mermaid tale

THESE FRAMES ARE SO IMPORTANT TO ME

That hands post going around just made me realize that there's this incredible thing Iñaki does with his hands as Luffy where he is never content to just touch things. He can never just grab something and let go. He strokes things. He gently runs his fingers across them, like he wants to touch as much of them as possible. And nowhere is this more apparent than with Zoro. Like

Iñaki, why. why would Luffy need to run his fingers along the entire length of Zoro's calf.

why is Luffy stroking Zoro's titty in this incredibly emotional moment

Just. The whole thing.

The only thing I can come up with is that touch is just a Luffy Love Language, with the softest, gentlest touches being reserved for those who are truly special to him.

And no one is more special to him than Zoro.

墮落天使 | FALLEN ANGELS 1995, dir. Wong Kar-Wai

Something that really fucks me up is this scene where Robin says she wants to die and how Luffy makes this face

And upon reading this for the first time, I felt a huge wave of emotion over his expression because it just felt to me like when he heard that, he was seeing something else. Almost like a memory that we weren't being shown.

And then later when Ace and Luffy's backstory plays out, this is revealed;

That Ace was suicidal. Feeling like it was wrong for him to have even been born and to live. Feeling hurt, angry, alone and unwanted.

And that the only reason he felt like he had the strength to keep living was because Luffy told him that he didn't want him to die.

Ace never directly told Luffy that he wanted to kill himself. But with the way he carried himself and the obvious disregard he had for his life, it was easy to see for someone as empathetic and intuitive as Luffy. And so Luffy stayed close to Ace desperately until he felt strong enough to stand on his own.

Luffy has had so many suicidal people in his life since such a young age and he always saves them in such a seemingly effortless way just by saying

"I'll be there with you. I'll stay."

But what alot of people don't understand is that in spite of Luffy's endless empathy, compassion and love that's deeper than the ocean, when somebody he loves wants to die it always hurts him so bad and it shows so much on his face at even a hint of it.

He bounces back with a smile so often and kicks so much ass that it's so easy to forget sometimes that he's just this 17-19 year old kid...

Who, at his core, is still always crying and begging the people he loves not to leave him because he doesn't want to be alone anymore, either.

me after reading this.

ONE PIECE (1999-?) ✴ ORANGE TOWN ARC episode 0004 ✴ luffy’s past! the red-haired shanks appears! created by oda eiichirou

Though this is mainly focusing on Ikuzo but THE FACT THEY ALL HAVE THE POSES DOWN THIS IS WHAT COMMITMENT LOOKS LIKE 🤩💖

Give the kid who plays Kid Sanji an award for this scene. What a little gremlin!

i think what i love most about the one piece live action is that its very obvious its made for fans by fans

and not in the "oh they said it so it must be true" way, in the way you know it was made with nothing but love and respect for oda and his writing, how they added little easter eggs for future arcs for old fans to obsess over, and how its made to entertain both old fans and new fans too

the characters and their actors were picked and written so well you can tell these people know the characters well

its just so AAAAA

They're officially going full anime trope and making Clark into a magical girl who has characters accidentally walk into his boobs

also the squash-and-stretch frames deserve to be noticed

This is legitimately one of the hardest flexes I’ve ever seen