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Well. What a journey.

Was watching the Jaya arc and I noticed these scenes where Sanji and Zoro brought up the idea of replacing the Merry...

I might have missed these details on previous watches/reads, but these help to set up for the Water 7 fight, as well as establish their characters.

The fact is that Sanji and Zoro noticed how badly damaged the Merry was even this early on in Jaya. Not just damaged, they thought her condition was so bad they should get a new ship. And this was before they went to Skypiea and back, when the Merry got even more damaged. So, how much worse would the Merry be by the time they reached Water 7?

And even though Usopp didn't say it, he knows the Merry so much better than Sanji and Zoro. So, it's unlikely that Usopp didn't notice, but rather he might be in denial about it.

In fact, he did admit, two chapters later, that the Merry's "a wreck", even if he never admitted that the Merry is probably no longer safe for them to travel with.

But anyway, back to the previous scene.

Right after Zoro brought up the idea of replacing the Merry, Luffy immediately reassured Usopp that they wouldn't do that,

which is interesting because in Water 7 before they fought, Usopp didn't get to see how upset Luffy was that he had to leave the Merry behind. Usopp didn't see Luffy arguing with Iceburg about not wanting to ditch the Merry. And when Luffy broke the news to Usopp, Luffy hid his own inner conflict about having to abandon the Merry. But at least, Luffy did tell Usopp about his feelings for the Merry in Jaya.

But the thing is, Luffy didn't just tell Usopp how he felt about the Merry, that the Merry was "part of the crew" and he didn't want to leave her behind. He also reassured Usopp that the Merry could be fixed. Which as we all know is not true. And I think this highlights Luffy's unfounded confidence pre-timeskip. He wasn't qualified to judge the Merry's state and yet he made such bold claims. Luffy's optimism is a strength which helped him win against very strong opponents. But sometimes it could also put his crew in danger. The arcs from Water 7 to Marineford helped Luffy learn this the hard way.

In a way, the next panel illustrates this in one simple scene. Right after Luffy made the claim that the Merry would be "as good as new once [they'd] fixed her up", he immediately did something that ended up damaging the Merry even more. Luffy had good intentions and the confidence that he could realise it, but he didn't always have the capability to back it up.

Anyway, I just think it's so interesting how Oda links the different arcs together. How he sprinkles hints and foreshadowing about an arc in the previous arcs. And I think that what makes One Piece so fun to watch/read.

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I made Blackbeard so slayyyyy

another one!! :D

Queen of the pirATEs

Slayleigh

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Slayleigh

And

Slayger

i’m so in love with him it’s not funny

Ok so let’s talk about a fairly well known OP Theory,

Is Kid a Vegapunk Satellite?

(I like to believe he is but I’m only 70% sure if this theory)

Now let’s talk (possible) history

So I believe Vegapunk made Kid to express all his anger so it wouldn’t blind HIS work. So after he made him, he left him somewhere far far away from Egghead (like in the South Blue)

Why would Vegapunk choose to leave his anger satellite on a scrap heap, no government protection island? Because the constant stress of possible danger and rude islanders is a perfect place for Anger to fester and stress to build. (An unnecessary evil from Vegapunk) but Anger can’t build and fester on a technical paradise.

Vegapunk probably never planned that Kid would ever even leave his island, nonetheless the South Blue itself to enter the Grand Line. When he first read about Kid’s atrocities, he was probably having a visceral reaction (not to the violence, Kid’s the anger part of the brain) but to the fact that he was making headway into the Grandline and became a Supernova.

What Vegapunk didn’t know while Anger can blind you, spite is also a pretty big motivator for angry people. He didn’t understand the idea that his satellite he made to seethe on an island somewhere would have goals and aspirations (like claiming the One Piece).

Now let’s move onto my other point, the number 7 on the Damned Punk

(Not to mention this is an actual Railgun, as in a FUTURE GUN)

Now why, why would Kid put a 07 there? There was no reason to add a 07 and yet he did, as if it was a type of instinct to put it on a creation he was proud of. Kinda like the Satellites

(Who also share the same Number system as Kid, 0 than a number.)

And while we’re on the topic of the other satellites, let’s draw some comparisons between Shaka and Killer’s mask.

It’s (somewhat) safe to assume Kid might’ve designed Killer’s mask as it seems to fit almost perfectly on him and shows none of his face (the exact specifications that Killer would probably want). It’s smooth and rounded kinda like Shaka’s and that beard sticking out almost resembles Shaka’s lower mask.

Now this point doesn’t have much meaning but it is interesting how similar they are.

Now you may ask “what about child kid, we’ve seen him and he was already on the island?” Well whose to say Vegapunk didn’t drop him off on that island even younger?

(Look he’s even holding a wrench and a toy robot he probably built himself.)

Childhood is also a person’s most impressionable time, so placing him in a negative environment at a young age was crucial to making him a bitter and angry so the others don’t feel that. (Seriously it’s unnecessarily cruel)

Now let’s talk about another point, Kid’s Face

Look at his face it’s got a sort of Perma-Malice to it, wouldn’t you agree? Like his face was made to feel every bad emotion of a person. Now let’s take a look at his smile, clearly scary and kinda unnerving, as if he’s not supposed to smile. Now let’s compare that smile to the grimace on the right, it looks almost perfect, as if that’s how his face should look. I’m fact, I don’t think I’ve ever seen Kid smile while he wasn’t being malicious in some way.

It’s like the only reason he smiles is to piss off his enemies and look smug, meanwhile that grimace is a fairly common face that we’ve seen many a time whether pissed off or sad. It’d make sense for the Satellite of Anger to have a face more inclined to make a resting bitch face.

Anyways I think if Kid had made it to Egghead, the Satellites would be very tense around him. Kinda like how you’d tense up if you don’t want someone to figure out a secret but they’re on the tip of figuring it out. Like “please, please just leave. Don’t make eye contact with us”.

Also Kid looks vaguely like Lilith, what with the both of them having kinda defined chins. Kid’s chin is more square than Lilith’s but that smile is almost a dead ringer

(And you got to admit they look vaguely like siblings for some reason.)

Last point I have here is his devil fruit, we know Kid got it at a fairly young age and that’s why he’s so adept at using it but we also can assume that Kid did a bunch of experimentation with it. Seeing what he could and couldn’t do and all his limitations, just like a scientist would.

It got to the point where Kid was 100% confident in the idea that he could make his Punk Rotten

A giant robot made of magnetized metal (kinda like the fake sea kings of the Vegapunks). Kid was so confident in his abilities to make this thing because he’s tested himself multiple times and trained himself to the peak of his devil fruit.

(Idk I like this theory and I think I’d be cool with it if it were true.)

While I do like some of the points you make, I can't say I really like this theory at all to be honest. It seems too coincidental and there's a fair amount of holes in it, the biggest of which being that the satellites were only conceptualized and created during the timeskip. Plus why would a perfectionist like Vegapunk pull a Star Wars and release a number 7 satellite decades before 1-6 were made? If we're talking about Kid representing spite, Atlas already covers that because a lot of her job is griping about her frustrations about not having enough resources to patent inventions and then take out those frustrations through violence. As for Kid not smiling in a way that doesn't look malicious, there's plenty of other characters who do that too, Doflamingo and Blackbeard being some of the most prominent.

You can also count Kaido in that, barring his goofy drunk expressions.

But the real reason why I'm not a fan of Kid being a Vegapunk is that a big part of his appeal lies in how he doesn't have some secret past. He's not related to anyone famous, he didn't have a mythical Devil Fruit or a warlord being an influential figure in his childhood. He was just a scrappy kid with a knack for robotics on some scrap island in the middle of nowhere who fought hard and viciously for everything he had and got to the top by his own merits. Vegapunk is far from the only genius in the One Piece world, Franky was an engineering prodigy long before he ever looked at Vegapunk's blueprints in Baltigo.

In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if the South Blue had a reputation for being home to a lot of technicians and shipwrights.

Fuck Shanks. All my homies hate Shanks🔪

Why Eustass Kid is the perfect man

In this essay I will...

Edit: this post is now canon.

It's hard being a fan sometimes, but I stand on business.

I would die for him.

Favourite pre-timeskip Sanji moments

These are a few of my favourite pre ts sanji moments

(1) Baratie arc when sanji served fresh food for don krieg despite everyone telling him that krieg was notorious for betraying people. Sanji still served the food because of his value of "feeding the hungry no matter what"

(2) Sweet sanji preparing bentos for Luffy vivi and a special drink for Vivi's duck karoo so they can go explore the little garden island. Also packing and tying the lunches for the kids (luffy and karoo) by himself

(3) water 7 Sanji following his principle of "never waste food" while fighting CP7's ramen guy wanze (who had a full ramen armour and sanji cut his armour up and served the ramens all in different plates around the kitchen)

(4) thriller bark Sanji holding an unconscious nami up so she won't get injured while he takes all the hits from Absalom He's not just a simp, he genuinely cares for nami

(5) water 7 Sanji smoking a cigarette while spying and finding out sensitive government information

(6) Post enies lobby filler sanji crying throwing up stressing over finding out the right spices of a fried rice. He is a true chef at heart and has so much love for his craft

(7) post skypiea filler G-8 arc sanji when someone says he is better than all of the navy chefs and sanji cutely offers to give his recipes to them. He is so cute kind and humble

(8) sabaody sanji kicking the Celestial dragon knowing what'll happen and not giving a fuck anyway

(9) skypiea sanji being all big smiles and happy while showing conis the bento he has arranged for her and telling them how arranging food is an art (look at the little winged angel he put there as a representation for conis who has wings)

(10) Sanji leaving a message for nami in water 7, even in the dire situation they were in (usopp left, robin was abducted, they were all accused of murder) sanji being his usual cute loser self

bisexual lighting sad edition

the grip kid would have on society if he actually had canines

like man, I'm still not.... over it??

the arc is so important to middle easterners.

it's the reason the anime got a dub into arab. it's the reason why there are so many fans over there. why the turkish manga translation is so carefully handled.

this arc one of the very, very, VERY few times that they/we are shown in a really good light. as a strong princess. as a fair king. as kind and passionate people.

it is all for nothing if this ends up being the casting. if they end up removing most of the architecture and clothes and cast a doll-faced british-indian actress with pretty girl charisma as our fierce desert princess.

even more so bc it's oda making light of the intentions with which he originally wrote the arc while similar situations of western colonialism/influence are devastating the lives of millions of middle easterners right now.

what a cowardly path to pick. what a half-hearted statement to make.

what an utter shame.

Alabasta is my favorite arc because it's supposed to be so middle eastern! My grandpa is from Palestine and raised my mom there. I'd seen rumors that a Palestinian actress was in consideration to be cast as Vivi and I'm just a little let down. I've seen dozens of pictures and videos of the Straw Hat jolly roger being used as a symbol of liberation at Free Palestine events. I just...thought this really could've been something for the movement. Idk.

I am very disappointed in OPLA's casting for Vivi and King Cobra ngl. I am a South Indian Muslim woman and Alabasta is literally one of my favorite arcs. Casting South Indian descent actors makes no sense because Alabasta is very clearly inspired by Middle Eastern and North African culture, particularly Egypt.

The clothing and archeticture makes the Egyptian influence in particular very obvious. Specifically Crocodile's rainbase, the Jackal and Falcon as the cities dieties, and the heiroglyphic treatment in the tomb where Luffy and Crocodile's final showdown happens really proves the influence is inargueably Egyptian. Vivi and Cobra's family name is even Nefetari which is so similar to Nefertiti, the most obvious ancient Egyptian name.

AND!!!

At the time Alabasta was being published in the manga, beginning around 2000...

...Palestine was going through the Second Intifada.

Other MENA countries also had protests and uprisings in solidarity. In autumn of 2000, the Egyptian ppl in fact rose up against their president, Hosni Mubarak, against his support of Israel and in solidarity with the Palestinian Second Intifada.

A lot of the story beats in Alabasta clearly took inspiration from the political movements in support of the Intifada. Considering that Palestine is going through a genocide and ethnic cleansing and one of the producers is very Pro Israel, I can't help but think the producers deliberately wanted to hide the arca's influences to MENA uprisings in support of Palestine. But it's in the DNA of Alabasta itself.

Additionally, there is this terrible TERRIBLE habit of Western production companies conflating India and MENA as the same. India has centuries of cross cultural exchange with the MENA region but our socities, archeticture, and clothing are VERY different. I come from a family that has been Muslim in India for generations and even still our clothes, archeticture, and cultural traditions are very distinctly different from MENA muslims. This is because majority of the Islamic influence into India did not even come from the MENA region, it came from the Mughal Empire which originated in Central Asia.

Below is Jama Masjid in New Delhi, India:

and here's the Grand Mosque in Cairo, Egypt:

Now compare Jama Masjid above with Meidan Emam in Esfahan, Iran

Of the three shown here, which one looks most like the palace in Alabasta?

Its definitely not the masjid from India.

I'm very disappointed but unsurprised OPLA went in this direction. I would just like to encourage fans who aren't MENA or Indian to be more critical of these decisions as well. This casting is basically the same as the Disney Aladdin approach. Indians and MENA are not interchangeable.

I've been seeing a lot of posts celebrating that King Cobra and Vivi are not white and I would like to encourage those fans to reconsider giving Netflix and OPLA credit for representation when a critical look at the source material shows the casting decisions are incorrect and seem to be politically motivated. I know that Oda is deeply involved in OPLA but that still doesn't justify the swap.

he makes me feral! he occupies my mind night and day! need him so bad. 🥵

one piece » eustass “captain” kid

Average day on social media...

the one piece brain worms, they're giving me a headache...pls for 5 seconds let me NOT think ab Kid and Killer, i'm at WORK 😭✋🏼

Do not blame me for who I am. The doctor prescribed me 20 mL of #eustass kid twice a day.

this is nothing that a little weed and a reasonably priced cocktail and a themed dinner party and a bisexual he/they and a paperback novel from the discount bin and a bucket of movie theater popcorn and central ac and a personalized playlist from your best friend and clean sheets and a slam poem and a four hour video essay and a pair of comfortable jeans and freshly washed hair and complete political reform and a single, perfect strawberry can't fix

you are safe now

one piece bunny boys

(pst I'm planning to turn these into acrylic stands some time soon! I've sketched out the rest of them so get hyped)