#what in the world to tag this with uhhhhh

[actualori]

saustember day 12: bubbles

(this takes place in an au i made!!! i don’t think i ever shared it here but i might if someone’s interested or if i make more stuff for it to show)

[syrupfog]

AU where Sanji never actually left Germa, and Judge made him a test subject early on, successfully getting rid of his empathy after years of torture.

But like, he has those years of bullying from his brothers first, and his empathy’s gone but his anger’s still there. Also with no Zeff, he fights with his fists and doesn’t treat women Like That. Because Zeff’s the one who instilled in him to never hit a woman (and made it weird but that’s not the point).

He’s out on some mission in the Grand Line when he runs into the Straw Hats and he sees Zoro’s green hair and associates it with Yonji and he just haaaates him on sight.

The fight is super evenly matched and Zoro manages to knock him out eventually but he’s like what’s the guy’s DEAL. Wtf is his problem.

Maybe Law’s with them when it goes down and he recognizes that costume and fanboys…

Oh actually yeah— Law’s with them! And after Zoro knocks him out, Law goes into Creepy Surgeon Mode and is like for the love of god please let me get my fingers in that chest cavity

And everyone else (bar Robin ofc) is like Σ（ﾟдﾟlll）

But Law gets a room going and finds all sort of odd Germa technology literally implanted in him and starts pulling it out and messing with it and suddenly Sanji wakes UP and he’s— he’s scared. And overwhelmed. He’s in real time having to reckon with years of torturing people.

And Law’s like oh the emotional part of this is not in my pay grade this is not my job anymore and dips.

So Sanji’s there in the Sunny’s infirmary like “I’m a monster I need to be put down oh my god” and Luffy shows up like HEY you’re cool as hell join my crew.

Zoro is not a fan of this option and also it turns out neither is Sanji BUT sanji has nowhere to go so he makes a deal to sail with them until the next habitable island. So Zoro watches him like a hawk bc he’s like “you’re definitely faking this and are gonna turn evil and try to kill people again right”

But instead he just keeps finding Sanji being really pathetic and sad and looking longingly at the kitchen (Robin doubles as the cook and her food is damn near inedible but that’s just the life of a pirate innit)

Late one night Zoro comes off watch and he sees Sanji sneaking into the kitchen and he thinks OH he’s going to try to POISON US so he sneaks in after him and confronts him, swords and all. And Sanji, who knows what an awful person he’s been and knows he deserves death, just starts crying and is like “yeah you can kill me just let me cook one thing once I just want to remember what it feels like”

So Zoro lets him cook, and is like yeah I’m killing you after this, and Sanji spends a long time sniffling as he re-familiarizes himself with pots and pans and spices and knives and ends up making something garlic-y and delicious that smells strong enough to wake up the crew, and everyone traipses in enraptured by the smell. So Sanji serves them and Zoro tries it first because if it’s poisoned he’s not letting EVERYONE go down. But it’s not poisoned and it’s really good, and anyway Zoro can’t kill him now in front of everyone.

But three nights later the same thing happens— he sees Sanji sneaking into the kitchen and follows him and Sanji says “I know you should’ve killed me last time but you couldn’t, I get that, but I’m dangerous. So let me cook just one more time and then you can kill me.”

And it doesn’t happen of course. Everyone comes in and everyone eats and Zoro watches Sanji recover a little of himself.

And so it goes. At first every few nights and then every other night, and then every single night.

And whenever Zoro comes in, Sanji says, I know I deserve to die but let me cook just one more thing.

And at some point Zoro stops thinking about killing Sanji. He’s a part of the crew now. He’s proving himself, and anyway Zoro can beat him and hold him down and Law can reverse whatever it is again if needs be.

So it’s just a thing they do. Zoro lightly threatens him and Sanji begs for his life and they move on. It’s routine but it doesn’t actually MEAN anything anymore.

That is, until one really bad night where Sanji doesn’t show up in the kitchen like he always does, and Zoro goes looking and finally finds him deep in the steerage, and Sanji says, “I can’t keep living like this, please just kill me. I can’t keep living knowing I’m going to die the next day.”

And Zoro’s like ???? You’re not gonna die the next day wtf

And Sanji says, please, just get it over with.

Zoro realizes that Sanji has continued all this time assuming Zoro really is coming to kill him every night

But it’s been MONTHS at this point. Surely he wouldn’t still think—

But Sanji’s wracked with more than a decade’s worth of guilt, is so sure he deserves the worst the world possibly has to offer.

Too bad Zoro’s a little in love with him at this point. And says anyone who wants to kill Sanji will have to go through Zoro first.

Which Sanji DOESNT UNDERSTAND and he doesn’t understand the kiss Zoro follows it up with, but he returns it. Greedily.

Because as much as he knows he deserves death, he also relishes every moment of life, every chance to feel the emotions he wasn’t allowed. And Zoro goes from jailer to protector in his mind. Slowly. Hesitantly.

He spends years working through the trauma, decades really, but the simplicity with which Zoro sees the world helps. Zoro doesn’t blame him. Zoro loves him. Sanji doesn’t know much but he knows he’ll defend this ship that saved him with his life.

And he knows Zoro wouldn’t let Sanji defend HIM with his life, because Zoro views his life as precious and important.

Which is something Sanji is still learning.

He’ll get there.

[loud-whistling-yes]

so as literally everyone following me in the past 24 hours knows, im fucking obsessed with her. take her shes everything i have

[verianal]

The meows ever

[ella-ashmore]

baydews' avatar maker v2 // @/manywinged (tumblr) // little trouble - better oblivion community center // @/chaandajaan (tumblr) // baydews' avatar maker v2 // @/kosmogrl (tumblr) // makowka character maker II // euripides (tr. anne carson) // duino elegies: the first elegy - rainer maria rilke // art by op

[misakiisanidiot]

...mhmmm....?

what the guy I was staring at was probably thinking: "oh, that girl is staring at me. Maybe she tinks I look good... man... this is awkward..."

VS

What I'm REALLY thinking: "His skin color is that of Edward Cullen, and his face look just like that of Gollum...."

[arkify]

heya. any daszombes fans out there

[yumeyumeappleo]

VOTE FOR @spiritgenie's OC SAPHIRE AURORA IN THE SONIC OC SHOWDNOWN POLL (<- link)

[waywardsalt]

they shouldve put bellum in ssbu as a spirit. come on

[chiropteracupola]

The Fool :)

MOTH and PERRY and their 2003 SUBARU OUTBACK

[moth and compass is a collaboration with @natdrinkstea!]

[cuppedout]

dandy world stuff

ya

[ccbatman]

basically what tim fans say the fandom did/does to janet drake is what geoff johns did to jessica jordan. but like. in canon.

[angorwhosebabyisthis]

underrated genre of character playlist entry: songs a character would relate to because they do not understand their situation, themself, or the song itself well enough to realize it is not accurate (and might well straight up be a callout for people like them). which song is your blorbo's fight club

[sleepyflowershead]

where do yall even come from my activity been going wild mad-

anywaiy uhhhhh ya thenks uo four liking mah aurt evaen i dun’t pokst munch antd nerfitsvous 2 sheraing da wordld mah aurt butt ya tat it

haveagreatday-

[angrywafflle]

A Rant About Fictional War

So uhhhhh fictional war (especially in children's shows) is really confined. What I mean by this is that the wars are clean with no violations of rights on either side. Consider that most children's shows with war in them do not have an equivalent of a geneva convention (at least not one mentioned), so why are there boundaries of what no one even suggests

(outside of the show, I understand that this is a decision on behalf of the creators and workers of movies and shows, however, that doesn't help my need to grab a leader and shake them)

like the bad guys will do much worse than the good guys, but they'll be worse in such weird ways. Like child soldiers, that's fine but trying to explode farmland is too far. and like the good guys are actively fighting back, but in such a way that they are disadvantaged. How many children shows can you think of that have war in them? now in how many of them are the good guys mentioned to have spies in?

We barely see any mention of bad guy spies either honestly. And in the few cases I'm thinking of, this isn't the issue of they're out of the loop, it's an issue of the side doesn't have any.

Just a disclaimer, I am aware that in order to make an appropiate show the producers have to keep it at a certain standard. However, the worldbuilding in many of these cases fails to bridge these plotholes. Yes this was inspired entirely about she-ra with a tad of ATLA thrown in. Love ATLA though, grew up on it

[ciderspunk2077]

Not to be self indulgent… but V(ance) going on a gig where he has to go undercover as a supermodel again