The main difference between OPLA and the animanga is that animanga strawhats are a tight knit friend group and LA strawhats are a polycule. And I love both ❤️
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The main difference between OPLA and the animanga is that animanga strawhats are a tight knit friend group and LA strawhats are a polycule. And I love both ❤️
I love East Blue Polycule 'cause to me its like
(It was originally just going to be the sex appeal/rizz/REALLY TRYING joke but then I thought about it too much lmfao. sorta-kinda a continuation of this)
Thinking about polyhats and betasopp again.
Specifically like, they've been crew and pack for not very long now and Zoro spent his last heat rolling around with Luffy, not really as something they Planned so much as something that just Happened and it was fun so they're both like "oh okay cool guess we're doing this now" and Everybody knows they fucked and they're all having Feelings About That but it's. It's still early and they're all still awkward and just because Luffy and Zoro are fucking now doesn't mean they want to fuck anybody else right like that would be. Weird to assume and nobody wants to be Weird about this.
But Luffy's rut is coming up and it's kind of unspoken but obvious that he'll probably fuck Zoro through it and Usopp can't stop thinking about the (admittedly kind of limited) sex ed he had on the topic. That rut will make Luffy swell bigger, thicker, and since Zoro's not in heat it might be uncomfortable for him to take it. Might even hurt a little if Luffy is too rough with him, and Luffy is many amazing wonderful things and he'd never hurt his nakama on purpose but he's not exactly known for being gentle and. And. And that's what a beta is for, right? That's their job, is to help make that whole thing… easier. Better. For their alphas and omegas. And. So.
Usopp can't look directly at either of them and he's trying not to really breathe at all because Luffy's rut is starting and the smell is making Usopp kind of dizzy and he got himself all worked up thinking about this earlier that even Being In The Room Right Now is making his thighs start to sweat aphrodisiacs, so nervous and squeaky and stuttering and bravely pushing through it, asking awkwardly if. If they would. They don't have to nobody has to of course he's just offering you know if they wanted maybe. Uh. He could. Help out. A little bit. Or not right maybe not that's dumb he'll just--
Luffy, catching a whiff of those beta aphrodisiac pheromones pouring off Usopp, pupils dilating: Get In Here.
It's Zoro on his back all clenching muscles and gnashing teeth demanding bratty powerbottom trying to get Usopp to go harder and Usopp isn't strong enough to hold him down but Zoro is -- haha, wow! Really tight! And like, it feels great but it's also pinging every single one of Usopp's instincts as a problem, because Luffy's got his dick out and Usopp was right it's big it would definitely be too big to fit comfortably with Zoro all tensed up like this.
Usopp burrowing down with the glands on his neck and shoulder as close to Zoro's face as he can get them, hands struggling to hold those huge thighs open for him while he grinds in slow and deep, not really even trying to fuck at all, just trying to overload Zoro on his pheromones as much as he can, get him wet and loose and ready for a knot, and of course because he's Usopp and he hides his nerves with bravado so he's talking through it the whole time.
"You -- you gotta relax, Zoro, h-how are you gonna fit Luffy's knot in, in a cunt this tight? You want it, right? Then you ha--aah you have to let me--!"
Luffy pressing against Usopp's back, fever-heated, his rut-swollen cock dragging over the back of Usopp's thigh. His breath over Usopp's neck, his cheek. "Usopp is gonna get him ready for me?"
"Y-yeah, I'll." Usopp swallows. Fumbles behind himself with one hand until he can stroke a hand over Luffy's dick, feel the heat and weight of it in his palm, oh. "I'll stretch him open for you, alpha."
Zoro and Luffy both shudder.
Zoro spends the majority of his time as the crews attack dog. He’s their swordsman, one of the first on offense and he never fully sleeps unless they are somewhere he thinks of as safe.
(There are damningly few places he thinks fits that criteria.)
It only makes sense then, that when those criteria are met, they take advantage of it- dragging him to lay down near them and rest.
A warm hand petting him on the back is a surprisingly effective way to get him to melt.
As a strawhat multishipper and poly lover...
These are my simple guides to establishing "Zoro has tons of casual sex with strangers" in a way that does justice to that man
If Zoro fucks a lot of Men, specifically. This is About Luffy and not About Them
If Zoro fucks a lot of Women, specifically. This is about Sanji and not About Them.
If Zoro indiscriminately fucks any willing stranger. This is about Kuina and not About Them.
If Zoro fucks 0 non-strawhats for any reason, then this is finally About Them
1-One Piece
An Au where almost everyone thinks the strawhats are in a poly relationship(not counting Brook, Jimbei and Chopper) and it is all because of an habit Usopp started by accident.
So, Zoro get lost in a straight line, right? Everyone in the band knew that but it was hard to always keep an eye on him until Usopp got annoyed and simply grabbed Zoro's hand before he could get lost.
Surprisingly that was very effective as Zoro didn't get lost despite trying to go the wrong way many times but Usopp only grabbed him stronger and directed him in the right way.
The others seeing this, started to do the same when Zoro had to go on the same direction as them or they were the ones nearest to him before he decided to get lost.
Marines, their allies, etc saw this happen so many times that they made assumptions especially as even despite the time they were separated they still did this.
Of course that those assumed to be in a relationship had no idea that everyone was thinking that but it reached their families who were shocked(let's say this is the reason why Judge choose to force Sanji to marry Pudding instead of his other kids) at this but most of them supported it even if it was hard to believe.
I just imagine people seeing how strong the strawhats are and how their relationship never broke despite everything that happened and start to believe they were relationship goals while said people were not in a relationship and had no idea everyone thought they were.
If they ever find out about this, their reactions and if they end up together or not is up to the writer.
I have no idea how to explain this but the only way Nami would date any of the Strawhats is if the whole crew is poly. Like Nami and Luffy don't really work like that unless we add others to the mix.
All One Piece characters are poly and married to one another. Especially the Strawhats
I agree wholeheartedly. Honestly, I started shipping some strawhats as poly when I thought about my favorite OP ships and I was like "damn, if Zolu and Sanuso are on top 1 and 2 I honestly think I should just make it a single ship lmfao" and here we are. Multishipper things. Also, I don't ship ALL the Strawhats together but I enjoy the concept a lot. My poly ships within the Strawhats are basically:
Luffy x Zoro x Sanji x Usopp
Robin x Franky x Jinbe x Brook
Nami x Vivi (x All the girlfriends Nami has. Perhaps fem Sanji. Depends on the context)
And somehow I always end up finding connections with other ships, so atp all OP characters are just a huge polycule.