Overlady

My interests change like the seasons and so does the contents of this blog

[edgecallskating]

Me since 2017:

[eggplantgifs]

Kaori Sakamoto x Wakaba Higuchi

Kaori: You asked what my motivation is? This person is my motivation. Wakaba: So we have no choice but to go together.

[jandjsalmon]

Fun Story to Share.

I got my (now 18-year-old) daughter into Ao3 back in 2021. I taught her she should always comment - even if the fic looks old or abandoned or whatever. She did.

Well - she got this email this morning:

The fic was written in 2014 and essentially abandoned.

Bethy read and reviewed in 2021 (and was actually the only person who had commented at all).

Today in 2025 - the final chapter was posted by the author and this was her reply to Bethy’s comment.

———

Never question whether a fic is too old to comment on.

[odnson]

Odin and Loki on Jane.

[small-potato-of-defiance]

Isn’t it interesting that Odin says, in effect, “don’t attach yourself to humans because their mortality makes them unworthy” while Loki says “don’t attach yourself to humans because their mortality will cause you pain”.

And yet it is Loki who is considered to be the cruel and evil one and Odin the kind father-figure?

[ether-here-or-there]

The famous Loki post, love to see it

[winglesscrows]

The hardest part about writing From the Shadows is that I keep shifting to present tense, because that’s how I usually write, but I’m Yours was written in past tense so I want to keep it the same -_- It’ll take me so long to edit bc all the verbs are in the wrong tense… ahh well, at the very least it seems to be taking shape now :)

[overlady]

The hard thing about writing From the Shadows was apparently pulling my thoughts to paper. But hey - I'm publishing again

[habken]

Happy Birthday Izuku 💚

[rabbit-piece]

Writing and characterizing Luffy is really just trying to decide the ratios between

- Luffy pretending to be stupid to put someone at ease or make them lower their guard

- Luffy pretending to be stupid because there’s complicated political shit happening that he can’t be bothered to deal with and he wants someone else to do the thinking for him

- Luffy seemingly pretending to be stupid so he can drop some insane brilliant iconic move only what actually happened was that the genius solution to the problem seemed so obvious and straightforward to him that he didn’t bother to explain it to anybody because he honestly didn’t think he had to

- Luffy seeming stupid because he has a very clear understanding of the power scale, potential risks, and capability of his crew, and he knows for a fact they can handle just about anything so he doesn’t need to pay attention too all the warnings and the planning and the whatever. Teehee gum gum go boing because Taking Fights Seriously is for people who can’t dog walk warlords

- And Luffy genuinely sincerely just being extremely fucking stupid.

[themetalhiro]

A challenger approaches.

[cosm1squid]

oka y guys hi

[marduksstuff]

I love them more than anything in the world

[burquillos]

dumbass 4 dumbass, red and green dynamic duo strikes me again

[sailing-ever-west-deactivated20]

Chewing and gnawing on the irony One Piece continually shows with the main characters where they're doing objectively kind and helpful things and that's what gets them in trouble with the law. It's the selective application of criminal justice. The bias and room for corruption built into the system itself. It's delicious. It's horribly relevant. I'm obsessed.

[sailing-ever-west-deactivated20]

This post was inspired by this screencap of people discussing Zoro being a wanted criminal over a shot of him protectively cradling a little girl

But it can also be with things like Usopp finally getting a wanted poster and the incriminating picture is of him freeing a bunch of slaves. Things like Nami's treasure stash being legally taken by the same marines who let Arlong terrorize her village for years. Things like Luffy's bounty going up after doing the government's work for them taking out Crocodile and saving a whole country from years of drought. And of course, things like the very first plot point, where Zoro is criminalized not for his ruthless kills (those were legal) but for protecting a child from a petty marine's untrained dog.

I'm sure others could add more examples but you get the gist. It's brilliantly done and I eat it up every time. Especially because it's still not black and white. Pirates do awful things. Marines do good things. But in the end, the only people truly free to do everything they believe is right are those who have already been deemed criminals.

[murphmurphthejerk]

Pirates do awful things. Marines do good things. But in the end, the only people truly free to do everything they believe is right are those who have already been deemed criminals.

This line goes so fucking hard op & I think it might just be the thesis for the entire show omg.

[lost-in-fantasies-for-others]

The examples are just *chef's kiss*

It's the fact that our real world is so terrifyingly close to what is happening in One Piece. Or maybe it was always like this and Oda is opening our eyes in ways that are more relatable and easier to digest. I'm in love with such analysis and the people who do them

[sungur-v]

[billyellsatyou]

there is something unique and deeply special about monkey d luffy as a protagonist. he’s overwhelmingly ADORED by the fandom. he’s consistently the most or at least top 3 most popular characters in the whole series. peoples takes about him are gushingly positive. and that’s… really uncommon.

a LOT of fandoms i’ve witnessed or been in have a tendency to favor characters other than the main character. especially in anime. the main characters are often written as a blank slate for readers/watchers to project onto, but that makes them not as interesting and so they don’t get the fan attention.

but luffy is so far from that. and he’s ALWAYS been this way. we love him so much. he’s the heart of the story and the heart of the fandom in every single way. and i think that speaks to how well-written he is as a character. he’s fun and charming and complex and interesting and he makes us laugh and cry and cheer and hope and love. he’s able to inspire so much joy in people, both in his world but also in this one. and i think that’s really special. i feel so grateful to have found this story that means so much to me, and i’m so grateful that luffy exists.

[joyboyish]

hes just a little thing

[bathroompanicarchives]

[opbackgrounds]

Everything about this panel makes me laugh

[beanghostprincess]

okay so for the people in the comments of this post and the other one i wrote about this: i am aware that this is something oda said (i actually don't know lmao i just saw people saying it ngl i doubt he said this and if he did y'all are misinterpreting the shit out of what he said). however, i personally think he meant it in a very specific context of "one of the mugiwaras betraying them in such a horrific way that luffy would have to force himself to say this".

the thing is, there are A LOT of things to have in mind when it comes to this statement. yeah. zoro would kill a mugiwara if luffy asked, but there's a lot going on before that even crosses his mind:

1. luffy would need a valid reason to want to kill a mugiwara (teach level of betrayal). and even then, i doubt he would ask zoro to kill them. but yeah, let's suppose hypothetically that he says that.

2. zoro would instantly assume something's wrong because luffy would NEVER say something like this. some of you act like he would act without hesitation when his devotion to luffy isn't irrational, but unconditional. he would stop, think about it, ask luffy why and if he's sure. and he would even try to stop him.

3. if stopping him doesn't work and the betrayal is bad enough, zoro would kill a mugiwara for luffy.

y'all make it seem like he would do it and kill nami (for example. he would never, tho) without hesitation when he would be the very first one to be against that idea and question luffy's irrationality. the whole thing about these two is that they trust each other bc they believe in each other, not bc they're blinded by love. it's such a deep understanding and trust that they would do anything for each other, and that also includes grounding the other and stopping them if they're wrong.

zoro's trust and loyalty is on luffy, of course, but assuming that it makes him unable to care for the other members of the crew and that it blinds him enough to kill them is just wrong.

answering the question y'all refuse to answer without thinking first: yes, zoro would kill a mugiwara if luffy asked under the right circumstances and after a long time thinking about it, but it wouldn't happen just because.