Latest Posts by flashyfools - Page 3

trying not to think about the fact shanks was probably abandoned because his father only needed one heir, and it was shamrock, so shanks wasn't worth raising. trying not to think about the impact this might have on shanks once he knows. trying not to think about how buggy has always felt sidelined, like roger's "second choice", an afterthought, while he saw shanks as the "favorite kid", always praised, always celebrated, oblivious to the fact shanks was once the second choice too. trying not to think about how, once again, shanks and buggy mirror each other perfectly, but it still didn't stop their relationship from shattering

IT'S REALLL IT'S SO REAL. ACTUALLY INSANE

i would love to share my thoughts on the shanks twin theory (which is now apparently Very Real and Very Much Not A Theory Anymore). but i will not. i will talk about it when we have more info though trust me

toei realized law fans were succumbing to starvation so they had to intervene

we should all take a moment to appreciate how beautiful he looks

um 😳

DID WE JUST GET NEW LAW CONTENT??? AM I DREAMING

i love how every member has their own unique pose. i'm sure they thought about this for the longest time and spent days practicing it too... they're so cute. just a bunch of dorks united by their love for their captain

thank you so much!!! i am, in fact, very proud of it

i have a lot of one piece related playlists on my spotify but i'm kind of scared of sharing them, fandoms can be weird about these things. but maybe one day i will have the guts to share a link to my shuggy playlist. who knows

i just remembered to check my straw page after MONTHS and look who was there waiting for me...

this law is so so adorable thank you so much to whoever sent it!!! i love it <3

i read the first chapter of the new law novel last night and . Oh My God. i have so many thoughts... i might write some posts about it very soon

Rabbit Zoan's your Deuce.

i’ve seen a lot of people genuinely confused about shachi and penguin’s relationship in canon. i happen to be hyperfixated on them both, so i thought i’d write a post briefly explaining the origin of their bond!!

i think the confusion stems from the fact most one piece fans haven’t read law’s novel, and learned more about penguin and shachi exclusively through the wiki, which (despite the editors’ much appreciated work) sometimes lacks info. when the wiki says “their parents were killed in a tsunami” it doesn’t mean they share the same parents, as someone seems to think. this is clarified in law’s novel (thank you @/odaslaughtale for your translation!), in the paragraph where penguin opens up about their past.

plus, if they were related, i don’t think there would have been a point in specifying the people that took them in after the death of their parents were exclusively shachi’s relatives and not penguin’s.

we don’t know exactly when shachi and penguin met, but since their parents knew each other and it was normal for the two families to hang out together, it’s not a stretch to think they have known each other since birth due to their parents being friends or something like that. it warms my heart just thinking about it sorry

i obviously don’t have anything against people that see penguin and shachi as siblings; everyone is allowed to interpret the relationship between characters as they’d like (when no type of bond is explicitly stated in canon!!!), and exchanging ideas and headcanons is without doubt one of the best parts of fandom culture. however, i don’t want people to unknowingly spread misinformation, especially since law’s novel isn’t available in all languages and some may not have access to it. so i thought a post like this might be useful!!

I think your @ is brilliant. Did you came up with this on your own?

thank you so much!!! i don't think it's this brilliant, when i chose it i thought it was mediocre at best, but i liked how it sounded so i stuck with it. i love the word flashy (thank you buggy) so i knew i had to use it, but i also wanted something that reminded me of shuggy, so that's how flashyfools was born :]

I really didn’t expect shuggy to be this popular :o like yeah I guess it has more fans but it’s one of the three op ships there??? I really thought they weren’t like that

yeah me too honestly!!! it was a big surprise (positively). i knew shuggy nation went hard on tumblr but i expected other ships to take their place in the top 100, for example i really hoped namivivi would be included.

i think the live action really helped shuggy become more popular and that's great!! praying for the ship to grow even bigger with season 2...

i would love to share my thoughts on the shanks twin theory (which is now apparently Very Real and Very Much Not A Theory Anymore). but i will not. i will talk about it when we have more info though trust me

law the hedgehog ? trafalgar d. water shadow ? shadow the surgeon of deat h ?

SHUGGY IS INCLUDED IN THIS YEAR'S TOP 100 SHIPS OF TUMBLR?????? SHUGGY NATION WE WON SO HARD

god i miss law so much i might go insane if he doesn't appear in the manga soon

sabolaw btw. for those wondering

STOP. WHAT DO YOU MEAN THE LAW NOVEL WILL GET NEW CHAPTERS STARTING DECEMBER 4TH. OH MY GOD

some freaky-ish sanuso for my freak sanuso enjoyers out there

I'm sorry

ROBIN CUT HER HAIR BACK TO HER PRE-TIMESKIP STYLE. I REPEAT ROBIN CUT HER HAIR BACK TO HER PRE-TIMESKIP STYLE. THIS IS NOT A DRILL

Thank you for explaining heavy on shipping! It was so sweet and nice ♥️

no problem at all!! fandom lingo isn't always straightforward so it's good that you asked! and you're so nice too <3

this moment is Extremely tiny and easy to miss but it's so dear to me. the fact shachi got scared because of something stupid like jinbe going on deck is so funny and also somehow endearing? and the way penguin doesn't react to shachi hiding behind him means this must be a regular occurrence...

Been forever since I've drawn something, especially on a tablet. Had this idea in my head for about a week but realizing it was going to be Law's birthday was ultimately what decided it for me. I think he so deeply regrets never having gotten to tell Cora he loved him that Law can't bring himself to not respond whenever someone else he loves tells him so. A fact his crew totally doesn't abuse except for when they do.

What does heavy on shipping means?

it means that the majority of the content i post will be about the ships i like, because shipping is one of my favorite ways to engage with media ^-^

i mostly analyze dynamics between characters under a romantic lens, and i know there are some one piece fans who don't want to see this type of content (because they personally aren't interested in it, which is valid, or just because they think it's dumb), so i put it on my profile as a sort of warning

I have maybe stupid thought/question. It’s thought that changes into question. And it could be dumb so I choose anon option.

Let’s go! “it channels strength, in a way that is characteristic of shanks throughout the whole manga.” This got my attention because maybe I’m an idiot but a lot of those moments are shanks mask. He is playing big bad emperor, he needs to do it to protect his fleet. We see it more recently. I understood this that way. “mihawk isn't afraid of shanks, but he's still alert while approaching him”. That also. Tbh I always saw them as two close friends who occasionally spared for the title. But this looks weird to me now? I just thought shanks face is a joke because he is just hangover but acts like something big is going on. But your interpretation seems to be more into shanks is channeling his emperor persona. And yes mihawk is dangerous but I never thought he would attack shanks? He constantly is against that. I’m not sure why, can we trust him it’s only arm or something more? Does he care about shanks that much? Not attacking luffy would point to it. So if that’s the case why is shanks like that? Putting this strength face on? Sorry if it’s stupid.

it's not stupid at all, i see your point of view and all your questions are valid to me.

i think when talking about shanks we necessarily have to split between two separate readings of his character, and look at him from two different points of view: the one of the readers and the one of the other characters.

it's obvious that shanks has two sides to him; his emperor persona is in direct opposition to his sillier, more carefree side. when we see shanks in the manga, we always look at him from the point of view of other characters, mainly luffy, buggy or, like in the case we are talking about, mihawk. as the point of view varies, so does shanks's demeanor, depending on what type of relationship he has with said character. after a brief menacing introduction, and after luffy's wanted poster is revealed, we see a side of shanks that is adjacent to the one we see in luffy's flashbacks: mihawk is an old friend of his, so he invites him for a drink and makes space for him to celebrate with his crew. the air felt thick before mihawk mentioned luffy, but only because his visit was sudden and unannounced. don't forget mihawk was a warlord at the time, so of course shanks got defensive. they weren't exactly on bad terms, it's true, but they're both two affirmed figures now, so it's fair for them to be more cautious in the presence of the other.

if we hop behind the fourth wall and look for a non-diegetic explanation, then, it's more or less what i explained in my previous post. we, as readers, have a more global understanding of shanks. we know shanks puts up a front, an armor of sorts: behind his façade lies a more solemn version of himself, one that takes his place very seriously and appears more meditative and resolved. is this side of him a travesty, too? there's no way to know as of now.

i love how puzzling shanks is, it's my favorite part of his character. he's unpredictable, sometimes basically indefinite. it's not a character flaw, though. everything we know about him passes through other characters' visions, which contributes to the confusing outline the readers have of him. it's a tool that helps us know him without ever seeing his side of the story.

i love how everyone is taking their favorite one piece fan letter characters and making them their ocs; i think it's exactly the point of the episode.

those characters are purposefully left without a name because we, as the viewers, are supposed to see ourselves in them. we're supposed to look at them and relate to them, find a character that was inspired by the straw hats in the same way we were. i think creating these characters and these stories is the best thing the one piece franchise could have done to pay homage to their fans.

the fan letter characters are supposed to be appealing and relatable because they're supposed to be our reflections.

that's why i love how the fandom is reacting to them: we are already obsessing over them, finding names for them, creating fanwork. and it's exactly what we were supposed to do; make those characters ours, make them personal, bring them to life.

smitten

a silly doodle i made to celebrate my one year anniversary with sabolaw 🎉 which was yesterday to be exact but life got busy and i forgot to post it :P

inspired by the color spread who made me consider them in the first place. thank you chapter 771 <3