"With a great jump, Ace coils his legs around the rope and swings forward through the rushing wind, hat flying behind him. The spreading stars blur above him as the sea-spray grazes his cheeks, and then suddenly Shanks is right in front of him, thigh-deep in water."
I can't keep tinkering with this... But hey! Read @swbookerr's Cinnabar Stories! They're lovely (understatement!!)!!
Something that really fucks me up is this scene where Robin says she wants to die and how Luffy makes this face
And upon reading this for the first time, I felt a huge wave of emotion over his expression because it just felt to me like when he heard that, he was seeing something else. Almost like a memory that we weren't being shown.
And then later when Ace and Luffy's backstory plays out, this is revealed;
That Ace was suicidal. Feeling like it was wrong for him to have even been born and to live. Feeling hurt, angry, alone and unwanted.
And that the only reason he felt like he had the strength to keep living was because Luffy told him that he didn't want him to die.
Ace never directly told Luffy that he wanted to kill himself. But with the way he carried himself and the obvious disregard he had for his life, it was easy to see for someone as empathetic and intuitive as Luffy. And so Luffy stayed close to Ace desperately until he felt strong enough to stand on his own.
Luffy has had so many suicidal people in his life since such a young age and he always saves them in such a seemingly effortless way just by saying
"I'll be there with you. I'll stay."
But what alot of people don't understand is that in spite of Luffy's endless empathy, compassion and love that's deeper than the ocean, when somebody he loves wants to die it always hurts him so bad and it shows so much on his face at even a hint of it.
He bounces back with a smile so often and kicks so much ass that it's so easy to forget sometimes that he's just this 17-19 year old kid...
Who, at his core, is still always crying and begging the people he loves not to leave him because he doesn't want to be alone anymore, either.
🥹 seeing this makes me so sad. Cause I always noticed the similarities between Ace and Robin but pointing out Luffy's reactions and stuff is just so harsh. But its real. Like emotionally hurt Luffy kills me everytime dude
This next piece is a picture I've literally been working on all damn day.
This Idea has been legitimately plaguing my mind for like ever.
It's a modern day Au (where they are of course gender swapped one day I will draw them normally but that day is not today)
Maybe sometimes this month or next month but no promises
Info about the modern Au
LAW
Is a surgeon
Loves the color black
Luffy attached herself one day and now Law can't avoid the strange ASL siblings and is now the unspoken fourth member of the family
Clearly and insomniac
Has Zero tolerance for bullshit
Has an on and off relationship with Eustass Kidd ( everytime there's a girls night they just so happen to be broken up) And somehow Luffy always knows when to invite her out
Regrets the company she hangs around since they constantly get her in trouble.
ACE
The responsible one but no one will believe it when she stands next to Sabo
Has Daddy issues and that's why she has a specific taste in men
A professional arsonist and loves to get on Dr.Newgate (MARCOS) Nerves
Is a Narcoleptic and eats a lot
Is kind of a guppy when you get her mad enough.
Works as a bartender and occasionally a stripper and gets paid a lot.
SABO
The fancy one who everyone thinks is super responsible but is actually chaotic.
Tells people that she is the responsible one knowing that everyone will believe her and she does this because according to Ace "she is a little shit that likes to get on my nerves"
Can't remember names for the life of her she blames it on her scar but it's not the scars fault
Works in a corporate building as a spy for another company called the Revolutionaries
Purposely gets her co-workers upset over shit whenever they get too close to the truth and it works everytime
Is super rich but uses the money for actual useful things
Sometimes has a hard time remembering other things aside from names due to her eye scar which she got some time ago.
LUFFY
The one that is always acting on intrusive thoughts.
Hangs out with Traffy because apparently she can tell Traffy is lonely.
Works as a waitress
Usopp and Sanji got her the job and every week she is seconds away from getting fired
Loves Meat and is always attempting to eat the food shes supposed to give to the customers.
Doesn't care about stuff until her friends and family are involved and then all hell breaks loose
Loves going to the underground fight club where she convinces Kidd to apologize and go back out with Law like every week.
The story behind the picture ⤵
In the modern day AU, they are going for a "girls night out" trip however it goes horribly wrong after they come across a dead body it the Alley way. Anyways They have all had bad run in with the cops and they all all taken to hail for 24 hours because every last one of them is shady but none of them killed the guy
In the end they get let out since there was no evidence to incriminate them except for the fact that ASL knew who the man was but pretended like they had no clue and Law knows this but kept quiet because clearly they all ride or die for one another. Anyways, the man who died was a random OC dude named Pastor John who had a thing for Ace ever since Ace was 14 (Nasty ass dirtbag). At that time ASL were abducted but they escaped. They needed help getting home and Pastor John took them there but he had other intentions that he was never able to see through.
After that, day that had never seen or heard from Pastor John again until they saw him dead in the Alley way.
Later they find out Shanks killed the guy for attempting to creep on Ace
And the group lives Happily Ever after until the next problem arises for them again.
Sorry for rambling but sometimes I have stories to these pictures and I need everyone who is willing to read this to know it.
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