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Okay, I know Sanji annoys the bejeezus out of me in the anime - he's my least favorite Strawhat for a reason I've outlined here many times.
It is goddamn ridiculous how much I am coming to adore him in the live action. Seriously. The endless bickering with Zoro is gone, the constant simpering over women is WAY toned down - he didn't even threaten Zoro when he beat those two women up in front of him in Whiskey Peak!
Maybe he gets worse later on, but I am digging this version of Sanji so hard.
so. the new tech is necromancy. That seems a little too on brand for this timeline
they're calling it necro-botics, and right now it's basically making machines parts out of dead things
the reason it's being developed is nature is better at making really small, really lightweight mechanical structures that are at the same time really strong, intricate, and functional.
so far we have:
the smallest 3D printing nozzles made from mosquito proboscises
tiny claw-grippers made out of whole dead spiders
and this
made of lobster tails, which can grip and carry, as well as swim
again, the reason this is a semi-viable research direction is that we have trouble making something as lightweight and strong, and even when we can do so, the production of those parts and mechanisms is extremely costly and difficult. Therefor using dead things seems to be a possibly valid option.
Many people on twitter spotted this detail in the new chapter, a detail which looks a lot like a certain world's best swordsman. How probable is it, though ?
The silhouette of the hat appears to ressemble the one he wears in the current story, and the other HK don't wear this type of hat either. It lacks the white feather adorning it though.
What looks like a sword is hanging sideways in the back. We do have proof (left picture above) that Mihawk hanged it sideways in his youth as well, probably because the sword was too big for his height then.
Now, does the timeline fits ? Oda drew a very rough-looking Mihawk in his childhood, leading people to recently theorize he could have been the victim of a human hunt. It's hard to estimate his age (left picture below) as Oda tends to draw children the same regardless of the age.
A few of his word choices are eerily similar to the Celestial Dragons' speech : he uses "rabbit" and "insect". Despite this, it seems he wasn't born into wealth. He could have used the words of his oppressor as a way to take revenge, gain agency as theorized here. X.
Perona mistaking the rabbit for Mihawk (right picture) could be foreshadowing of him being previously a "rabbit" in a human hunt.
During the hunt, his great talent with a sword could had led the God's Knight to take him under his wing. It would mirror Shanks' past nicely (the two are probably set to be narrative foil, they share the same birthday, are rivals and have opposite personalities) : a child born of commoners would be taken and raised by CDs - the exact opposite of Shanks' childhood.
Then, he could have taken part of the Holy Knights' expeditions to retrieve Shanks. The later doesn't remember it, so it may have happened when he was younger than 5 years old. Mihawk is 4 years older so he must have been 7 to 9 years old at the time. It's seems a bit young but it's not outside the realm of possibilities.
It could also explain the similarities between Rayleigh and Mihawk's clothing. He could have met him and became somewhat of a fan (as much as Mihawk can be a fan I guess). He then stole his fit.
The Penguin: GIANTS! no way! I’m gonna wave at them THEY WAVED BACK! Holy Shit they’re dancing with me! My Wife is never gonna believe this OMG I got to dance with a Giant today so cool.
The Humans: Penguin! No way! I’m gonna wave at it IT WAVED BACK! Holy Shit it’s flapping with me! I got to play with a Penguin today; so cool.
...what if Arceus did create all pokemon but not the way we think?
Like, if Arceus gave off or created a kind of energy over hundreds of thousands of years (he's a legendary, technically he's immortal BUT--) that infused with the original creatures that were beginning to populate the world he'd..... found? Created? Take your pick.
So over time the animals mutated and changed until they became what they are today. And it's attributed to Arceus because it was his weird alien space DNA that gave off the energy.
This would explain the utter idiocy that is the Vanillite line, and don't get me started on Polteageist or friggin' KLEFKI.
It would also explain the more familiar version of 'evolution' regarding the ancient Pokémon of Paldea and their modern day equivalents.
Lastly, it would explain the odd terms used in Pokémon - ancient 'fish', the 'mongoose' Ghastly mimicked, as well as Pokémon classifications like 'fish' or 'bird' Pokémon.
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.....would that make Arceus like Big Mom? He Soul-Pocused the earth in its fledgling days and created the Pokemon World in another timeline. :)
Chopper's Hoof Trim (working title subject to change)
“Hey Chop - you okay?”
Chopper paused in front of the door to his infirmary as he heard his name, and turned to see Usopp standing by the hatch to the aquarium. Obviously Sanji must have sent him to pick out some fish for dinner. “I’m fine, Usopp. Why do you ask?”
The sniper shrugged and motioned a hand towards the tiny doctor. “You looked like you were limping a bit there.”
“Limping?” Chopper blinked, and then automatically looked down at his legs and hooves. “I didn’t notice I was limping.” He stretched one leg out, rotating his ankle carefully, and then repeated it on the other side. “Nothing seems to hurt…”
Usopp grinned and reached out a hand to pat Chopper’s hat. “Well, as long as you’re okay.’
“Mm!” Chopper smiled at his friend, and put the entire thing out of his mind.
o0o
Until the next week when he was on his own for a moment with a squad of Marines that had ambushed them after a shopping run. Chopper shifted into Horn Point, aimed and subsequently began tossing Marines over the nearby retaining wall. Tossing a fifth and final marine out of his way, he noticed Zoro heading in his direction and went to meet up with him (and hopefully prevent him from getting lost if he wandered out of the alley alone).
As he did so, he realized he was walking weirdly, but he was too tired and sore to contemplate it and just kept doggedly moving forward towards his crewmate.
Until Zoro reached him and asked him bluntly, “What the hell’s wrong with your feet?”
Chopper blinked. Then he looked down. And stared.
And kept staring.
‘Oh my’, he thought absently, staring at the lengthy, backwards-rounded talons that were normally his hooves. ‘I guess it’s been a while since I’ve been in my other points. I didn’t think of this.’
His hooves were badly overgrown, growing out along the ground and rounding upwards into sharp points. The were cracked at the ends, and looked a bit swollen at the coronet band. It was forcing him to put more weight awkwardly on the back part of his hooves instead of evenly distributing it, and the pressure was making him limp– Usopp!
Usopp had noticed weeks ago. Chopper frowned at his hooves and shifted back into his preferred Brain point. The hooves retreated to near-normal levels, if a bit longer than he tended to keep them.
Apparently his hooves kept growing, even if he was in one of his more human points - Kung Fu, Brain and Heavy respectively. He could feel the pressure even now, the excess keratin condensing and shrinking back into his smaller form and now that he was aware of it, yes, there was a faint throbbing in his hands as well as his feet.
“Apparently I need a hoof trim,” Chopper said grimly. He’d never had one before. The terrain of the Drum Rockies was more than sufficient to naturally trim his hooves by walking and he’d spent more of his time in Walk Point back then, hiding himself as a more normal reindeer than a half man, half deer creature that was more likely to scare the populace.
Since becoming a Straw Hat though, he’d spent most of his time in his Brain Point, not giving his other forms much breathing time, and of course, the time to notice certain things about his anatomy. Like his hooves, and the overgrown fur working its way between his toes.
Zoro stared at the cracked, overgrown hoof. “You know how to do that?”
Chopper blinked at that.
No. No, he did not.
o0o
“Well, wouldn’t it be like getting a mani-pedi?” Nami asked, curious.
Zoro had brought the issue up once everyone had returned to the Sunny and Jinbei and Franky had initiated a Coup de Burst to get them free and clear from any pursuing Marines. Not that there were many that were left conscious enough to do that, but it was the principle of the thing. Regardless, a crew meeting had been called, much to Chopper’s embarrassment, and they were all gathered in the galley to discuss the situation.
“I need the proper clippers,” Chopper said slowly, vaguely remembering the hoof trimmers that used to care for the herd he’d once been a part of. “And I should take an x-ray of my foot so I can see the structure properly. I don’t want to damage or break through the hoof wall into the corium - that would be very bad. And painful.”
“Haven’t you ever had this done before?” Usopp asked curiously.
Chopper shook his head, repeating his earlier thoughts out loud this time about how the terrain had been sufficient for his own care, and that there were herders who tended to look out for the deer population and trim them if they needed it. “I should probably trim my dew claws at the same time.”
“Is this an emergency situation?” Franky asked, raising a large, cybernetic hand. “Are you in a lot of pain, little buddy?”
“It’s not pain really,” Chopper said, frowning as he thought about it. “It’s more like pressure, a tightening around my fingertips. I don’t know much about the physics behind my different transformation points, but I do know that the extra growth on my hooves is affecting the way my hooves… contract? I guess? I didn’t really feel it before I went into Horn Point, and then when I shifted back to Brain, I could feel the extra mass there. If I let it go much longer, I assume it’ll start to translate into actual pain.”
“I think that means we can wait until the next island and see if there is a place to procure the required tools to do a proper job,” Robin said, nodding her head at Nami. “You did say this was a fairly populated area, did you not?”
“Yeah, there’s a big cluster of island chains along this area.” Nami had a local chart she’d bought out and was scanning it with narrowed eyes. “I’ll try and find a winter or autumn island among them - they’re more likely to have reindeer or their equivalent.”
“A wise decision.” Robin faced Chopper squarely. “Since you’ve never done this procedure before, and no one here has the prerequisite experience, I would rather find a proper farrier to assist you, and even to teach a few of us how to proceed for when this issue pops up again in the future.”
Chopper nodded - Robin made a very good point. “Cutting too deep or in the wrong place can cause infections and bad bleeding,” he said softly. “My hooves are the only protection my feet have. I should have learned this before I left.”
“If we all knew everything we should before leaving home, there’d be no point in the journey,” Jinbei pointed out with a smile.
Why do almost all the fanfics predicting the future of the Straw Hat Pirates have them splitting up? Regardless of pairing, most of them have Sanji setting up camp in the All Blue, Zoro either with him or off fighting future challengers. Luffy either bounces from crew to crew among his fleet or travels with Nami and Franky to complete their dreams alone. <---- (key word)
Sanji wants to find the All Blue. Has he ever stated what he wants to do with said discovery in source material? Does he want to show Zeff the All Blue or does he want to move the Baratie there? Build there?
I always thought All Blue would be found - this precious, protected, hidden natural resource that would be destroyed by regular traffic. Sanji ultimately decides that it's the kind of place you show to those you trust to respect it - or are determined enough to find it themselves. The Strawhats claim it in their name, build a base there for restocking purposes, create a log pose(s? maybe a few for the fleet ?) and continue with their journey to map the world, etc. After the death of Imu and the restructuring of the world order, of course.
Sanji could always build a restaurant ship with Franky that he can deploy and set up an instant restaurant that feeds the poor and the hungry, accepting only donations for the food and not requiring any minimum (Nami argued but Sanji refused to turn anyone away whether they donated or not). Sanji actually makes a profit when wealthier clientele show up and feel compelled to pay so Sanji can buy more ingredients and they can enjoy his food until they leave!
At some point Zoro will beat Mihawk, that's inevitable. For all his gothic emo'ness, I doubt Mihawk has ever gone up the King of Hell itself and walked away the winner, no I think NOT.
I love the idea of young challengers coming out of the woodworks. Zoro in his 30's, being greeted by 19 year old swordsmen and wonders how Mihawk didn't just spank his ass like the baby he must have looked like to him back then.
So it took approximately 22 rewatches of one of my top 3 One Piece movies to realize the significance of the Sunny's method of escape.
Not the escape itself so much as a tool used in the escape - using Shiki's flag as the parachute. I think I only got it now because I just rewatched that filler arc after Water 7 with the killer penguins and the weird half-naked, obsessed guy who shot fire or something out of his nostrils. Or more importantly, the one where they lost the flag.
Their escape wasn't just an escape - it was a giant 'fuck you' to Shiki. They not only beat him, they escaped:
A) by flying - something Shiki was convinced was for him alone. They used Coup de Burst to fly and then they -
B) stole Shiki's flag! The shame! The dishonor! Dishonor on your cow! And the implied tiny little final 'eff youuuuuuuuuu' -
C) they not only stole his flag, they escaped USING it as a mere tool! Oh the PETTINESS. I *LOVE* IT.
