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Encounter with god

So relieved to discover that my country does not come under the yoke of the RN. But the tricky part is yet to come and I hope that this alliance will continue until the next elections. 🙏🤞

Out of all of the many many reasons I love gear 5, one I haven't talked about yet is how much Luffy so obviously loves gear 5 as well.

It is honestly revolutionary to have a shonen protag's final form be enjoyable for them. To not be something born out of anger or hate; a thing born out of strict necessity that has to be unlocked by painful emotions/the loss of someone they loved (temporary or otherwise) but rather born out of joy and a desire for freedom. To have them want to be in that final form, to have it spit in the face of the idea that the only way to be powerful is to be serious, edgy, ""mature"" and to abandon joy and happiness in favor of that.

I LOVE that Luffy's final power-up doesn't come at the cost of who he is as a person, and instead amplifies and uplifts who he is. It uplifts his carefree nature, his goofiness, his creativity, his sense of wonder. And as such, the form is something that he enjoys more than any other gear he has used. It allows him to be the freest version of himself, allows him to bend the world around him to his whims, of course he's going to love it.

It also (in a weird way) acts as a message of self love. Luffy does not have to abandon who he is to become stronger, but rather has to lean even further into who he is. The traits that make him 'weird' and 'strange' by pirate (or hell, even just by regular standards) are the very things that boost him up and allow him to win against his foes.

A "ridiculous power" Kaido called it, and yet it was that power that sent him hurdling to the center of the earth, toppling his reign over Wano with the very thing he robbed from its people.

Happy birthday seinchou

Hi everyone, I don't usually ask for reading advice on fanfiction but I want to try. I'm looking for a fanfiction where Luffy finds out about Zorro's feelings towards him but he's the last to find out. Does it exist anywhere?

If I can add one thing about the "Monsters" one-shot, it's that Ryuma is a mix of Zorro, for his sword-wielding, composure, and sense of samurai honor, and Luffy for his zest for life, appetite, and respect for the person who feeds him.

Luffy's dream theory

I want to take advantage of this post to open a debate (if anyone is interested) about Luffy's dream. You know he told it to his brothers, Shanks and his crew recently but we didn't hear.

So there are my theories:

The first is he wants to make a party with the worldwide. I know it's the most shared theory but I think it fits Luffy as well: he likes party and it brings joy, fun, freedom, and, mainly, this is what brings together. I won't be surprised if, in the end, when everyone find again freedom, they celebrate it.

The second was my first impression (I dropped it for the first one but I want to share it): I think his dream has a link with Joyboy/Nika. Why? Because, in Oden's backstory where he shares a drink with Whitebeard and Roger, after he finished to tell his dream; Whitebeard said : "it's just a childish legend!". In the moment, I thought about Norland's story, and I find it matches the First Joyboy as a legend as well. If this is the case, so, when he would discover he is Joyboy, it will be the biggest surprise.

I need you, Zoro. You're my captain, Luffy. And I'm your first mate.

Finally someone has drawn parallels between these two scenes. It's just beautiful and congratulations to the Toei teams for this parallel

if i had a nickel for every time Luffy punched the lights out of a ‘dragon’ until it causes a shift in the animation style, i would have 2 nickels… which isn’t a lot, but it’s weird that it happened twice

We need books that affect us like a disaster, that grieve us deeply, like being banished into forests far from everyone. A book must be the axe for the frozen sea within us. That is my belief.

Franz Kafka

I've seen some takes about the one piece live action and I'm about to defend some visual choices:

"Roger doesn't look cool enough" he's literally sick and dying at this point. And even then they made him look like a pirate. I 1000% believe the Roger we see would be thought of as the most dangerous/evil man.

"The fishmen look weird" "arlong looks lame" the issue with one piece characters is that a lot of their visuals would have a hard time translating properly to live action. Oda even said things had to change. He has a very cartoonish style that makes his designs unique (with exceptions). They translated them all the best they could, I'm so insanely happy they're doing practical as much as they can.

"Luffys power looks creepy" that is the point. He's a freak. He's a man who shows up and stretches his body in impossible ways. We just now have a good visual of how uncanny and terrifying that is to behold. The devil fruits are called devil fruits for a reason. They clearly put care into making it look as realistic as possible which I'm so thankful for.

I will say my one wish is that the season was a full 10 episodes instead of 8, because one full episode in Logue town leading into the grandline would be fantastic. Especially since we'll get those reaction shots for luffys first bounty. But I'm very happy with what I've seen so I'll let the show runners do what they do and form opinions once I've seen it.

hes right behind me isn't he

nika luffy just being a big weirdo is my fav

biblically accurate angel vibes,,,the king of hell even gets spooked

An alien abduction #EthicalMemes

It's summer time! 🌞 (à Quend-Plage-Les-Pins) https://www.instagram.com/p/CBqEaxZipSg/?igshid=1vhzte6nahpr2

The only way to save 2020 is to bring back Naruto Live.

Calorique de chez calorique 🍫 (à Lens, France) https://www.instagram.com/p/CANcxMBieH_/?igshid=87c9d20ryi8w

Avec le confinement, on se découvre de nouvelles passions. Aujourd'hui et après plusieurs essais rates, je vous annonce la réussite de mes baguettes 🥖😉 #Fierte (à Lens, France) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-wotuqCbfW/?igshid=rfd5f03rj3th

Premier pain faite maison (à Lens, France) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-C3C6QiWvt/?igshid=2bow3obkfwfv

Cérémonie des vœux (kagari biraki). Fin. (à Liévin) https://www.instagram.com/p/B73_08QC4yv/?igshid=efxzbxf99e0t

Best boisson forever (à Maison des Projets) https://www.instagram.com/p/B7wTLpVCRAA/?igshid=1hh1j6jbg1f5t

Bien arrivée à disneyland (à Disneyland Paris) https://www.instagram.com/p/B6h_9oqiwse/?igshid=12hfdcfqt60c1

Joyeux Noël à tous

Coucher de soleil (à Lens, France) https://www.instagram.com/p/B5iWIIkieGB/?igshid=1jmonh9vbg683

Et voilà!

Une saison qui touche à sa fin

Emportant avec elle tous nos délires, nos jeux et nos joies.

Cette fin de saison nous apporte le début d'une nouvelle, un renouveau avec ses résolutions et ses promesses:

Celle d'un redémarrage professionnel et social.

Et oui fini l'insouciance et le lâcher-prise. Retour aux règles et bonne conduite

Paradoxe du changement

Il y a des jours comme ça où la routine demeure. Il y a comme un vide qui nous transperce et nous plonge dans l'ennui.

Dans ces moments-là, il n'y a pas de mystère. C'est tout simplement le fait d'avoir une vie bien rangée, bien organisée et voir que ta vie défilé calmement telle une rivière calme et paisible.

C'est dans ces moments-là que tu aimerais changer quelque chose, où du moins vivre différemment, peut-être plus sauvagement mais tu sais très bien que tu ne peux pas. Après tout tu restes un être prospère ne voulant pas voir trop de changement dans son univers.

Alexander McQueen Resort 2016 Collection

Photographer finds locations of 1960s postcards to see how they look today, and the difference is unbelievable. (19 GIFs)

Ma couronne 😍😍

Nobody move…