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In the case of Ace and Sabo we saw them knowing this in chapter 585

Oh, true! I guess at the time I’d just assumed Luffy was talking about being the pirate king but since we don’t see that and only see their reactions it could have easily been this other dream, too...

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1. Do you have a snOTP? What is it?

Not really. I have ships that I prefer, but I’m not really a shipper per se. If I were to state my preference, I’d say that it’s ships whose existence doesn’t break my suspension of disbelief. Which is snily and snarcissa (snucius too but it makes me mad uncomfortable because of the grooming implications). Snily is heavily suggested in the text as a possible AU, while Snarcissa is weirdly enough a completely canon compatible ship, you can interpret the text so that it’s canon.

7. Which staff member do you think gets along well with Snape?

Albus Dumbledore after GoF, where he warms up to him. Snape craves his approval and affection in a way he does nobody else. Before GoF, then it’s… probably still Dumbledore, but I like the headcanon that he got along with Pomfrey.

For @hades876 because I realized midway through I hadn’t answered your ask.

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I don't know if you saw it, but there's a new interview from Oda talking about General Franky that might interest you. check out Sandman's twitter (@sandman_AP)

oo, thanks for the heads up!! here’s the link if anyone else is interested

there’s some good stuff in there but i am dying over this bit: 

general franky: god had to nerf me because i was too powerful 

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hades876 replied to your post “who’s good at styling wigs and can style one for me of denjiro’s wild...”

If that was a wig what was his real hair color? white would make more sense with the "I changed my hair color because I got angry" thing

only the pompadour was a wig, which means that the ponytail/sideburns are probably still the light blue color that they’re shown to be in the anime.

i know white is the typical color that hair turns when one goes through stress, but we also don’t know what denjiro’s hair color was originally yet- it’s possible it was dark blue, not black, and it just lightened. or it did turn white and he just dyed it! kin’emon was shown to have dyed his hair in the flashback so it’s not outside the realm of possibility, and dyed hair is often associated with yakuza, so it’d suit denjiro’s image as a yakuza boss.

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@athrun11 ha risposto al tuo post “Blood and fire, thought Dany. The words of House Targaryen. She had...”

Unsullied training is so vile and horrible. They’re not even allowed a name. No child should have to go through that. Mormont is essentially trying to justify evil by saying it’s a necessary evil. That’s the mentality of a slaver

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“Blood and fire, thought Dany. The words of House Targaryen. She had...”

The role of the Jorah is precisely that of advice that is immoral but practical. Dany's conflict is just there she condemns immorality but appreciates their practicality and so she has to know how to reconcile these two sides.

I absolutely agree that the Unsullied should never even exist and I don’t doubt for one minute that Jorah is probably advocating for this type of training to keep going (as you say, justifying evil by saying it’s necessary). But I can appreciate the ethical paradox that arises from the specific situation, because at this point in the story employing them on the one hand means reinforcing the abuse they have suffered (and have been forced to perpetrate during their training) and as an extension the system that put it in place, but on the other it could mean spreading less violence in the future (given that for these specific soldiers, what they have suffered in the past cannot be erased), which is what she says she wants to avoid. It’s an ethically loaded alternative (one that should never have existed in the first place), it’s like playing math with human lives, but that’s probably the point. We are probably supposed to keep interrogating ourselves on the moral implications of a choice, while the character in the story has to take it (I assume she is going to do the same as in the show, employ them but at least liberate them so they can choose whether to follow her or not?). I feel like it’s safe to say (at least for now) that she would never allow this training in the first place in order to strategically minimize uncontrolled brutality in the future (which is what Jorah would probably advise her to do), and that’s what makes her dilemma different from Jorah’s mindset. She wouldn’t put the system in place, but now that it has been done, she has to struggle with the notion that the “less violent solution” could be the one that reinforces it. 

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hades876 replied to your post “Okay, but am I the only one who doesn’t believe Eustace when he says...”

I'm surprised so many people believe that.   

You and me both. I once saw this argument used in an attempt to remove blame from Viserys I and Aegon II for the Dance and instead place it all on Alicent and I wasn’t really happy about that (personally I think we should all blame Viserys I first and foremost - though the Greens are partially responsible as well). I think the mere fact that it’s Eustace who says that, and he has a history of being pro-Aegon and inclined to portray him more favourably, is enough to dismiss it as a made up fact, and it doesn’t really fit Aegon’s character either imo.

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@hades876 ha risposto al tuo post “@athrun11 ha risposto al tuo post “book!Missandei is not even ten...”

I believe they want Missandei to represent all of Dany's servants (Irri and Jhiqui) since they got rid of them in season two.

You are probably right, they clearly decided to cut down the number of characters going around at a certain point

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@hades876 ha risposto al tuo post “NO!” Arya and Gendry both said, at the exact same instant. Hot Pie...”

It is also a reference to Martin's original script where Jon and Arya would be a couple.

I heard about that and ... that’s a yikes for me 😂

but it make sense they would both feel pulled towards people who remind them of each other, because after all they had a very close friendship based on the fact they had similar personalities and that they respected/loved each other, which is generally something you would want a romantic relationship to be built upon (minus the growing up as siblings tho)