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Lol when i say I grew up in Texas people always ask “did you go to the coast a lot?” Ummm no...no I did not

In the drive to or from Florida Texas was always a 2 day event. West Texas on 10 has to be one of the more dull drives that exist, thankfully there's rest stops every 80 miles or so.

I will not let you guys forget that one time a guy sent me an ask like "Japan is right next to Russia, why don't you buy cheese there?"

MY MAN

Wow, just so much here in this chapter:

1. After all the inhumane atrocities committed by the Celestial Dragons and insane feats of strength from the pirates (and his dad) Dragon witnessed no doubt reinforcing how small he is in the face of world, only to ultimately fail in the one goal he risked everything to accomplish (save babies Shanks and Shamrock) just speaks to how much anger he must have felt to push him into starting the Revolutionaries and pain from failing to save the baby after all his efforts to keep him safe (it being unknown if Dragon knows the baby survived God Valley and grew up to become Shanks). Really no wonder we hardly never see Dragon smile. Also adds more depth to him saving Sabo years ago, in that he succeeded in saving a child after failing back in God Valley.

2. It’s so poetic that baby Shanks ultimately ended up in a treasure chest because he was entranced by treasure, especially after the panel of Rayleigh (one of his future father figures) saying a pirate’s true calling is taking treasure. In other words, Shanks crawling to the treasure was showing he was born to be a pirate (especially as it spits in the face of his Celestial Dragon heritage).

3. Less important, but it does play into One Piece’s theme of destiny forged through history, how everything in the world is connected because all the world is one, etc. The fact that it was Captain John using the Magnet-Magnet Fruit that separated Shanks and Dragon leading to Shanks getting in the chest and eventually being found by Roger does play into One Piece’s theme of destiny; firstly, as Buggy, Shanks’ fellow pirate apprentice, sought Captain John’s legendary treasure only for it to be revealed that Shanks was there when Captain John gathered his legendary treasure from the Celestial Dragon riches at God Valley and it actually directly led to Shanks being found and raised by the Roger Pirates; and secondly, the fact that Captain John was the previous user of the Magnet-Magnet Fruit and years later Shanks would defeat the Devil Fruit’s next user Eustass Kid.

this is what upstairs neighbors have

34 and ready to score!

Luffy’s childhood; abandonment issues, parental negelect and loneliness

When we talk about the one piece character’s childhoods, it’s usually the darker sides of the series. Oda has a nack of giving most of the characters terrible childhoods and backgrounds, which usually shapes these characters.

Oda does not shy away from that with the Straw Hats either; notable members such as Sanji, Nami and Robin has been seen as one of the most saddest childhoods. Hell, all straw hat members have had a bad childhood; including Luffy.

Not many people really care/see Luffy’s childhood as a terrible one, which I quite disagree with, because, really, Luffy did have a not-so-good childhood.

We know little to nothing about his really early days, but we can assume Garp took care of him. Until Oda says something about it, we can only speculate. But we do know that Garp was a terrible parental figure, making Luffy, a child at that time, go through many dangerous situation, which might’ve been for comical reasons, but I’ll get to that later.

So already from the start Luffy didn’t have a stable life or parental figure. Enter Shanks. Shanks was like a light for Luffy, becoming his idol through and through. It is most likely that Luffy and Shanks were quite close, because of the canon fact that Shanks and the crew stationed themeselves at Foosha village for nearly a year.

And then Luffy eats a devil fruit and Shanks looses his arm. We already know that Luffy was broken from the fact that Shanks lost an arm and blamed himself. Little guy felt so guilty, which is the worst feeling in the world. Shanks leave not long after, leaving behind a child with a hat. We all know Luffy looked up to Shanks a lot, and Shanks was probably one of the first actual parental figures for Luffy. I don’t think Luffy really felt abandoned per see, but there was something, hell he was crying buckets when Shanks had to leave. Everyone hates to say goodbye to someone you love/look up to, especially if you’re a child with not a lot to lose.

And then Garp, good ‘ol grandpa, dumps him onto some stranger away from the village that Luffy most likely grew up in. Garp dumped him somewhere dangerous without any care in the world. Ace and Sabo didn’t even want to have anything to do with Luffy at the start, yet Luffy tried his hardest to befriend them, probably because of his abandoned issues and the fact that he hates being alone. Imagine you’re dumped in a new place full of strangers, bandits, and the two kids nearly your age tie you to a tree and argue which of then should k!ll you. You just didn’t want to be lonely.

And not to mention all the times Luffy was kidnapped/beaten by bandits and pirates alike. He was kidnapped and t//tured by bluejam, and he was what, 7 years old? No child deserves that.

And then he finally gets some stability again, he got big brothers now and a dream that grows every day, despite Garp trying to snuff it out like a match. And then a part of that stability is gone, Sabo died. We know it took a heavy toll on Luffy, and why wouldn’t it? Luffy loves people too hard, too scared to be alone, which makes a loss harder. We can see that it caused some drift between him and Ace for a little period, to the point Luffy got mauled by a bear because they were too used to having Sabo around and Ace trying to push Luffy to be stronger.

Luffy is terrified of loosing Ace as a result of Sabo’s death. He is terrified to be alone, probably ‘cause he most likely grew up lonely, he didn’t have anyone to care for him, at least not a long time, only temporary, something that Luffy probably was used to. He gets more worried about Ace, terrified he will be gone too like Sabo, which doesn’t help his issues at all.

The reason why many brush it off is because of the ‘comedic’ way it’s shown. Probably because it’s from Luffy’s narrative (or maybe Oda just saw it as comedic, who knows) which tunes it way down and leaves people with a more lighter impression. Which makes sense, because that is how Luffy sees the world, but it’s still saddening when you look more between the lines.

Luffy was a kid, negelected by many adults, lonely with a handful of people he loved, no stability in his life, greif and guilt-stricked from certain moments in his early life and a fear of loneliness, clinging desprately at the people he had left.

St. Felms is a girlblogger at heart

She would be beloved on here

Almalexia speaking to St. Felms:

I haven’t had a good wrassle with Ollie in a while so tonight when he bit my hand out of nowhere I figured he’d probably been getting frustrated and under-stimulated…. Yall we played three games of catch before our tussle and he still managed to draw blood through four layers of denim 😭😭😭

BUT he still stopped and took a break when I said Ow 🥹

Spins you

every frame a painting

Elk: Lost the election to be the King's steed again. They said my antlers weren't grand enough

how it feels to be playing Character with your friend

inviting your friend to smash your toys together

OMG the Tachonis children are named after the 8 bones of the neurocranium

Since they're in a 3-dimensional space there isn't necessarily a common "order" they are listed in, but occipital bone is the furthest lower back of the skull, and I've arranged the list above in roughly "front to back" which does place Ethrand as 2nd and Occtis as 8th.

So the "occ" in Occtis is not dressing up "Oct" or any 8-related meaning, it's fully just referencing occipital. Occipital means "back of the head" from the Latin Ob (in back of) + Caput (head). The word part ob can also mean "in the way of, against," (see: obstruction) and it's probably unintentional but fun that this source for Occtis's name can also be translated to "against the head" as in, Occtis rebelling against the head of his House.

Referencing the bones of the skull is SUCH a fun goth vibe for house Tachonis and their necromancy (even as I have to laugh at the idea of like... "and this is my cousin, Distal Phlanges").

Meg and her Shiny Pikachu

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I think there's something in the water in Lumiose idk

HARK !!! I SEE HER !! RIGHT IN THE CENTER OF POST !! RAISE THEM MEN FROM THEIR SLUMBER WE'VE A BEAST TO SLAY

some men are made to suffer

You know what? So true. #toss him tuesday