Cross Guild Romance Prompt:

Ok but Dragon becoming a micro internet celebrity and gets asked to be on Thrist Tweets (is Buzzfeed run by Big News Morgans in the Modern AU? Much to think about) and he goes because he gets to plug all the important issues he’s fighting for and totally not because as filthy as the comments are they make him a little flattered (also plus he gets to do the puppy interview and he’s not passing that chance up).

“I know Crocodile can fight but can he win??” -“Yes he can, he’s very strong. You shouldn’t be fighting for people anyway.”

*picture of Dragon exiting courthouse*

“Does he do pro-bono work as in can he put bone in me 🤤🤤” - “I do in fact do pro-bono work..the regular kind.”

“Mmmfgh.” - “I don’t know what that means and I’m a little scared to say it out loud so let’s skip it huh?”

“I need to be his pretty little assistant so he can call me “good girl” when I bring him his coffee.” - “I’m pretty sure someone’s written something like that on AO3 by now. Do donate to them if you can, they’re a very important site.”

“So what are the chances he opened an OnlyFans at some point while he was retired? Asking for a friend.” - “Not zero. Sex work is work and it pays pretty damn well. Make of that what you and your friend will...”

“I just know he eats it right.” - “I’m southern, I eat a lot of things well and often.”

“I could not be the presiding judge with him in the room and still be expected to do my job correctly. Oh, you want this person to get locked up or pay a fine? Whatever you say, Daddy.” - “I mean, sweet-talking the judge and jury is the job in a nutshell, but thank you for recognizing the dangers of courtroom bias.”

“I was on jury for a divorce court case he was working, once. It was a sign from god that my man ain’t shit.” - “I would suggest couples counseling with a licensed therapist before doing anything drastic, but if your man is hard-lining against it with little to no explaination? That means he doesn’t want to work with you, and you need to get the hell outta that relationship. Speaking from personal experience.”

“Monkey D Dragon returning to the courtroom after twenty years with the meanest glow up and a face tat is wild work. Where’s my strap? I need to bend him over his own desk.” - “Did my husband write this? I feel like my husband wrote this.”

Dragon is one growl away from scruffing Sabo and carrying him around like a mama cat.

There’s been a time or two when Dragon- in full Amaru form- has snapped Sabo up by the back of his shirt to go lay him down for a nap. Which he ends up getting roped into because Sabo- for whatever reason- is a very restless sleeper when alone.

So this is how the supreme commander of the Revolutionary army ends up curled up like a giant winged cinnamon roll, with a feral little boy snoozing in his ruff of feathers.

cr: the song is Gold, Guns, Girls by Metric

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I find it interesting that over time, Luffy began to clearly divide the people around him into his own and others'.

The East Blue saga is different from all the others, so we don't take it into account, but the rest of the major arcs are fundamentally similar to each other and the main similarity is that there is always some character of the location who will interact with the crew.

so, the first such character is Vivi, and, in fact, everything goes as usual: acquaintance, a request for help, the way to the villain of the arc, a fight, and everyone is happy, BUT Vivi is literally the only character of the location who was accepted by the Mugiwaras into the team as an equal member (even in the pauses in the middle of the episodes, she stood among them) and who later did not become a member of the team, but retained this connection.

neither Luffy nor the rest of the team showed such willingness to accept a location character into the team, no matter how close they got (neither Connis, nor Rebecca, nor Yamato, although the situations were quite similar)

my take: Mugiwaras and Luffy in particular began to grow up long before water 7 and timeskip, this process began after the first big adventure on the grand line

More of the AU where Crocodile found out who Luffy was during Alabasta. (Here is the first comic!)

I received this ask:

"I saw your post about your Crocodile reacting to canon Crocodile’s antics and was wondering what you see the follow-up being? like would canon Crocodile hunt down canon Dragon and give him a beatdown for leaving their baby with Garp? And/or would he try to be involved in Luffy’s life as a parent?"

I was talking to Salasana (who wrote an epic Crocodad fic~) about this on bluesky, who suggested that Crocodile would probably abandon Alabasta and "disband" Baroque Works (to later reform it into Cross Guild.) But since he never actually got defeated by Luffy, he doesn't have a lot of faith in his son's abilities to not die like an idiot. So he tries to get him to go back home with no success. The dialogue in this is by Salasana too ;3 I do think he'd try to have a relationship with Luffy, it's just off to a rocky and weird start *lol*

And yes, he would try to find Dragon and once he does...? Who knows what will happen! Hihihi.

i CAN and WILL headcanon half of the mha characters as aroaces and neither you nor god can stop me.

me, giving paper medal with word 'aroace' on it to my favorite character: i give you the greatest honor that i have.

So if Rocks stays with Whitebeard after Marineford and for a while calls the Moby dick home, would that make her the 'Mom' of the crew since Whitebeard is Pops?

I can just imagine it all starts one day because one of the younger members goes 'Thanks Ma/Mom' towards Rocks and it just catches on with the crew.

Yes, probably, after the crew realizes that Rocks is taking care of their pops. Older members of the crew might know who she is but it might take a while for Whitebeard to actually tell the crew (maybe he and Rocks have to figure out who they are to each other as well, after what happened.)

But when we talked about the "Mom" question before it's been suggested that it would be Marco who starts calling her Mom. He probably has a reason to do it, apart from just teasing. For example to signal to her that she has a place here with them if she wants it or to urge Whitebeard to get his head out of his ass. Sure, almost 40 years have passed, but Rocks is here now and even though WB has been insufferable while he recovers, she's not yet left. Etc etc.

I look at Sabo and think that maybe Dragon not raising Luffy is for the best

'It's not my fingers. It's my claws'

bro raised furry

Shanks, still conversing with Mihawk on a snail call: So, Hawkeyes, this baby of yours? Tell me about it! Is it cute!?

Mihawk: My child's name is Dracule Talon. He looks just like me. He will be quite handsome when he grows up, but to answer your question, right now he is very cute.

Talon: *gags*

Shanks: Does he have your eyes?

Mihawk: Yes, quite so.

Shanks: Sweet!

Mihawk: He also has my hair.

Shanks: Aww!

Mihawk: And his feathers are quite soft.

Shanks: ....his uh, what?

Mihawk: His dagger-like fingers are impressive as well.

Shanks: Umm, okay...

Mihawk: He loves to eat tuna meat, fresh caught from the sea. I blend it with grapes and nuts, so we both enjoy it.

Shanks: *slight gagging noise*

Mihawk: He's also already very good with a blade. When I first carried him, I never thought I could be a father. Yet, here we are... *notices Buggy accidentally splashed him with a drink while setting a glass down* Oh Buggy, you did this to me.

Shanks: *choking on the other end* B-Buggy!?!? Your son came from Buggy???

Mihawk: Technically, Buggy alerted me to Talon's existence. However, the child did come from an Egg-oh, Talon, save some of that for Crocodile later, would you?

Shanks: E-Eg-EGG!? .....*line goes quiet*

Mihawk: My apologies, Shanks, where was I? ....Shanks?

Buggy: *yelling at the receiver* Benn, are you there? Did he faint?

Benn: Yep. Out cold. *looooong sigh* Talk to you later, I guess. *hangs up the call*

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Continuation of this post. XD

projecting my height diff obsession onto sanji? absolutely