Big Sis Kuina (bonus if modern au)

Same as what I wrote for co-parenting Koushirou & Mihawk, I actually have a fic outlined (it's not modern au tho, but could be), but I'll probably never finish writing it. If I post it on Tumblr I'll link it tho

- Zosan gets accidentally married at WCI AUs cause why not, it's absolutely hilarious

Sadly doesn't exist somehow?? I'll have to check if that's still the case

You can see me screaming about the idea here tho

- I somehow didn't mention Agatha/Gil/Tarvek last time? But yeah, from Girl Genius, I want them to get married and rule Europia, is that too much to ask?

Sprocket for Your Thoughts by zombiecheerios on AO3 is a good fic about them getting together, if incomplete (also you kinda need to have caught up on the comic)

The Most Stable of Polygons by 1_NoName_among_many is like a shorter version of it tho

Then there's the Sparkgate series that originally introduced me to the concept of them ruling together (I've not finished even the first fic tho)

- Zoro being Soba Mask aka Stealth Black aka Sanji's overprotective guard dog/tiger (I read a really good fic okay??)

Fic is Stealth Black Unmasked by HaveMyWeedCookies on AO3

[kuroananosanji]

Someone should edit WCI Sanji to Chappell Roan’s Good Luck Babe because that song is so sanji coded

[aachria]

dearest writer

yes you can call me dookie. you wouldn't be the first you most certainly will not be the last seeing as DukieWukie is my name on twt. i think we're gonna see ed going to coin for their two year trip. and the WCI arc is going to be zosan coded....

lovingly

me

My darling little dookie,

I was so ready for a

NEVER CALL ME DOOKIE

But this is much better. Muuuuch better. Hehehehhehehehhehe.

Both fairly reasonable assumptions. We shall see.

With inordinate amounts of swagger,

Me

[dezr0ph0bia]

tongues & teeth by the crane wives is so sanlu coded and im tweaking out about it

someone please write a fanfic abt wci with sanji telling luffy basically the lyrics of the song, luffy just responding with nods and yes's. him just telling sanji he loves him no matter what

then they kiss and make up and sanji gets a buttload of therapy. thanks

[sodrippy]

*shows up in your inbox covered in sweat and tears* okay so i finished wci

hi!! it's op anon, how are you? how have you been? did you have fun on your vacation?

so ik this is on me for knowing the whole plot before reading it + taking big breaks between reading + having a migraine for half of it BUT i feel like it was just okay. idk, what do you think?

like i feel like the parts with sanji wayy outweighed the rest of it. but i mean i am biased so... although i will say i liked bege and chiffon a lot more than i thought i would. they're probably my favorite side characters along with carrot, pekoms and pedro. who were some of your favorites?

speaking of - zou was so good!! love sanjis cunty little blue fur jacket, but more than that i liked the lore parts about wano! and the minks <3 (also am i just yaoi brained or are duke dogstorm and cat viper supposed to be another zoro/sanji parallel like dorry and broggy were?) and the heart pirates! they're such cuties

okay now the sanji parts: OUGH WAUGH AHHHH

he really is all heart isn't he 🥺 that first fight with judge in the present where he's like talking to himself like "he treated you worse than anyone but you still can't go all out on him?" ough. god.

and i LOVED reiju putting him in his place about trying to blame himself for their mom's death. (and i mean i know he had to save them because that's who he is) but he still has yet to learn that lesson of respecting women's agency

speaking of! zeff's parenting... sanji really walked out of one prison of masculinity into another huh? 😬🚬

but little sanji... i knew what happened but actually seeing it... you'll find people who are good to you! and then he did!!! 🥺

and i like that we see a return of his east blue coping style of like.. feeling stuck so just rolling over and accepting whatever comes. but like you cannot just let life happen to you. you have to act! you have to ask for help! not making a choice is choice itself! (i am having a totally normal reaction to this btw 👍)

also sanji getting luffy after he defeats katakuri and going i knew you could do it! waugh.. they really love and trust each other completely T.T not to mention their talk in the rain! :c to be loved is to be known and to know you can rely on someone :cc

i think that's all i had to say about sanji, other than that jinbe was so cool!! i love that dude so much

and pedro </3 i can't believe he actually died, i'm worried about pekoms too, i hope he's alright at least :(

also i kind of think the big mom pirates should just commit regicide and rule as siblings that would kind of slay. they seem to actually care for each other ( at least more than their mother does), thoughts?

aaaand i do not usually think this ( i am a zosan and sanuso enjoyer only) but that scene where pudding tells a captured nami and luffy that she's gonna kill sanji did make me think for like FIVE seconds: east blue polycule real?? now i've shaken that off but i just had to get it off my chest

ummm i think that's it? i hope you're having a wonderful day and i look forward to hearing your thoughts!! <3

HIII!

im good, thanks, yes my holiday was incredible! i hope youve been well too 💖

no im totally with you on this, but i also watched it in a kind of backwards bad way. the parts w sanji and his backstory + interactions w his family and pudding were soooooo good oh my god. but the rest of it was....i just didnt care fhdsjn like uh huh ok cool whatever WHERES SANJI...

i really liked chiffon too! and bege gets a pass bc i always think a Wife Guy is so sweet. like oh god he loves his family...wow... i think pedro was probably one of my fave new/side characters from the arc, as well as katakuri. im also not immune to a like, 'villain' w strong morals/code of honor, plus his character design just fucks. can i be so real, i knew about pudding from the start but even so i was like 'damn, if pudding wasnt Like That i could get on board w her and sanji being together..' and like honestly, the bit at the wedding where she shows her third eye and sanjis like 'wow youre beautiful' i was like yeah they could make this work i think fdhcjxn

sanjis outfits>>>>> i actually dont even really remember the lore drops bc ive watched back a lot of those episodes as Research so its all confused in my memory, but the guys ALL being so into meeting a real ninja was so fucking funny. like when even law and zoro have requests of him...ok losers. and yeah its always funny when they introduce a new 'i hate you but actually youre my bestie forever' duo. also just zoro being soooo cranky all throughout zou was insanely funny. why did they have him say all that.

OH I LOVED THE HEART PIRATES YEAH. law being such a closed off guy and his crew all being SOOO affectionate n missing him so much and stuff 😭😭😭 it was so sweet theyre so cute

RAAAAAAAA SANJI......literally there is no better description of sanji than all heart. hes so everything foreverrrr. the deep conflict he has between like, knowing that how they treated him was abhorrent and he doesnt owe them anything with still not being able to let go and not care what happens to them was so ough. like yeah you are fundamentally different to them, you continue to defy what judge wanted to make you w your every choice huh 😭 i could talk about this for hours fr

actually kind of funny to think that, well...judge isnt the one who made sanji chauvinistic, it was zeff......

LITERALLY not making a choice IS a choice!! you get it! sanjis martyr complex makes me insaaaaane-insane fr

every luffy and sanji thing in this arc was so good like oh my god they love each other. completely. entirely. they would die for each other. and luffys TOTAL trust in sanji...sobwail

omg yeah i was so shocked about pedro like. no way theyd actually have him die?? bro...but he was so steadfast and amazing, and his sacrifice was done so well, i really loved his character so much!

i agree! esp by the end in the big fights you see like, oh, no they actually kind of do just love their family in a really genuine way, i found that really sweet honestly. they should def kill big mom i hate her so bad.

mwah, i hope your day and weekend are great! 💞💞💞

[sunnysuguwu]

Fire Nation Prince!Sanji

I realized a few weeks ago that Sanji and Zuko from Avatar the Last Airbender are very similar: both are princes of violent, imperialist kingdoms; both had doting mothers who died young as a result of their fathers' cruelty; both have unhinged sibling(s); both use fire-based fighting techniques with a lot of kicking; both worked at restaurants; both have morally bankrupt biological fathers; both have father-figures who saved their lives, taught them how to be better people, and were known for being powerful fighters/tacticians; both briefly returned to their abusive families because they thought it was the best option (or the only option, in Sanji's case); both have their own found families; both have a quick temper but are exceedingly kind with strong moral codes.

Since realizing this, I can't stop drawing fire bender!Sanji as the Prince of the Fire Nation....

Sora is a perfect complement to Ursa. Both of them sacrificed themselves to save their sons in different ways—for Ursa, she literally saved Zuko's life by making a deal to kill Ozai's father in exchange for Zuko's life. For Sora, she saved Sanji's future by preventing Judge from stripping him of his emotions and she lost her life in the process.

I also could see Judge scarring Sanji in a similar way to how Ozai scarred Zuko. Zuko spoke out of turn in the war room, which was a symbol of disrespect (even though he was protesting the purposeful sacrifice of fire nation soldiers!). In the Agni Kai against Ozai, Zuko refused to fight as soon as he realized who would be fighting, which Ozai saw as a sign of weakness and further disrespect, so he burned him to teach him a lesson.

In Sanji's case, he would probably speak out against a similar loss of life (which we saw in WCI, when he wouldn't kick through Judge's "wall" of Germa soldiers). Judge, like Ozai, would see this as weakness, but instead of scarring Sanji's eye, I think he would scar his hands because he knows they're important to him. Sanji is banished from the kingdom with his Uncle Zeff at his side, forever reminded of his "failures" whenever he looks at his hands.

[beanghostprincess]

Imagine Crysalis's song from the season 2 finale of MLP but its Whole cake island

Pudding going: NO, I DO NOT LOVE THE GROOM, IM MYYYYY HEART THERE IS NO ROOM!

BUT I DO WANT HIM TO BE ALL MINEEEEE!!!

And Usopp goes: Fool, I also love the groom! And myyy thougts he does consume! Oh, Sanji, I'll be there very soon!

THIS IS THE REALEST THING EVER!!!!!!!!!!! I actually was thinking about that the other day,,, It's SO good for them. WCI but make it a musical and they sing this,,, And also Usopp is there bc he just. Should be there.

[a-x-ce]

Keep rereading that romance in OP post 'cause honestly it has me thinking about the current options for endgame partnerships.

I put Kaya and Usopp as the most obvious 'cause it literally is. I mean hell we just saw Kaya and a panel of Usopp's 3 veggie friends with them literally pointing out how lucky he is to have a woman like her waiting for him to come home and heal any of his wounds...like please. I miss the days when it was shown how often he thought about her too, making snow statues of her, drawing her, stuff like that.

It's also been heavily implied there WILL be more between Sanji and Pudding. I don't know to what degree Oda will go with them but at some point she has to return his memory of her kissing him, and his reaction to that 'cause hello, that's the first woman to fully and completely return his affection. I know Viola seemed close but I just don't think they got enough in Dressrosa to go further and not much else to imply they'll have more chances to see each other. Pudding has so much set-up to stay a part of Sanji's story past everything that happened in WCI, I firmly believe he'll be the one to save her once the Straw Hat's finally face the Blackbeard pirates.

Less certain but there's also Hiyori and Zoro. I'm not sold on it just yet 'cause Zoro did not care when they parted. I know a lot of people see him and Tashigi and like...eh. All Zoro sees when he's forced to interact with her is Kuina, and Zoro wasn't in love with Kuina, she's his rival and his ''goal''. In order for Tashigi and Zoro to work even remotely that would have to be addressed in full. Semi-likely he ends the series with no partnership though.

I think Chopper's only option is Milky LOL (reindeer mink from Zou) 'cause like...yeah, he can't and doesn't find any appeal in human women, and he's been thoroughly and completely rejected by actual reindeer. He's not even physically or mentally compatible with full animal reindeer anymore thanks to his DF. He could talk with them sure, but would he find a life of a common animal fulfilling if he were try and return to it for partnership? Highly doubtful. Otherwise, Chopper endgame has no love interest, 'cause he's baby (I know he's canonically 16 but shut up I can't accept it).

Two characters in the SHs that are obviously not getting any endgame relationships are Brook and Jinbe, one's literally dead and the other is already well into his adult life having had no prior showcases of being in or pursuing a partnership. It'd be kinda weird to shove one in for Jinbe at this stage in the series or going forward when we're in the final saga with few arcs left.

Luffy remains our aroace king and I hope he stays that way but IF Oda were to pull a Dragon Ball on us then he's done enough work for Hancock to make her the most obvious choice. She loves him, and he at least respects her, which isn't love but who knows. Luffy is not incapable of deep love as clearly shown in this series, it's just not been of the romantic kind and he feels no sexual attraction toward anyone. But honesty if Luffy ends the series with no clear partner I'll cry tears of joy he avoided the shounen curse of getting a bad haircut before being married off with kids for the inevitable sequel.

Nami is a lesbian hasn't been presented with a clear partnership either. So many people ship her with 1 or more men of the crew but aside from that she hasn't interacted enough with any characters that make it clear if she has an endgame partnership. However, there is still time I think...'cause we still don't have all of Nami's backstory. We still know nothing about Oykot and Bellemere finding Nojiko and Nami in those ruins, the fact she was smiling/laughing through the despair (very D. coded) and so that leaves it open for more story for her, where a potential love interest could still be introduced. Otherwise, she may also end the series not paired up.

I'd also throw Robin and Franky in the group of 'no ending partnerships' but for different reasons. Franky because he, like Jinbe, has gone most of his life not being presented as pursuing or caring about that. Franky already has a family, the Franky family, consisting of all his brothers and sisters. He's content with his ragtag-found family back in Water 7, he's always been happy with that dynamic since he was raised that same way by Tom with Kokoro (who were not a couple, just business partners/friends) and Iceburg. If Franky having a love interest was something Oda cared about he'd have sprinkled in any kind of element of interest in his backstory, or showcased him having any type of reaction in the current story from his introduction. But there's nothing, the only reaction of excitement Franky ever showcases is toward cool-ass tech and Vegapunk LOL

Robin because she's only just now fully coming into her own thanks directly to the Straw Hats. Robin's been isolated and burned by people her whole life, it took the events of Enies Lobby for her to FINALLY accept that her crew loves her unconditionally. For her to go from only accepting and loving them thanks to a lot of work to falling for some other person she's met or yet to meet would be interesting to say the least. She'd have to have a good relationship with that person already to some degree to open up to them. Which is why there are people who are open to the idea of her being with Law (they also have several similarities akin to Pudding and Sanji, plus all the time he was with them through multiple arcs has made the crew comfortable with him, including scenes with them specifically). But otherwise, I don't see her in a relationship either in the end of the series.

I guess in conclusion I can only really see 3, maybe 4 out of the 10 current SHs being in a relationship by the time OP ends. I can also see an ending where none of them are ever officially paired off but instead it's left open on where everyone went after completing their dreams/goals and parting ways as the Straw Hats. I'll be interested in seeing what Oda does with them compared to how he left Roger's crew.

[theclearblue]

Do you mind if I ask your top 5 (or top 10) favorite moments from any anime (can be series or movies) or manga that you love? Thanks ⭐

Oooohhh off the top of my head and in no order(also limiting myself to one per series lol):

Tsukki's shut out block (like. THE shut out block iykyk) (Haikyuu)

Code Geass ending

Yuuji's "I'm You" speech to Mahito (JJK)

Meruem and Komugi final moments (HxH)

Yellow Dragon/Zeno backstory (Yona of the Dawn)

Sanji rejoining the crew in WCI (One Piece)

Idk how to describe this better but basically Yuki's backstory/character development chapters (Fruit's Basket)

FMA(B) ending

Kaguya/Shirogane confession scene (Kaguya Sama Love is War)

Stein's Gate Episode 12 (again iykyk)

[strangefellows]

OH RIGHT

I didn't mention here but earlier this month I watched the live action One Piece - I'd been excited for it for MONTHS because while I'd read some OP like a decade ago (back when the US had monthly SJ) I'd only gotten to Skypiea and then the next thing I remember reading is the Sabo flashback after Marineford; at the time the comedy aspects and the art style put me off so I'd never gotten Into It Properly, stuck with Naruto and Bleach - and uh.

I may have binged the entire manga in the span of 8 days. All 1092 chapters. (Well its 1093 now but that's my first caught-up chapter lmao.)

Oops?

IN ANY CASE: Rambling about thoughts under the cut:

Fav character wise, tied for first place favorite are Sanji and Zoro, but honestly Sanji wins if I had to choose one; on top of the fact that cooks are a weakness of mine, WCI came directly for my throat. Outside of the Straw Hats, though, I adore Sabo (which I'd already decided a decade ago solely off the flashback that destroyed me even back then with no context) but Law is my absolute favorite from the rest of the cast oh my god Dressrosa ALSO came for my throat with Law.

Honorable mentions are Shanks (Hot Dad coded and a redhead!), Buggy (the OPLA did wonders for that but he's a glorious disaster anyway), and Crocodile (don't @ me it's 80% because of That One Theory). Also Luffy is probably my top favorite Straw Hat after the Idiot Duo because it's impossible not to like him once you get used to him. I like almost everyone though.

Obligatory list of ships: ZoSan (my one weakness, couple that bickers constantly but would also kill/die for each other), Lawffy (LawLu?), Frobin, NamiVivi, Usopp/Kaya because OPLA, Buggy/Shanks [it's Cid/Nero FFXIV coded okay they're divorced as hell], and Kid/Killer (Wano....Wano got to me...)

Favorite arcs are definitely Thriller Bark and Impel Down pre timeskip, but post timeskip Dressrosa and WCI are pretty evenly tied.

Uh. IDK what else. I can't wait for OPLA S2 please I need to see live action Ace and Smoker and Bon Clay (#CastADragQueenForMr2) and Crocodile.

OH RIGHT I also watched movies 11-15 and I can rank them easy:

Film: Red (UTA....MY DAUGHTER...I was a bawling wreck...the music fucked too)

Film Z (ALSO GOT ME VERY EMOTIONAL, that song they kept singing ended me)

Stampede (the massive ensemble guest stars slapped and Bullet was legitimately terrifying)

Film: Gold (I liked meeting Nami's ex-girlfriend and A+ Final Fight Scene)

Strong World (Shiki for someone who's like the only solidly canon movie boss you were very underwhelming dude)

I have a few theories that I like/etc but we won't throw that onto the fire here lmao. So excited to see where the final saga goes.

[fallensnowfan]

Keeping with the wider focus I’ve been rolling with lately, while still including some ties to Wano and Kiku. My favorite scene(s) for each of the Straw Hats.

Luffy - "By the time we leave this country...it'll be a place where you can eat as much as you want, every single day!!!" I’m hoping we get Garp/Dadan’s reactions to learning that Luffy adopted a purple mochi child as a little sis, and a member of Wano’s royal family as his little bro. And “I’ve always been free. And now this place is mine.”

Zoro - Fighting the 100 Baroque Works agents at Whiskey Peak. Honorable mention goes to him attempting to cut his feet off then making a cool pose on Little Garden.

Nami - Leading the group on the Sunny so Luffy can focus on fighting Katakuri, and her standing up to Kaido and refusing to believe him at his word that Luffy had died. Belle-mère would be so proud.

Usopp - Calling out the stubborn pride aspect of the samurai code, while rescuing Kin and Kiku. Running and choosing to live can be brave in its own way. Izo's involvement here makes it that much better though also ouch. Themes from Thriller Bark around Brook are echoed. “At this point, a thing like time doesn’t matter…to live! To reunite! That’s what’s important.”

Sanji - Mr. Prince.

Chopper - His backstory with Hiruluk. “Mushroom.”

Robin - Telling Black Maria that she doesn't need to understand what her crew believing in her means to her. A small part of me feels a bit bad for Black Maria here, her being confused by Robin’s sentiment makes it seem that her sense of self-worth comes almost entirely from how she can be valuable to others.

Franky - Being a big bro to Luffy and helping to keep him focused, during Dressrosa. Almost makes up for losing my two favorite members of Doffy’s crew during Punk Hazard, and for Nami being absent during most of the arc, almost.

Brook - "What kind of fool regards his own death as part of a plan, young lady?" Really that entire scene. It’s interesting to think about Brook’s mindset alongside Lola’s, while she was refusing to back down while Luffy was fighting Moria, Zoro’s while standing against Kuma, Pedro’s during WCI, Izo’s while confronting CP0, or Hyogoro’s just before Kaido’s fall.

Jinbei - Asking Nami to forgive him. Their friendship and trust in each other is everything.

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