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I might have redraw my fav panel from the ch 1058 hehe
a single father working two jobs
So much for bein down bad for luffy, heres sum more doodles that my brain farted out today...
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’ve been searching you 4ever and now I know it’s you who wrote that thing bout shanks I looked at one of people I follow and they reblogged with their own meta about panel with mihawk When he goes and meets shanks He has the same thing going on The scar cover The meta said shanks has to feel guilty for losing arm and now he can’t finish rivalry with shanks Shanks still wants to duel but it will never happened
What do you think? Since you wrote so much about the theory I ask u Finally it’s you I found you
hi, thank you so much for sending this!! i'm glad you were able to find me, and i'm sorry for making you wait so long for a reply, but i'm here now!
i'm glad you brought this to my attention; i honestly didn't remember the existence of this panel, but you're right in saying it looks a lot like the ones i analyzed in this post, so i will briefly explain what i think about it.
there's something that sets this panel apart from the ones i included in my meta post, and it's the context in which it's placed. in this particular moment, the reader is meant to see shanks from mihawk's point of view, while still maintaining a sense of suspence: mihawk isn't afraid of shanks, but he's still alert while approaching him; at the same time, the reader still doesn't know who mihawk came to look for, and the scar is a very distinct characteristic that would kind of "spoil" the reveal. i think the scar was hidden mainly as a way to keep the suspense high, to put it simply.
i don't think the fact his scar is covered is linked to his missing arm, or his rivalry with mihawk in general. however, it's true that mihawk was seeking out shanks to inform him about luffy's bounty, so the paneling might have also been used as a little callback to the moment when shanks lost his arm in the first chapter!
in conclusion, you were right, anon, in pointing out how the panel mirrors the ones from chapter 1 and chapter 434; however, while those two instances were meant to portray shanks's weakness, i think this one does the exact opposite: it channels strength, in a way that is characteristic of shanks throughout the whole manga.
Part 2!!
Sanji Playlist: (Easily one of my personal favourites. We love a good french lover boy in this household! There's a lot in here. Happy love, missing love, sad love, love, love, love. L'amour, c'est fou! I think this might be my biggest playlist. It's this or one of my Donquibros / Law.)
Usopp Playlist:
Robin Playlist: (partially very on the nose!)
Mihawk Playlist: (So hard to make playlists for enigmatic characters!)
Perona Playlist: (I have some creepy songs for her but not nearly enough to constitute a full playlist... sorry!)
Eneru Playlist: (Very small, sorry! I'll try to find more!)
Eustass Kidd Playlist: (I thought I'd shared this one on the first post already, whoopsie! I've added a few since posting this on Tumblr ^-^ But you can find all the in-depth explanations on the other post.)
Smoker Playlist: (I'm so sorry that I have barely anything yet, I'll try and find more!)
Bartolomeo Playlist: (Mostly just the creepy side to him so far. I haven't found much positive hero worship yet but I'll keep looking! I love Barto dearly, he's indescribably cute to me. I really need to write fanfiction about him too soon!! :D)
That's all I have for now! If I don't care much for a character there's little to no chance I'll be making a playlist for them so it's unlikely I'll be doing more than these playlists, but I will keep adding to them once I find fitting music! Currently scouring through a lot of musicians like Family Crest, Flying Pickets and many more!
Please enjoy listening!
Now making One Piece playlists on Spotify!
Youtube has become more and more painful with copyright in recent years and frankly while it wasn't so bad for my Eustass Kidd and Ace playlists it got a lot worse when I uploaded Killer's. I don't like listening to slowed / reverb sort of playlists myself so I won't be going that route. Maybe it's just that I used particularly problematic music for Killer?
Either way, I'll be making playlists in the form of actual playlists strung together on spotify from here on out. If I make more playlists as mp3 and mp4 I'll upload them to the drive folder above, you can find the Ace, Kidd and Killer playlists there in both versions!
And now for some good news! I do currently have a lot of playlists in the works, coming soon :D
I can only add 10 links per post, so I'll have to make 2 posts total!
Doflamingo playlist: (A LOT of these are copied over from other Doflamingo playlists!! They're such perfect fits that I could not possibly exclude them, not since I personally listen to my Doflamingo playlist a lot myself and I've become genuinely addicted to some of those :D)
Killer playlist: (Some of these feel a bit redundant but I hope you'll enjoy the playlist regardless!)
Brook playlist: (It's small but I've never seen one for him before!)
Ace playlist: (TLDL: sadness and grief)
Corazon / Rosinante playlist:
(I still haven't seen him in the anime so I hope these fit at all! I based it purely off of fan art on twitter, I'm very obsessed with him for having seen nothing of him yet ^-^ )
Crocodile Playlist: (Another small one but I feel like I hardly know this man beyond his political goals, and even those are very shrouded!)
Hancock Playlist: (she's one of the most fun to make playlists for!! such a specific style of music :D )
Zoro Playlist: (Very short as of yet too but I might add to it in the future!)
Luffy Playlist: (The one piece character I do the least content for, for sure! but at least he gets a playlist :P )
Trafalgar Law Playlist: (I have so many songs for him! This one I haven't moderated much, I just keep adding and adding more ^-^)
I hope you've enjoyed any of these, thank you for listening! Looking through what I have right now I don't have enough songs in the remaining ones to make more than one more post with these.
Characters I am working on right now:
Bartolomeo
Smoker
Apoo
Eneru
Perona
Mihawk
Robin
Usopp
Sanji (I have a ridiculous amount of love songs for him!)
What if I kms /pos
a comic about wine, a wager, and reconnecting through your weird kids
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this behemoth of a comic is finally done - and just in time for zoros birthday huehue. initially i wanted to make a zolu introspective from an outsider POV and was like you know who would have really funny input on this … mihawk. and then it spiraled into seven pages of mishanks sitting and talking. i thought it would be funny if mishanks ended up doing self imposed couples therapy the day mihawk brought luffys bounty bc well. its kind of hilarious to think abt mihawk realizing shanks was onto something all those years ago after he meets zoro and luffy. like sure this new generation is batshit crazy but my god are they cooking. anyways. cheers. get some kids
One Piece Spoilers Ep 1092
The reveal that Bonney is Kuma’s daughter really re-contextualizes his first appearance in Thriller Bark for me.
A girl that looks just about his daughter’s age with the same pink hair and general attitude looks at him with unfiltered fear in her eyes. Did he see his daughter in her? Did he fear the monster he might soon become that would not hesitate to kill her? Did he wonder if his daughter would soon look at him that way too?
“If you were to go on a vacation where would you go?” He asks her as she squares up to fight him. And he sends her to what I’m sure he knows is Mihawk’s island with some trust that he is a decent man.
Just another small drop of angst in Bartholomew Kuma’s story :(
Mihawk listening to old tubes and emptying every existing bottle of wine he can find like a divorced mom of two every time he sees that Zoro has a new bounty is something I think about everyday. Emo dad misses his emo kids.
Mihawk: A SINGLE MOM WHO WORKS TWO JOBS-
Crocodile who secretly does the same with Luffy: How pathetic.
Buggy who knows that they both do it but doesn't want to get beaten up: Yeah right... *Huge side eye*
Au where everything is the same except the baratie is a mcdonalds
Probably would've loved this s-, like I had one too growing up 🥲
Mihawk's secret...
He’s got his work cut out for him! 😮💨
Single father Mihawk having to deal with a second kid on top of the loud little girl that lives in his house...
Overdramatic parent regrets rising up overdramatic children
Twas Beauty, who killed the Beast 4
*Sorry it's been so long! Please enjoy! ❤️*
Mihawk searches your face once more before he dips his head in a matching nod. Reluctantly, he allows his hand to fall away, silently missing the cool touch of your hand against his flesh. He turns back to the approaching ship and braces himself. Shanks always knew when to show up at the worst of times.
You stay outside with Mihawk, shivering every now and then whenever a cool breeze sweeps through as the two of you wait for Shanks and his crew to drop anchor. You see Mihawk tense when a shaggy-haired redhead comes loping down the gangway, a big grin that just grows wider when he catches sight of the pretty lady standing beside his best friend.
“Well, well,” Shanks drawls and offers his hand to you when he is close enough. Once you grasp his, he tugs your hand up and kisses your knuckles, looking up at you through his bangs and sending you a teasing wink. There is a dangerous shine in his vermillion eyes, and you swear you can see a flash of long, dark horns on the top of his head, but there is nothing there when you try and focus.
“Mihawk has been holding out on me. What’s your name, sweetheart?”
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when are you going to write the Sapsorrow fic 💀💀💀💀
Oh, you mean this one?
I'll just need to watch this to refresh my memory.
The Storyteller - Sapsorrow
"Whom so ever fits the ring becomes wed to the warlord who owns it"
Themes: enemies to lovers, arranged marriage, forced proximity, lord and subordinate, one bed trope, apprehension, mutual pining, obligation, slow burn, eventual love, protective, "where is my wife" trope.
I would love to give this a go. I gotta think of a playlist to hyperfixate on it.
(And Sis, I know it's you 💀).
Chapter Links:
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
I hope Oda does something with Mihawk and Crocodile soon cause I desperately need more people to start shipping those two I’m starved for content
Two autistic men sharing the same interest in swords
The history book on the shelf is always repeating itself and I wonder if one will get a happy ending
#rogerray #mishanks #zolu
Generational doomed yaoi curse
Continuing with my silly little fic
https://archiveofourown.org/works/50958742/chapters/128742031
Did a thing for the soul and peace of mind
Kuraigana Island